All Saints' Church, West Markham

All Saints' Church, West Markham
All Saints' Church, West Markham
53°14′43.92″N 0°55′15.54″W / 53.2455333°N 0.9209833°W / 53.2455333; -0.9209833Coordinates: 53°14′43.92″N 0°55′15.54″W / 53.2455333°N 0.9209833°W / 53.2455333; -0.9209833
Location	West Markham
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	www.tuxfordchurches.co.uk
History
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Specifications
Bells	1 (Half Wheel)
Administration
Parish	Markham Clinton
Deanery	Newark and Southwell
Archdeaconry	Newark
Diocese	Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
Province	York
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Rt Rev Porter (Bishop of Sherwood)
Dean	Rev Milner Area Dean
Priest in charge	Rev C Wall
Curate(s)	Rev C Dunk
Archdeacon	The Venerable Picken (Archdeacon of Newark)

All Saints' Church, West Markham is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England^[1] serving the parish of Markham Clinton in West Markham.

History

The church was built in the 12th century. It was repaired in 1872 and restored between 1930 and 1945. It is in a parish with two other churches:

• St Nicholas' Church, Tuxford
• All Saints' Church, Weston, Nottinghamshire

Somewhat confusingly, Milton Mausoleum is sometimes also referred to as All Saints' Church, West Markham.

Organ

The church contains an organ dating from 1860 by Bevington and Sons.^[2]

Bell

The church has one bell which is "swing chimed", it is hung on half a wheel.

Burials

The church is the burial place of Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle. After his wife died in 1822, the 4th Duke built a church and mausoleum at Milton, Nottinghamshire. In 1833, when the new church at Milton was finished, it became the parish church, replacing the old one at West Markham. This situation was reversed, however, in 1949 when All Saints was reinstated as the parish church, and the Duke’s mausoleum was left to decay. Milton Church, now simply a mausoleum, was finally rescued in 1972 when the Churches Conservation Trust took it into guardianship.^[3]

Group of Churches

West Markham church is part of the Tuxford Benefice.

• St Nicholas, Tuxford
• All Saints', West Markham
• All Saints', Weston
• St Matthew, Normanton on Trent;and
• St Wilfrid, Marnham

Clergy

The present Priest in Charge for the Benefice is Rev Wall, the Curate is Rev Dunk.

References