St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton is a 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...

 church in Sneinton

Sneinton

Sneinton is a south-eastern suburb of Nottingham, England. The area is bounded by Carlton to the north, Colwick to the south, Meadow Lane to the southwest and Bakersfield to the east.-Description:...

 Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

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History

St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton was consecrated by Rt. Revd. Edwyn Hoskyns the Bishop of Southwell on 1 December 1910. It replaced a mission church which had been opened in 1885.

The church was badly damaged in the air raid on Nottingham on 8th and 9th May 1941 (the same raid which destroyed St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham

St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham

The church of St. John the Baptist, Leenside, Nottingham was opened in 1844 as a parish church in the Church of England. It was destroyed in 1941.-History:...

 nearby. Only the walls were left standing. Until restoration work was completed in 1952, the church joined with St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street

St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street

St. Philip's Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham on Pennyfoot Street between 1879 and 1963.-History:St. Philip's Church was created out of the parish of St. Luke's Church, Nottingham...

, and when St. Philip's Church was demolished in 1963, its name was joined with that of St. Christopher's.

A full history of the church can be found on the Southwell DAC Church History Project website.

Organ

The 2 manual pipe organ dates from the rebuilding of the church in 1953 and is by Cousins of Lincoln. The reeds were voiced by Billy Jones. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.