EAST TRENT CHURCHES
Besthorpe, Clifton, Collingham,
Girton, Harby, Holme, Langford, South Scarle, Thorney, Winthorpe
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EAST TRENT CHURCHES
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OR read On: All
Saints (North Collingham) All
Saints stands on a rise
above Low Street which was probably the main street in pre-turnpike days. This
site has proved to protect the church but a stone in the Low Street wall of the
churchyard marks the height of floodwaters from 1795 to the present day. A
existed on the site in
Saxon times. The north side of the tower is the oldest part of the present
building, dating from early Norman times. Most of the building dates from the 13th
to 15th centuries. Excavations during 1989 and 1990 revealed putlog
holes for the original scaffolding on the south wall and evidence of an earlier
church around the north aisle. The
church is entered by the
north porch. Above this is a niche in which a statue of a saint would have been
placed. The door is thought to be the original oak door with a sanctuary ring.
The Holy Water stoup was situated to the west of the door. In
the north aisle, the
square-headed windows were put in during the decorated period. A new roof and
chapel were built in the early 14th by Abbot Godfrid of Peterborough
at the cost of £57.15s.1d..The piscina and aumbry suggest the existence of a
chantry chapel. The oak parish chest is in the north aisle as are two sepulchral
slabs likely to be those of two franklins or country gentlemen of the 14th
century. In
the south aisle the east
window is of the perpendicular style. The modern east St. Inside
the 13th
century nave there are two arcades with clustered pillars. The north arcade
has capitals carved with leaf and scroll
and there are two corbel heads. Three further faces can be found in the
tower arch. The decoration of the roof bosses in the nave and the aisles are of
the Tudor style. The
chancel arch is Early
English in style. To strengthen the structure the piers have been tied to the
walls by rings of “good form and workmanship”. Above the chancel arch is a
row of seven heraldic shields. These were originally the under parts of
misereres, or half seats, used by priests in the chancel. They were placed here
when the stalls were destroyed. The double piscina to the south side of the
chancel arch pre-dates the papal decree of 1250 which instructed the priest to
consume the ablutions himself rather than pour them away in a piscina other than
the one where he washed his hands. Some of the 15th century black oak
roof is original. The perpendicular door on the south side has Tudor carving on
the outside and “Scratch dials” or mass clocks can be seen at the entrance
of the chancel door. Other
features of the church
include the mid-Georgian royal arms above the vestry door. The tower holds six bells. The
oldest, cast in 1613, bears the inscription:- “Sweetly toling men do call Another carries the motto: “Jesus be our speed”. In
the churchyard, a monument near the north-east transept
commemorates those who In
the south- east section
is the village memorial to The
church registers date from 1558. Still interested? Click to look into St John's History . . . |
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