St Aidan's Church, Basford Explained

St. Aidan's Church, Basford
Dedication:St. Aidan
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Broad Church
Parish:Basford, Nottingham
Deanery:Nottingham North
Diocese:Southwell and Nottingham
Province:York
Vicar:Vacant
Website:http://www.wearewoven.church/staidans

St. Aidan's Church, Basford is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell in Basford, Nottingham.

History

The church was built in 1905 by Robert Evans and Sons,[1] as a chapel of ease to St. Leodegarius Church, Basford.

It was consecrated on 21 February 1905 by the Bishop of Southwell Edwyn Hoskyns.

The church is known for its 1966 carvings at the top of the pillars by the sculptor Witold Gracjan Kawalec, representing Work, Peace, Mercy, Hope, Life, Guidance, Humility, Justice, Grace and Music.

Notes and References

  1. Nikolaus Pevsner The Buildings of England; Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951.