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St Saviour’s Church, Retford
53°19′38.82″N 0°56′2.16″W / 53.3274500°N 0.9339333°W / 53.3274500; -0.9339333
Location	Retford
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	https://www.stsavioursretford.org.uk/
History
Dedication	St Saviour
Consecrated	27 September 1829
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed
Architect(s)	E. J. Willson
Groundbreaking	2 June 1828
Completed	1829
Construction cost	£4,000
Administration
Parish	Retford
Deanery	Bassetlaw and Bawtry
Archdeaconry	Newark
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham

St Saviour's Church, Retford is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Retford.

History

The church dates from 1829. It was consecrated on 27 September 1829 by the Rt. Revd. Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt Archbishop of York as a daughter church of St John the Baptist Church, Clarborough, the church became a parish in its own right in 1871. It was restored in 1878. In 2002 it was united with St Swithun's and St Michael's in Retford to become a joint parish. Following further re-organisation, St. Saviour's became a single parish again in 2019 covering much of the east side of Retford.

Two stained glass memorial windows are by Charles Eamer Kempe

Clergy

The Crucifixion; one of the windows with stained glas by C. E. Kempe, 1920

• Joshua William Brooks 1827 - 1843
• Charles Hodge 1844 - 1858
• James Disney 1860 - 1876
• Lawrence Roworth 1877 - 1913
• Edwin Paxton 1914 - 1927
• Frederic Eddy 1927 - 1930
• Edward Hester 1931 - 1933
• Lawrence Ashcroft 1934 - 1943
• James Godsmark 1943 - 1955
• Thomas Womack 1956 - 1967
• John Moore 1967 - 1973
• John Tompkins 1973 - 1987
• Tony Walker 1988 - 2017
• Ben Clayton 2018–Present

See also

• Listed buildings in Retford