St Lawrence's Church, Gotham Explained
St. Lawrence's Church, Gotham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[1] in Gotham, Nottinghamshire.
It is part of an informal grouping of five churches that are known collectively as "The 453 Churches" as they straddle the A453. The other churches in the group are:
History
The church dates from the 13th century[2] and was restored in 1789 and repaired in 1869.
A new clock for the tower designed and constructed by Reuben Bosworth at a cost of £70 was installed in 1848.[3] It comprised two dials, one facing the town street, and the other the road from Nottingham to Leake.
St. Lawrence, Gotham is the largest of the five churches and was re-ordered in 2010 to create a flexible modern worship space that is used for many different events throughout the year.
Incumbents
- ???? Robert de Nottingham
- ???? Saher de St Andrew
- ???? Richard de Role
- ???? Peter de Leyke
- 1303 John de Gotham
- 1342 John de Gotham
- 1351 John Cayn
- 1353 William Hunt
- 1395 John Swyft
- ???? William Maltby
- 1431 Richard Peas
- 1440 John Ketall
- 1463 William Redeman
- 1480 William Buckley
- 1487 John Haygate
- 1507 Hugh de St Andrew
- 1528 Thomas Babbington
- 1543 John Sacheverell
- 1546 Richard Walker
- 1567 John Lowthe
- 1590 Richard Dodds
- 1607 John Savage
- 1609 Oliver Withington
- 1619 John Foxcroft
- 1663 Moses Foxcroft
- 1673 William Danvers
- 1674 John Bridges
- 1710 William Bridges
- 1746 Samuel Martin
- 1776 John Lightfoot
- 1788 John Kirkby
- 1836 John James Vaughan
- 1882 Frederick A Wodehouse
- 1915 Reginald Alfred Bidwell
- 1925 Claude Wilfred Good
- 1930 Bernard Parker Hall
- 1954 Norman Copeland, O.B.E.
- 1971 Alfred Donald Williams
- 1989 David Gorick
- 2000 Stephen Osman
- 2011 Richard Coleman
Memorials
There are many memorials within the church including:
- Anne Borrow, 1799[4]
- Thomas Borrow, 1773
- John Barrow, 1707
- Isaac Barrow, 1745
- Samuel Martin, 1775
- Gergii Loxcroete, 1619
- John Bridges, 1710
- John Foxcroft, 1662
- John St. Andrew and his wife, 1625[4]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire: Nikolaus Pevsner.
- Web site: Church of St. Lawrence, Leake Road (east side) Gotham, Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire . historicengland.org.uk . . London, United Kingdom . 10 February 2014.
- News: . Gotham . Nottingham and Newark Mercury . England . 22 December 1848 . 15 August 2023 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
- http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/gotham/hmonumnt.php Gotham monuments
