Emmanuel Church, Woodborough Road
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Emmanuel Church, Nottingham was a Church of England
church in Nottingham on Woodborough Road between 1883 and 1972.
and consecrated on 27 January 1885. There were 600 free seats, and a parish of 6,000. It was situated on Woodborough Road.
The patrons of the church were an Evangelical charity known as Hyndman's Trustees, who gave £2,000 to the building fund.
In the early 1970s it merged with St. Ann's Church, Nottingham
and a new parish of St. Ann with Emmanuel, Nottingham
was formed.
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...
church in Nottingham on Woodborough Road between 1883 and 1972.
History
It was built to designs by the local architect Watson FothergillWatson Fothergill
Watson Fothergill was an English architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture styles....
and consecrated on 27 January 1885. There were 600 free seats, and a parish of 6,000. It was situated on Woodborough Road.
The patrons of the church were an Evangelical charity known as Hyndman's Trustees, who gave £2,000 to the building fund.
In the early 1970s it merged with St. Ann's Church, Nottingham
St. Ann's Church, Nottingham
St. Ann's Church, St. Ann's Well Road was a Church of England church in Nottingham on St. Ann's Well Road between 1864 and 1971.-History:It was created out of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham through the impetus of the vicar of St. Mary's, Joshua William Brooks...
and a new parish of St. Ann with Emmanuel, Nottingham
St. Ann with Emmanuel, Nottingham
St. Ann with Emmanuel Church, Nottingham is a parish church in the Church of England in St Ann's, Nottingham.-History:St. Ann with Emmanuel was opened in 1974. It replaced two previous churches of St. Ann's Church, Nottingham and Emmanuel Church, Woodborough Road .-External links:*...
was formed.
Incumbents
- Frederick William Paul 1886 - 1892
- Llewellyn Henry Gwynne 1892 - 1899
- William Ernest Ives 1899 - 1904
- Frederick William Paul 1904 - 1917
- Richard Eardley Thomas Bell 1917 - 1918
- Francis Josiah Pratt 1918 - 1927
- Howard Henry Taylor 1927 - 1932
- Patrick Kevin Horan 1932 - 1946
- Francis Henry Outram 1946 - 1950
- Arthur Henry Brown 1950 - ????
Organ
The church had a 3 manual organ by Compton and Musson dating from 1903. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.List of organists
- Walter Henry Moore 1887 - 1894
- James Harold Alton (later organist of St. John the Baptist Church, BeestonSt. John the Baptist Church, BeestonSt. John the Baptist Church is an Anglican church in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England.The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.-History:...
)