St. Andrew's Church, Caunton 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 Caunton

Caunton

Caunton is a village in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire on the A616, six miles north-west of Newark-on-Trent in the NG23 postcode....

, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

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The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

The church was medieval but restored

Victorian restoration

Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...

 in 1869 by Ewan Christian

Ewan Christian

Ewan Christian was a British architect. He is most notable for the restoration of Carlisle Cathedral, the alterations to Christ Church, Spitalfields in 1866, and the extension to the National Gallery that created the National Portrait Gallery. He was architect to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners...

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List of vicars

• William de Holm 1306
• Thomas 1318
• William Hull 1470
• John Barker
• John Hardy
• James Lee (Leghe) 1535
• William Olyver
• William Smythe 1541-1555
• James Lee 1555
• Richard Stanshall/Stanshare 1555-1557
• Roger Jackeson 1557-1561
• Robert Fraser 1561-1567
• Hugh Hole 1567-1579
• Matthew Boyle 1579-1591

• John Smvidy 1610-1617
• Richard Hewes 1617-1638
• Thomas Infield 1641-1649
• Francis Burton 1649
• Edward Overend 1661-1664
• Thomas Salter 1664–1699
• George Benlowes 1708-1731
• Thomas Leach 1731-1755
• William Harding 1755-1778
• James Burnell 1778-1817
• Joseph Lister 1817-1838
• Charles Fletcher 1838-1850
• Samuel Hole
  Samuel Hole
  Samuel Reynolds Hole was an Anglican priest, author and horticulturalist in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th....
  
   1850-1887
• Henry Bryan McConnager Holden 1888-1891

• John Tinkler 1891-1924
• Arthur Alcock Baillie 1924-1925
• Thomas Stanley Lupton 1925-1935
• James Spencer Granville Barley 1935-1949
• Richard George Hall 1949-1954
• Eric William Trueman Dicken 1954-1965
• Wilfred Lawson Archer 1965-1973
• Robert Purdon Neill 1973-1976
• William Harvey Snow 1976-1979
• Charles Kemp Buck 1979-1982
• Vacancy 1982-1990
• Robert Andrew Whittaker 1990-1996
• Anthony I Tucker 1996-2006
• Sheila Dixon 2005-

Pipe Organ

The church has a small two manual pipe organ. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register

Current parish status

It is in a group of parishes which includes:

• St. Andrew's Church, Caunton
• St. Giles' Church, Cromwell
  St. Giles' Church, Cromwell
  St. Giles' Church, Cromwell is a parish church in the Church of England in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  
• Holy Rood Church, Ossington
  Holy Rood Church, Ossington
  Holy Rood Church, Ossington is a parish church in the Church of England in Ossington, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:...
  
  
• St. Laurence's Church, Norwell
  St. Laurence's Church, Norwell
  St. Laurence's Church, Norwell is a parish church in the Church of England in Norwell, Nottinghamshire.The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.-History:...