# Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham

The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. It covers all the English county of Nottinghamshire and a few parishes in South Yorkshire. It is bordered by the dioceses of Derby, Leicester, Lincoln and Sheffield. The cathedral, Southwell Minster, is in the town of Southwell, 15 miles (24 km) north of Nottingham.

## History

Until 2005 the diocese was named simply Southwell, but in February the diocesan synod requested a change of name, which was approved by the General Synod of the Church of England in July and by the Privy Council on 15 November 2005.
The present territory of the diocese was originally the Archdeaconry of Nottingham in the Diocese of York, before it was moved in 1837 to the Diocese of Lincoln (so switching from the Province of York to the Province of Canterbury). On 5 February 1884 it was taken from Lincoln and united with the archdeaconry of Derby (covering, roughly, Derbyshire), which was taken from the Diocese of Lichfield. The two then formed a new Diocese of Southwell, which covered Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. The Diocese of Derby became separate on 7 July 1927; Southwell and Nottingham is once again in the Province of York (since 25 October 1935, according to the Diocese of Southwell (Transfer) Measure, 1935).

## Bishops

The diocesan bishop is Paul Williams, assisted by Andy Emerton, the Bishop suffragan of Sherwood, whose See of Sherwood was created in 1965. Alternative episcopal oversight (for the few parishes in the diocese which do not receive the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by a provincial episcopal visitor (PEV), the Bishop suffragan of Beverley, Stephen Race. He is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese.
Today the bishop's residence and office, the diocesan offices and the cathedral all remain in Southwell.

## Archdeaconries and deaneries

| Diocese | Archdeaconries | Rural Deaneries |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Nottingham | Deanery of East Bingham |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Nottingham | Deanery of Gedling |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Nottingham | Deanery of Nottingham North |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Nottingham | Deanery of Nottingham South |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Nottingham | Deanery of West Bingham |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Newark | Deanery of Bassetlaw and Bawtry |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Newark | Deanery of Mansfield |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Newark | Deanery of Newark and Southwell |
| Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham | Archdeaconry of Newark | Deanery of Newstead |

