Emmanuel Church, Nottingham

Emmanuel Church, Nottingham
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
History
Dedication	Emmanuel
Architecture
Architect(s)	Watson Fothergill
Groundbreaking	1883
Completed	1885
Construction cost	£4,045
Demolished	1972
Administration
Parish	Nottingham
Diocese	Diocese of Southwell
Province	York
Laity
Organist(s)	Henry Harold Snell c.1953-1969

Emmanuel Church, Nottingham was a Church of England church in Nottingham on Woodborough Road between 1883 and 1972.

History

It was built to designs by the local architect Watson Fothergill and consecrated on 27 January 1885. There were 600 free seats, and a parish of 6,000. It was situated on Woodborough Road.

The patrons of the church were an Evangelical charity known as Hyndman's Trustees, who gave £2,000 to the building fund.

In the early 1970s it merged with St. Ann's Church, Nottingham and a new parish of St. Ann with Emmanuel, Nottingham was formed.

Incumbents

• Frederick William Paul 1886 - 1892
• Llewellyn Henry Gwynne 1892 - 1899
• William Ernest Ives 1899 - 1904
• Frederick William Paul 1904 - 1917
• Richard Eardley Thomas Bell 1917 - 1918
• Francis Josiah Pratt 1918 - 1927
• Howard Henry Taylor 1927 - 1932
• Patrick Kevin Horan 1932 - 1946
• Francis Henry Outram 1946 - 1950
• Arthur Henry Brown 1950 - ????

Organ

The church had a 3 manual organ by Compton and Musson dating from 1903. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

List of organists

• Walter Henry Moore 1887 - 1894
• E.U. Ireland ca. 1903
• James Harold Alton (later organist of St. John the Baptist Church, Beeston)
• Robert John Taylor 1969 - 1972 (later organist and choirmaster Church of St. Mary the Virgin and All Souls, Bulwell)

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Closure

The church was demolished in 1972.