St Mary's Church, Worksop

Coordinates: 53°17′57″N 1°07′23″W / 53.2992°N 1.1231°W / 53.2992; -1.1231
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St Mary's Church
Liverpool
DioceseHallam
DeaneryBassetlaw[2]
ParishSt Jude's Worksop-Oldcotes

St Marys Church is a

Grade II listed building.[3]

History

Foundation

After the Reformation , in the early eighteenth century, local Catholics in Worksop had to go a chapel in Worksop Manor to celebrate Mass. In 1743, it was recorded that the total number of Catholics in Worksop was 23. In 1748, a priest was resident there at Worksop Manor. Around 1780, Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk paid for a Catholic chapel and a presbytery in Sandhill Dyke. The building survives today as Park Farm.[4]

Construction

In 1838,

Gothic Revival style.[4]

Developments

In 1870,

consecrated. In 2012, the National Lottery Heritage Fund gave £110,000 to the church for repairs.[4]

Parish

In 2007, the parish was merged with nearby St Joseph's Church in Worksop. It is now the parish of St Jude and includes St Mary's Church, St Joseph's Church and St Helen's Church in Oldcotes. St Mary's Church has one Sunday Mass at 11:00am. St Joseph's Church has one Sunday Mass at 6:00pm on Saturday and St Helen's Church in Oldcotes has one Sunday Mass at 9:00am.[2]

Exterior

  • Front of church
    Front of church
  • Church hall
    Church hall

See also

References

  1. ^ Church of St Mary, Bassetlaw, Worksop from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 5 May 2022
  2. ^
    Diocese of Hallam
    , retrieved 5 May 2022
  3. ^ Church of St Mary, Historic England, retrieved 5 May 2022
  4. ^ a b c Historic England, Worksop - St Mary, Taking Stock, retrieved 5 May 2022

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