## List of churches in the diocese

Closed churches are listed in italics.
| Place | Church | Opened | Closed |
| Annesley | All Saints | 1874 | |
| Annesley | All Saints Old Church | | 1940s |
| Annesley Woodhouse | St John the Evangelist | | |
| Arnold | St Mary, Church Lane | | |
| Arnold | Emmanuel, Church View Close, Warren Hill | | |
| Askham | St Nicholas | | |
| Aslockton | St Thomas | 1892 | |
| Aspley | St Margaret, Aspley Lane | 1936 | |
| Attenborough | St Mary the Virgin, Church Lane | | |
| Auckley | St Saviour | | |
| Austerfield | St Helena, High Street | | |
| Averham | St Michael and All Angels | | |
| Awsworth | St Peter, Main Street | | |
| Babworth | All Saints, Private Lane | | |
| Balderton | St Giles | | |
| Barnby in the Willows | All Saints | | |
| Barnstone | St Mary | 1857 | |
| Barton in Fabis | St George | | |
| Basford | St Aidan | 1905 | |
| Basford | St Augustine | 1877 | 1989 |
| Basford | St Leodegarius | | |
| Bawtry | St Nicholas, Church Street | | |
| Beckingham | All Saints, Church Street | | |
| Beeston | St John the Baptist, Church Street | | |
| Besthorpe | Holy Trinity | 1844 | |
| Bestwood | St Matthew-on-the-Hill, Padstow Road, Bestwood Estate | | |
| Bestwood | St Mark, School Walk, Bestwood Village | | |
| Bestwood | Rise Park Church-Ang/Meth LEP, Revelstoke Way | | |
| Bestwood | Park Church Ang/Meth LEP | | |
| Bestwood | St Philip, Knight's Close Top Valley | | |
| Bilborough | St Martin of Tours, St Martin's Road | | |
| Bilborough | St John the Baptist, Graylands Road | | |
| Bilsthorpe | St Margaret, Church Hill | | |
| Bingham | St Mary and All Saints, Church Street | | |
| Bleasby | St Mary | | |
| Blidworth | St Mary of the Purification, Main Street | | |
| Blyth | St Mary and St Martin | | |
| Bole | St Martin, East Street | | |
| Bothamsall | Our Lady and St Peter | 1845 | |
| Boughton | St Matthew, Church Road | 1868 | |
| Bradmore | Church Room, Main Street | | |
| Bramcote | St Michael and All Angels, Church Street | 1861 | |
| Brinsley | St James the Great, Church Lane | | |
| Broughton Sulney (Upper Broughton) | St Luke, Melton Road | | |
| Broxtowe | St Martha the Housewife | | |
| Bulcote | Holy Trinity | 1862 | |
| Bulwell | St John the Divine, Keys Close/Muster Walk | 1885 | |
| Bulwell | St Mary the Virgin, Highbury Road | | |
| Bunny | St Mary the Virgin, Church Street | | |
| Burton Joyce | St Helen, Church Road | | |
| Calverton | St Wilfrid | | |
| Car Colston | St Mary, Main Street | | |
| Carburton | St Giles | | |
| Carlton | St John the Baptist, Oakdale Road | | |
| Carlton | St Paul | 1891 | |
| Carlton-in-Lindrick | St John the Evangelist, Church Lane | | |
| Carlton-on-Trent | St Mary | 1851 | |
| Carrington | St John the Evangelist, Mansfield Road | 1843 | |
| Caunton | St Andrew | | |
| Caythorpe | St Aidan Mission Church | 1900 | |
| Chilwell | Christ Church, High Road | 1903 | |
| Church Warsop | St Peter and St Paul | | |
| Cinderhill | Christ Church, Nuthall Road | 1856 | |
| Clarborough | St John the Baptist, Church Lane | | |
| Clayworth | St Peter, Wiseton Road | | |
| Clifton | Holy Trinity, Farnborough Road | | |
| Clifton | St Francis, South Church Drive | | |
| Clifton Village | St Mary, Holgate | | |
| Clipstone | All Saints, Fourth Avenue | | |
| Clumber Park | St Mary the Virgin | 1867 | |
| Collingham | All Saints | | |
| Collingham | St John the Baptist | | |
| Colston Bassett | St John the Divine | 1892 | |
| Colwick | St John the Baptist | | |
| Cossall | St Catherine | | |
| Costock | St Giles, Church Lane | | |
| Cotgrave | All Saints | | |
| Cotham | St Michael | | |
| Cottam | Holy Trinity | | |
| Cromwell | St Giles | | |
| Cropwell Bishop | St Giles | | |
| Darlton | St Giles | | |
| Daybrook | St Paul, Mansfield Road North | 1896 | |
| Daybrook | St Timothy's Church Centre | | |
| Dunham-on-Trent | St Oswald, The Green | | |
| Eakring | St Andrew, Kirklington Road | | |
| East Bridgford | St Peter, Kirk Hill | | |
| East Drayton | St Peter | | |
| East Leake | St Mary, Main Street | | |
| East Markham | St John the Baptist, Church Street | | |
| East Retford | St Swithun | | |
| East Stoke | St Oswald | | |
| Eastwood | St Mary | | |
| Eaton | All Saints | 1860 | |
| Edingley | St Giles | | |
| Edwalton | Holy Rood | | |
| Edwinstowe | St Mary | | |
| Egmanton | Our Lady of Egmanton | | |
| Elkesley | St Giles | | |
| Elston | All Saints | | |
| Elton on the Hill | St Michael and All Angels | | |
| Epperstone | Holy Cross | | |
| Everton | Holy Trinity, Church Street | | |
| Farndon | St Peter, Church Street | | |
| Farnsfield | St Michael | 1860 | |
| Finningley | Holy Trinity and St Oswald, Rectory Lane | | |
| Flawborough | St Peter | | 2009 |
| Flawford | St Peter's Church, Flawford | | 1718 |
| Fledborough | St Gregory's Church, Fledborough | | |
| Flintham | St Augustine of Canterbury | | |
| Forest Town | St Alban, Clipstone Road West | 1911 | |
| Gamston | St Peter | | |
| Gamston and Bridgford | St Luke, Leahurst Road | | |
| Gedling | All Hallows | | |
| Girton and Spalford | St Cecilia | | |
| Gonalston | St Laurence | | |
| Gotham | St Lawrence | | |
| Granby | All Saints | | |
