St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church

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...

 located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly

Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...

, UK

United Kingdom

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History

There was a small church of unknown origin on Tresco in 1798. It was enlarged between 1822 and 1824 by Christopher Strick, surveyor, and enlarged again in 1835 and survived until replaced by the present building in 1879.

Edith Dorrien-Smith laid the foundation stone of the Anglican church of St Nicholas on 12 September 1877. The church was opened for worship on 17 June 1879 by Edward White Benson

Edward White Benson

Edward White Benson was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1883 until his death.-Life:Edward White Benson was born in Highgate, Birmingham, the son of a Birmingham chemical manufacturer. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1852...

, the first Bishop of Truro

Bishop of Truro

The Bishop of Truro is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Cornwall and it is one of the most recently created dioceses of the Church of England...

, and was consecrated a few weeks later on 16 July 1882.

The dedication of the church to St Nicholas

Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas , also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra . Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker...

 is the same as the dedication of the medieval Tresco Abbey, the remains of which are in Tresco Abbey Gardens

Tresco Abbey Gardens

Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.A Benedictine abbey was founded here in 964 AD, although the majority of what remains today comes from the Priory of St Nicholas founded by monks from Tavistock Abbey in 1114.The gardens were...

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Parish structure

St Nicholas's Church is within the United Benefice of the Isles of Scilly

Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...

 parishes, comprising

• All Saints' Church, Bryher
  All Saints' Church, Bryher
  All Saints' Church, Bryher is a parish church in the Church of England located in Bryher, Isles of Scilly.-History:All Saints' Anglican church claims to be the most westerly church in the Anglican provinces of Canterbury and York....
  
  
• St Agnes' Church, St Agnes.
• St Martin's Church, St Martin's
• St Mary's Church, St Mary's
• St Mary's Old Church, St Mary's,

Organ

The pipe organ dates from 1886 and is by the builder Eustace Ingram. The specification can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register