St Katherine's Church, Teversal Explained

St Katherine's Church, Teversal
Imagealt:St Katherine's Church, Teversal
Pushpin Map:United Kingdom Nottinghamshire
Pushpin Label Position:right
Map Caption:Location in Nottinghamshire
Location:Buttery Lane, Teversal, Nottinghamshire
Country:England
Coordinates:53.152°N -1.2786°W
Osgraw:SK 48339 61902
Denomination:Church of England
Churchmanship:Broad Church
Website:http://www.skegbyparish.org.uk/
Dedication:St. Catherine
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed
Designated Date:12 October 1988
Architectural Type:Church
Style:Gothic
Materials:Stone, slate / lead roof
Parish:Skegby
Deanery:Newstead
Archdeaconry:Newark
Diocese:Southwell and Nottingham
Province:York
Vicar:Revd Canon Dr Richard Kellett

The St Katherine's Church is on Buttery Lane, Teversal, Nottinghamshire, England. It is an active Church of England parish church in the deanery of Newstead, the Archdeaconry of Newark, and the Southwell and Nottingham diocese. Its benefice has three churches, St Andrew's Church, Skegby, All Saints' Church, Stanton Hill and St Katherine's itself. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

The church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and has an unrestored 17th and 18th century interior. The Molyneux pew is in the south aisle and has a roof supported by barley-sugar columns.[1]

History

The church is medieval and is the family church of the Earl of Carnarvon.[2]

Bells

The third bell is one of[3] the oldest bells in Nottinghamshire dated 1551.[4]

Monuments

There are two early ledger stones, for Roger Greenhalghe (d. 1562) and his wife Anne Babington (d. 1538).[5]

There are various monuments to the Molyneux Baronets

See also

Notes and References

  1. Betjeman, J., ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the North. London: Collins; pp. 228-29
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus. 1979. The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. Harmondsworth, Middx.: Penguin; page 346.
  3. Web site: Car Colston - Bells.
  4. Leaflet, "St Michaels' Sutton Bonington, A brief history of the bells"
  5. R. R. Rawlins, 'Teversall Church', The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 80 part 1 (London, 1810) pp. 120-122, with engraving of church and these graveslabs.