St. Alban's Church, Forest Town 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...

 in Forest Town, Nottinghamshire

Forest Town, Nottinghamshire

Forest Town is a former mining village located in the outskirts of Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, England. The football team, Forest Town F.C. currently play in the Central Midlands League Supreme Division. The Garibaldi School is the local secondary school...

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History

St. Alban's Church was built by the architect Louis Ambler. The foundation stone was laid by the William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland KG, GCVO, PC, TD, DL , known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician...

 in 1910 and the church was consecrated by the Bishop of Southwell, Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, on 2 July 1911.

The north aisle was added in 1937. After a major fire in 1968, a restoration was carried out and the church re-opened in 1969.

Incumbents

• Revd Harry Bull 1911 - 24
• Revd Robert Percival Tinsley 1924 - 29
• Revd George Sprittles 1929 - 35
• Revd Percy Clegg 1935 - 42
• Revd Douglas Mortimer 1942 - 47
• Revd John Spencer 1947 - 55
• Revd Philip Walker 1955 - 64
• Revd Walter Beasley 1964 - 70
• Revd Leslie Standley 1970 - 76
• Revd A Parsons 1976 - 78
• Revd Ian Gibbs 1979 - 83
• Revd Robin Walford 1984 - 92
• Revd Robert Smith 1992 - 98
• Revd Philip Stead 1999 -