St Andrew's with Castle Gate United Reformed Church Facts for Kids

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St Andrew's with Castlegate United Reformed Church
52°57′24.390″N 1°9′13.565″W / 52.95677500°N 1.15376806°W / 52.95677500; -1.15376806
Denomination	United Reformed
Website	standrewswithcastlegate.org.uk
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Architect(s)	Robert Evans JP
Style	Early decorated Gothic
Groundbreaking	21 September 1869
Completed	29 September 1870
Construction cost	£4,000 (equivalent to £274,280 in 2021).
Specifications
Capacity	600 people

St Andrew's with Castle Gate United Reformed Church is a church located in Nottingham, England. It was formed when two older churches joined together.

How the Church Began
The Church Buildings
A Long History
- Helping Other Churches Grow
Church Records
Ministers of the Church
The Church Organ
See also

How the Church Began

St Andrew's with Castle Gate United Reformed Church in Nottingham was created in 1975. This happened when two churches, St Andrew's URC and Castle Gate URC, decided to unite. Their union followed the formation of the United Reformed Church in 1972 by a special law in the UK.

Before this, St Andrew's Church, founded in 1870, was the main Presbyterian Church in Nottingham. Castle Gate Church, which started around 1665, was the leading Congregational Church.

The Church Buildings

After the two churches joined, the members of St Andrew's-with-Castle Gate decided to keep using the old St Andrew's building. This building is on Goldsmith Street, where the church still holds services and many other activities today.

The old Castle Gate building was taken over by the Congregational Federation. This group includes Congregational Churches that chose not to join the United Reformed Church. The building is now known as The Castle Gate Centre and serves as their main office.

A Long History

The church, through its different parts, has a long and important history of Christian work in Nottingham. The story of Castle Gate Congregational Church goes back to the mid-1600s, around the time of the English Civil War. A group of non-conformists (people who didn't follow the main Church of England) started a church in Castle Gate in 1689. The building they use now opened in 1864.

The St Andrew's Presbyterian Church was officially formed in 1866. Its current building opened its doors in 1870.

Helping Other Churches Grow

Both churches helped start new churches in the area during the 1800s and 1900s. Castle Gate helped create churches like The Boulevard (1823), Albion (1856), and Addison Street (1867). Many of these smaller churches have since closed or joined back with their original churches.

St Andrew's also started the Hyson Green Mission in 1885, where a new church opened in 1901. This church lasted until the end of World War II. In 1896, St Columba's Church opened on Mansfield Road, and it reunited with St Andrew's in 1946.

In 1971, the St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church joined with Castle Gate Congregational Church. This happened just before most Congregational Churches in England and Wales joined with the English Presbyterian Church to form the United Reformed Church.

Church Records

The old records of St Andrew's with Castle Gate URC, and the churches that came before it, are kept at The University of Nottingham. They are located at The Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections. Anyone who needs to research these records can usually access them there.

Ministers of the Church

Many ministers have led the different parts of this church over the years. Here are some of them:

Castle Gate Congregational Church and St Ann's Well Road Congregational Church

Revd. Thomas Palmer (1643-c 1660)
Revd. John James (c 1669-c 1678)
Revd. John Gibbs (1678–82)
Revd. John Ryther (1686-1704)
Revd. Richard Bateson (1705-1739)
Revd. John Farmer (assistant minister 1730)
Revd. ? Floyd (assistant minister 1730-1731)
Revd. James Sloss (joint minister 1733-39; minister 1739-72)
Revd. Gervas Wylde (assistant minister 1741-48)
Revd. Thomas Bingham (assistant minister 1748-53)
Revd. John Troughton Alliston (co-minister 1760-71)
Revd. James Popplewell (assistant minister 1764-67)
Revd. Richard Plumbe (1772–91)
Revd. Richard Alliott Snr (1794-1840)
Revd. Richard Alliott Jnr (assistant minister, 1828, co-minister, 1829–40, minister, 1840–43)
Revd. Samuel McAll (1843–59)
Revd. Clement Clamance (1860–75)
Revd. Robert Nobbs (assistant minister, 1870–72)
Revd. Robert Dawson (1870-81) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. John Bartlett (1875–83)
Revd. James Bruce (1881-83) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. Walter J.S. Davis (1883-88) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. Baldwin Brindley (1884-1901)
Revd. C.N. Barham (1889-94) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. John D. Allen (1896-1904) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. A.R. Henderson (1902–19)
Revd. Heber Rosier (1905-12) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. John Frankland (1912-20) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. William H. Tame (1920-22) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. E.J. Hawkins (1920–30)
Revd. Stanley B. Green (1923-28) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. Ronald K. Ross (1929-1971) (St Ann's Well Road)
Revd. G. Hartley Holloway (1931–37)
Revd. J.E. James (1941–43)
Revd. R. Angel Wakeley (1944–50)
Revd. Ronald Ward (1953–59)
Revd. Robert Duce (1961–70)
Revd. Brian Nuttall (1971–75)
Revd. Ronald K. Ross (Minister Emeritus, 1971–75)

St Andrew's Presbyterian Church and St Columba's Presbyterian Church

Revd. James Brown Dougherty (1868–79)
Revd. Robert Cowan (1880–94)
Revd. John Charles Grant (1894-1932)
Revd. Dr John Forbes (1897-1930) (St Columba's)
Revd. Gilbert Porteous (1930-39) (St Columba's)
Revd. George Walker (1936–64)
Revd. James Robson (1939-40) (St Columba's)
Revd. C. C. E. Mercer (locum minister during WW2)
Revd. Allan Porter (locum minister during WW2) (St Columba's)
Revd. Alun Lloyd Davies (1964–75)