St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont
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St. Edmund's Church, Holme Pierrepont is a parish church
in the Church of England
in Holme Pierrepont
, Nottinghamshire
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The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
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The medieval church was largely re-built in 1666 by Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
. In 1878 Thomas Chambers Hine
added the chancel.
It is now part of the combined parish of All Hallow's Church, Lady Bay.
and won a gold medal at the Birmingham Trades Exhibition in 1865.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
in Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont
Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet located south of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region....
, Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
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The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
History
The church has had a long association with Holme Pierrepont HallHolme Pierrepont Hall
Holme Pierrepont Hall is a medieval hall in Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham. It is a Grade I listed building.-History:The Pierrepont family have lived at Holme Pierrepont since around 1280. Originally the area was known only as Holme, but later adopted the family surname as a suffix.The hall was...
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The medieval church was largely re-built in 1666 by Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester
Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRS was an English peer, the son of the Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull.-Career:...
. In 1878 Thomas Chambers Hine
Thomas Chambers Hine
Thomas Chambers Hine 1814 - 1899 was an architect based in Nottingham.He was born in Covent Garden into a prosperous middle class family, the eldest son of a hosiery manufacturer. He was articled to the London architect Matthew Habershorn. In 1837 he arrived in Nottingham and formed a partnership...
added the chancel.
It is now part of the combined parish of All Hallow's Church, Lady Bay.
Rectors
- Humphrey Perkins ca. 1718
- Samuel BerdmoreSamuel BerdmoreSamuel Berdmore was an English clergyman, the fourth son of Edward Berdmore of Worcester. He died on 24 March 1742/3.Educated at Charterhouse School, Samuel matriculated from Merton College, Oxford in 1693, gained his BA in 1697 and an MA from King's in 1706....
1719 - 1722 also Vicar of St. Mary's Church, NottinghamSt. Mary's Church, NottinghamThe Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, the largest church after the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the largest mediæval building in Nottingham.... - ?
- Scrope BerdmoreScrope BerdmoreScrope Berdmore D.D. was an English clergyman.-Life:His father was Samuel Berdmore and his mother was Martha Scrope. He matriculated from Merton College, Oxford in 1724, gained his BA in 1728, MA in 1732, BD in 1738 and Doctor of Divinity in 1742.He followed his father as Vicar of St. Mary's...
1740 - 1770 also Vicar of St. Mary's Church, NottinghamSt. Mary's Church, NottinghamThe Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest religious foundation in the City of Nottingham, England, the largest church after the Roman Catholic Cathedral and the largest mediæval building in Nottingham.... - Thomas Donnithorne ???? - 1814
- James Jarvis Cleaver 1814 - ????
- Rev. James Jarvis Peach ???? - 1864?
- Henry Seymour
- Egbert Hacking ca. 1908 - ???? also from 1913 Archdeacon of NewarkArchdeacon of NewarkThe Archdeaconry of Newark was created in 1913, and comprises the northern and eastern parts of the Diocese of Southwell. It is one of two archdeaconries in the Diocese, the other being the Archdeacon of Nottingham.-List of the Archdeacons of Newark:...
- Canon R. P. Tinsley 1959 - ????
Monuments
- Sir Henry Pierrepont, died 1499.
- Sir Henry PierrepontHenry PierrepontSir Henry Pierrepont was an English MP who resided at Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire.-Family:He was the son of Sir George Pierrepont and succeded him in 1564. His mother remarried Sir Gervase Clifton....
, died 1615, father of Earl of Kingston upon HullRobert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-HullRobert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was an English nobleman-Family:He was the second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick...
and Grace, Lady MannersGrace, Lady MannersGrace, Lady Manners was an English noblewoman who lived at Haddon Hall near Bakewell, Derbyshire. She founded Lady Manners School in 1636.-Biography:... - Gertrude, wife of Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-HullRobert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-HullRobert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull was an English nobleman-Family:He was the second son of Sir Henry Pierrepont of Holme Pierrepont, Nottinghamshire, and Frances Cavendish, daughter of the Rt. Hon. Sir William Cavendish and Elizabeth Hardwick...
who died in 1649. - John Oldham (poet)John Oldham (poet)John Oldham was an English satirical poet and translator.-Life and work:Oldham was born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, the son of John Oldham, a non-conformist minister, and grandson of John Oldham the staunch anti-papist rector of Shipton Moyne and before that of Long Newton in Wiltshire...
- Evelyn Pierrepont
Organ
The organ was built by Charles Lloyd (organ builder)Charles Lloyd (organ builder)
Charles Lloyd was a pipe organ builder based in Nottingham who flourished between 1859 and 1909.-Background:Charles Lloyd had previously worked for Groves of London. Charles Lloyd set up in business first with Lorenzo Valentine and shortly afterwards with Alfred Dudgeon. Their workshop was at 52A...
and won a gold medal at the Birmingham Trades Exhibition in 1865.