Calverton Nottinghamshire
13c Church of St Wilfrid, Calverton. Nottinghamshire. - A church and priest are recorded here in 1086 Domesday survey, and carvings found under the nave floor, and the chancel arch pier carvings survive from the 1160 building which was probably no wider than the tower.
in 13c the nave and chancel were widened to the north and the round Norman chancel and tower arches were changed to the present early English pointed ones.
In 1499 Thomas Belfin left 13s 4d for the construction of a roodloft and screen which was carefully constructed so as not to impede the image of St Wilfrid, for which he left a further sum of 12d, perhaps for votive candles
William Lee who was born here and possibly curate of the church, invented the stocking frame c1589 and is commemorated with a stained glass window www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4cR0UM and a display of his life and work in the annex.
The medieval chancel was the responsibility of the rectors who were the canons of Oxton as Calverton was a peculiar of Southwell Minster.
The nave and the tower were largely rebuilt in 1760-3 using the old stone, the south aisle being added making the new tower central to the nave At the c1780 enclosure the canons received land in the north of the parish in lieu of the Great Tithe. The ownership of the land still carried with it the responsibility for the repair of the chancel.
No great changes appear to have taken place from then until the 1830s, when the new vicar, Samuel Oliver built a gallery over the nave west end . This extra seating enabled all seating to be removed from the large old chancel; the nave was re-seated throughout with box pews.
The chancel was then cheaply rebuilt c 1835. The beams in the roof are re-used from an earlier structure. The whole was restored again c 1881 when the box pews were removed, floor lowered, roof renewed and south porch built.
Calverton Nottinghamshire
13c Church of St Wilfrid, Calverton. Nottinghamshire. - A church and priest are recorded here in 1086 Domesday survey, and carvings found under the nave floor, and the chancel arch pier carvings survive from the 1160 building which was probably no wider than the tower.
in 13c the nave and chancel were widened to the north and the round Norman chancel and tower arches were changed to the present early English pointed ones.
In 1499 Thomas Belfin left 13s 4d for the construction of a roodloft and screen which was carefully constructed so as not to impede the image of St Wilfrid, for which he left a further sum of 12d, perhaps for votive candles
William Lee who was born here and possibly curate of the church, invented the stocking frame c1589 and is commemorated with a stained glass window www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4cR0UM and a display of his life and work in the annex.
The medieval chancel was the responsibility of the rectors who were the canons of Oxton as Calverton was a peculiar of Southwell Minster.
The nave and the tower were largely rebuilt in 1760-3 using the old stone, the south aisle being added making the new tower central to the nave At the c1780 enclosure the canons received land in the north of the parish in lieu of the Great Tithe. The ownership of the land still carried with it the responsibility for the repair of the chancel.
No great changes appear to have taken place from then until the 1830s, when the new vicar, Samuel Oliver built a gallery over the nave west end . This extra seating enabled all seating to be removed from the large old chancel; the nave was re-seated throughout with box pews.
The chancel was then cheaply rebuilt c 1835. The beams in the roof are re-used from an earlier structure. The whole was restored again c 1881 when the box pews were removed, floor lowered, roof renewed and south porch built.