St Peter's Church, Ruddington

St. Peter's Church is a Church of England church in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire.The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner

History

The chapel of St. Mary dating from 1459 became the parish church when St. Peter's Church, Flawford nearby was demolished in 1773.The antiquities of Nottinghamshire. John Throsby. 1790

The church was repaired in 1718, and was rebuilt in 1824 at a cost of £1,100 (), except the chancel and steeple, which are the only remaining parts of the ancient fabric. In 1773 its burial ground was consecrated, and enclosed with part of the materials of Flawford church.White's Directory of Nottinghamshire 1853

Except for the tower, the rest of the church was rebuilt by Bell and Roper of Manchester. Work started on 1 June 1887 and the new church costing £12,000 () was consecrated by Rt. Revd. George Ridding, Bishop of Southwell, on 1 November 1888.

It is thought that the font comes from the medieval church at Flawford.

Organ The 3 manual pipe organ dates from 1908 and is by Brindley & Foster of Sheffield.http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N13650 National Pipe Organ Register

Organists

Alfred Cook 1900 - 1933 (joint organist and choirmaster) Albert Cook 1900 - 1933 (organist, son of Alfred) Eric A. Peach 1933 - 1949 (afterwards organist at St Mary's Church, Wymeswold) Hugh Wayman 1949 - 1950 (dismissed by the vicar) B.L. Buxton ca. 1950 Douglas H. Madden 1951 - 1953 (formerly assistant organist at St Mary's Church, Nottingham, afterwards organist at St Peter's Church, Nottingham) Peter. S. Shepherd Arthur Smedley 1978 - 1988 (formerly organist at St Nicholas Church, Nottingham) Alan Mitchell 1988 - ???? (formerly organist at St Margaret’s Church, Aspley)

Clock A new turret clock by G. & F. Cope of Nottingham was installed in the tower in 1888.

See also Listed buildings in Ruddington

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