Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell

The Church of St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell is a parish church of the Church of England in Nottinghamshire, England.^[3]

St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell
St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell
St Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell Location within Nottinghamshire
53°00′00″N 1°11′39″W
Location	Bulwell, Nottinghamshire
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	High Church
Website	www.achurchnearyou.com/church/17960/
History
Dedication	St Mary the Virgin and All Souls
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed[1]
Specifications
Length	126 feet 2 inches (38.46 m)
Width	54 feet 6 inches (16.61 m)
Bells	8
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry	Nottingham
Deanery	Nottingham North
Parish	Bulwell[2]
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Fr. Andrew Fisher
Honorary priest(s)	Rev. Bob Stephens, Rev. Peter Jones

The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.^[1]

History

The church was built on the site of an earlier church, dating from possibly the 12th century. This church was badly damaged by a storm in 1843.

It was constructed between 1849 and 1850 and the architect was Henry Isaac Stevens. The church was consecrated on 4 November 1850 by the Right Revd. Dr. Kaye, Bishop of Lincoln.^[4] The chancel was added in 1900 by William Arthur Heazell. The north chapel was added in 1946.

List of incumbents

• 1203 Robert de Pikering
• By 1207 Henry de Nottingham
• 1241 Robert de Coleham
• 1266/7 Edmund de Everleye
• 1269 William le Waleys
• 1281 William de Cravene
• 1283 William de Hemdeshille
• 1300 William de Batheley
• 1322/3 William de Dalton
• 1324 Hugh de Bardelby
• 1326 Bartholomew de Bradden
• 1332 Master Robert de Wyvill
• 1336 John Cravenham
• 1349 Michael de Lyndeby
• 1358 Robert Blakeman
• By 1366 Robert Radford
• 1377 William de Wythrington
• 1387 Robert de Cotum
• 1388 Philip Moungomery
• 1388 William Garton
• 1402/3 John Osmund
• 1414 John Frankeleyn
• 1430 John Grenehill
• 1465/6 John Elom
• 1501 John Wilson
• 1524 Richard Kirkby
• 1556 John Harrison
• 1564 George Bromeley
• 1588 Charles Aynsworth
• 1626/7 Robert Ainsworth
• 1641 Matthew Lacocke
• 1655 Thomas Greening
• 1667 Daniel Chadwyk
• 1701/2 Adam Turner
• 1729 Thomas Beaumont
• 1771 Robert Stanser
• 1812 Richard Ramsden Hawksworth
• 1817 John Wentworth Armytage
• 1865 William Henry Cantrell
• 1890 Thomas Barker Hardy
• 1898 Arthur Egerton Rose
• 1922 Stanley Mortimer Wheeler
• 1931 Donald Haseler
• 1938 Robert Percival Tinsley
• 1944 George Sprittles
• 1965 Bernard Hill
• 1970 Walter S Beasley
• 1998 Christopher Gale
• 2014 Andrew J Nicholls
• Andrew Fisher

Organ

A new organ was opened in 1852 by George Cooper, the assistant organist of St Paul's Cathedral.^[5] The current pipe organ dates from 1872 by Forster and Andrews. In 1899 a new organ chamber was built to house the organ and move it from its location in the north transept.^[6] A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[7]

List of organists

• Charles.G.Alloway 1874-1928
• Graeme Bond 1950s-60s
• Bill Priestly ????-1994
• R.Taylor
• Michael Anthony
• Philip Miles 2019-2022
• Howard Lee 2023-

Bells

The tower contains eight bells all by John Taylor and Company of Loughborough dating from 1919/20 and 1860.^[8]

Clock

The 90-year-old clock was replaced by a new one by G. & F. Cope with an all-electric mechanism in 1949.^[9]