St James' Church, Standard Hill Explained

St. James' Church, Standard Hill, Nottingham
Coordinates:52.9514°N -1.1547°W
Country:England
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Evangelical
Dedication:St. James
Style:Perpendicular Gothic
Groundbreaking:1808
Completed Date:1809
Construction Cost:£13,000
Closed Date:1933
Demolished Date:1935
Parish:Nottingham
Diocese:Diocese of Southwell
Province:York

St. James' Church, Standard Hill was a Church of England church in Nottingham.

History

In 1807, an Act of Parliament sanctioned the erection of a new church. It was opposed by the three clergy of the existing parishes of Nottingham, but the land was acquired in the extra-parochial district of Standard Hill, over which none of the existing clergy had jurisdiction.[1]

Despite the failure of their opposition, the three clergy succeeded in clogging its usefulness by imposing conditions on it. It had no parish, and marriages could not be celebrated in it during its first years.

The principal backers of this new church were Thomas Hill, Edmund Wright, Richard Eaton and Benjamin Maddock.

In 1808 a cornerstone was laid. The Rev. J. H. Maddock acted as Chaplain. The building proceeded and in 1809 the edifice was consecrated by Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt the Archbishop of York.[2]

Shortly afterwards an independent congregation started to meet in the church. They left in 1883 when they opened their own church, Park Hill Congregational Church on Derby Road.

Incumbents

Bell

The bell in the tower was cast in 1791 by Hedderley for a cotton mill in Broad Marsh.

Organ

The first organ was installed in 1815 by the builder Thomas Elliot. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. Since the closure of the church, some of the pipes from the organ found their way into the new instrument at St. Cyprian's Church, Sneinton.

List of organists

Closure and demolition

The church was demolished in 1935 to make way for an extension to the Nottingham General Hospital.[7] The church congregation moved to a new location in Mapperley Park. The parish was combined with that of St Peter's Church, Nottingham.

Notes and References

  1. An itinerary of Nottingham. J. Holland Walker. 1935
  2. A Centenary History of Nottingham. John Beckett. Manchester University Press. 1997.
  3. News: . Death of Mr Harrap Woodl . Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail . England . 12 November 1926 . 27 November 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  4. News: . The organist and choir of St James’s Nottingham . Nottingham Journal . England . 14 January 1901 . 27 November 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  5. News: . Organ Recital . Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times . England . 20 February 1901 . 27 November 2020 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  6. Dictionary of Organs and Organists. Frederick W. Thornsby. 1912
  7. Nottingham Evening Post. Monday 14 January 1935. p. 8. Nottingham Church to be Demolished