St Leodegarious |
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There are only four churches dedicated to St.
Leodegarius in England, the other three being Ashby
St.Ledgers, Northants, Hunston, Sussex and Wyberton,
Lincs. Leodegarius was Bishop of Autun in France in
678 A.D. when it was beseiged. To save the citizens he
gave himself up, was cruelly tortured and finally put
to death. He became a popular saint in France and his
reputation must have spread. At Basford he is
commemorated on the Sunday after October 11th.
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In February 1627/8 Ralph Dams was charged with
'disturbing divine service' by singing the word
'clothe' when the parish clerk sang 'cloake'. All
these cases were dismissed.
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Brief
description of the church
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The church was rebuilt in c.1200 with nave arcades,
north and south aisles and lancet windows. About 1250
the present clustered columns of the nave arcades were
inserted, probably the church's best feature. A Lady
Chapel was built in c. 1340, and later that century
the nave walls were raised and a clerestory added.
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At the beginning of the 18th century the church had
deteriorated so badly a Church Brief was granted. At
his Visitation in May 1718 the Archdeacon recommended
repairs to 'ye Outwalls Windows and Pavement where
wanting and white-washed all over within.' Four years
later he said the walls should be pointed, windows
mended and a cover provided for the font. A new north
aisle was built about then, shown in the 1831
painting. In 1813 Stretton said the cancelli remained
although the upper part had been plastered over for
the King's Arms (Geo. III) c.1760. The floor was damp,
the seats rotting. In 1818/19 repairs were undertaken
and a gallery installed in the south aisle and across
the west end. Edward Staveley, a prominent Nottingham
architect, surveyed the church and estimated the cost
of new box pews, pulpit, reading desk, clerk's desk,
gallery, raising the floor and repairing walls to be
£850. A grant of £200 was obtained from the
Incorporated Church Building Society, which insisted
on 170 new free sittings, but £400 had to be
borrowed.
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In the 1850's the church was again in a dilapidated
state, the walls bad and the roof letting in rain. The
ICBS again made a grant - of £180 towards
restoration, overseen firstly by George Place of
Nottingham who went bankrupt, then by his partner
W.A.Wilson. The work was done by W.Garland of
Nottingham and W.Lee of Retford. It was almost ready
to re-open in April 1859 when the tower collapsed
bringing with it much of the recently restored west
end.
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On March 1st 1860 the church was re-opened after
drastic alterations. Besides the tower the flat roofs
had been raised to a steeper pitch, there was a new
north aisle, north porch, organ chamber and
clerestory, and the west end of the nave and the south
aisle had been re-built. Galleries were removed and
the box pews replaced by open benches, some of which
are still at the back of the nave.
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Dove's reference for the bells:
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Nottingham, Notts, S Leodegarius, Basford, 8, 14-3-0
in F#. Tue
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ACCESS
Map reference :
SK553427 |
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