Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen

Holy Rood, Market Rasen
Tower of Holy Rood viewed from the south
Map
AddressKing Street, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN8 3BB
CountryEngland
DenominationCatholic Church
Websitehttps://holyroodcatholicchurch.org.uk
History
StatusActive
DedicationHoly Rood
Architecture
Functional statusParish Church
Architect(s)Edward James Willson Hadfield and Son
Years built1824
Administration
ProvinceWestminster
DioceseNottingham
DeaneryNorthern Lincolnshire[1]
ParishMarket Rasen
Clergy
Bishop(s)Right Revd. Patrick McKinney
Priest(s)Fr. Robert Thacker

Holy Rood Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located on King Street in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England. The church dates from the 19th century.

History of the church

In 1824, a chapel in the Classical Nonconformist style popular for Catholic chapels of the time, was built by Edward James Willson, designed to seat 200 people. In 1867, Father Algernon Moore, a convert from Anglicanism, commissioned side aisles and a tower to be built in red brick, which was designed by Hadfield and Son who were based in Sheffield.[2]

Notable people

Elton John's lyric writing partner and longtime friend Bernie Taupin was an altar boy and eventually married his first wife Maxine Feibelman there in 1971. John was the best man at the wedding.[3]

The Sixhills vestments

The church contains three medieval vestments said to date from 1390 to 1420, making them late examples of Opus Anglicanum. They are composed of medieval orphreys, mounted on a modern cope and two chasubles which came from the medieval Gilbertine priory at Sixhills.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Parishes and Deaneries in the Diocese of Nottingham". Catholic Diocese of Nottingham. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Market Rasen – Holy Rood". Taking Stock. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  3. ^ Craig, Peter (31 December 2021). "Lincolnshire's Bernie Taupin CBE honour after more than 50 years making music with Elton John". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  4. ^ Barton, Allan (18 May 2018). "The Pre-Reformation vestments of Sixhills". Liturgical Arts Journal. Retrieved 4 June 2023.


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