| Greasley | St Mary | | |
| Gringley-on-the-Hill | St Peter and St Paul | | |
| Grove | St Helen | 1882 | |
| Gunthorpe | St John the Baptist | | |
| Halam | St Michael the Archangel | | |
| Halloughton | St James | | |
| Harby with Swinethorpe | All Saints | 1877 | |
| Harworth | All Saints | | |
| Hawksworth | St Mary and All Saints | | |
| Hawton | All Saints | | |
| Hayton | St Peter, Church Lane | | |
| Headon-cum-Upton | St Peter | | |
| Hickling | St Luke, Main Street | | |
| Hockerton | St Nicholas | | |
| Holbeck | St Winifred (Private Chapel) | 1916 | |
| Holme | St Giles | | |
| Holme Pierrepont with Adbolton | St Edmund | | |
| Hoveringham | St Michael | | |
| Hucknall | St John, Nottingham Road | 1877 | |
| Hucknall | St Peter and St Paul, Ruffs Drive | 1956 | |
| Hucknall | St Mary Magdalene, Market Place | | |
| Huthwaite | All Saints, Common Road | 1903 | |
| Hyson Green | St Paul | 1844 | 1994 |
| Hyson Green | St Stephen, Bobbers Mill Road | 1898 | |
| Inham Nook (Chilwell) | St Barnabas, Barn Croft | 1957 | |
| Jacksdale | St Mary, Church Lane | | |
| Kelham | St Wilfrid | | |
| Keyworth | St Mary Magdalene | | |
| Kilvington | St Mary | | |
| Kimberley | Holy Trinity, Church Hill | | |
| Kingston on Soar | St Winifred, Kegworth Road | | |
| Kinoulton | St Luke, Main Street | 1793 | |
| Kirkby Woodhouse | St John the Evangelist, Skegby Road | | |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | St Thomas, Kingsway | 1903 | |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | St Wilfrid, Church Street | 1907 | |
| Kirklington | St Swithin | | |
| Kirton | Holy Trinity | | |
| Kneesall | St Bartholomew | | |
| Kneeton | St Helen | | |
| Lady Bay | All Hallows, Pierrepont Road | | |
| Ladybrook (Mansfield) | St Mary the Virgin, Bancroft Lane | | |
| Lambley | Holy Trinity | | |
| Laneham | St Peter | | |
| Langar cum Barnstone | St Andrew | | |
| Langford | St Bartholomew | | |
| Langold | St Luke, Church Street | 1928 | |
| Laxton | St Michael the Archangel | | |
| Lenton | Holy Trinity, Church Street | 1842 | |
| Lenton | Priory Church of St Anthony, Abbey Street, Old Lenton | | |
| Lenton Abbey | St Barnabas' Church, Lenton Abbey | 1938 | |
| Linby | St Michael, Church Lane | | |
| Lowdham | St Mary the Virgin | | |
| Mansfield | St Augustine, Abbott Road | | |
| Mansfield | St John's, St John Street | 1856 | |
| Mansfield | St Lawrence, Skerry Hill/Pecks Hill | | |
| Mansfield | St Mark, Nottingham Road | 1897 | |
| Mansfield | St Peter and St Paul, Church Side | | |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | St Edmund King and Martyr, Church Street | | |
| Maplebeck | St Radegund | | |
| Markham Clinton (West Markham) | All Saints | | |
| Mattersey | All Saints, Retford Road | | |
| Misson | St John the Baptist, Church Street | | |
| Misterton | All Saints, High Street | | |
| Moorhouse | Moorhouse Chantry Chapel | 1860 | |
| Morton | St Denis | 1756 | |
| Netherfield | St George, Victoria Road | | |
| New Basford | St Augustine, Gawthorne Street, Sherwood Rise | | |
| Newark-on-Trent | St Mary Magdalene, Market Square | | |
| Newark-on-Trent | Christ Church, Boundary Road | 1956 | |
| Newark-on-Trent | St Leonard, Lincoln Road | 1978 | |
| Newstead Abbey | St Mary | | |
| Newstead | St Mary the Virgin, Village Street | | |
| Normanton on Soar | St James | | |
| Normanton-upon-Trent | St Matthew, Main Street | | |
| North and South Wheatley | St Helen's | | 1883 |
| North and South Wheatley | St Peter and St Paul, Middlefield Road | | |
| North Leverton | St Martin, Main Street | | |
| North Muskham | St Wilfrid | | |
| Norton and Cuckney | St Mary | | |
| Norwell | St Laurence | | |
| Nottingham | All Saints, Raleigh Street | 1864 | |
| Nottingham | Emmanuel Church, Woodborough Road | 1883 | 1972 |
| Nottingham | Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square | 1841 | 1958 |
| Nottingham | St Andrew, Mansfield Rd/Mapperley Rd | 1871 | |
| Nottingham | St Ann's Church, St Ann's Well Road | 1864 | 1971 |
| Nottingham | St Ann with Emmanuel, Robin Hood Chase/Church Rd | 1974 | |
| Nottingham | St Bartholomew's Church, Blue Bell Hill Road | 1894 | 1971 |
| Nottingham | St Catharine, St Ann's Well Road | 1896 | 2003 |
| Nottingham | St George, The Meadows | 1888 | |
| Nottingham | St Faith's Church, Bathley Street, Nottingham | 1915 | 1981 |
| Nottingham | St James' Church, Standard Hill | 1809 | 1933 |
| Nottingham | St John the Baptist, Canal Street | 1844 | 1941 |
| Nottingham | St Jude, Woodborough Rd | 1877 | |
| Nottingham | St Luke's Church, Carlton Road | 1863 | 1924 |
| Nottingham | St Mark's Church, Huntingdon Street | 1856 | 1958 |
| Nottingham | St Mary the Virgin, High Pavement | | |
| Nottingham | St Matthew's Church, Talbot Street | 1853 | 1956 |
| Nottingham | St Nicholas, Maid Marian Way | 1678 | |
| Nottingham | St Paul's Church, George Street | 1822 | 1924 |
| Nottingham | St Peter with St James, St Peter's Gate | | |
| Nottingham | St Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street | 1879 | 1963 |
| Nottingham | St Saviour, St Saviour's Garden, The Meadows | 1864 | |
| Nottingham | St Stephen's Church, Bunker's Hill | 1859 | 1896 |
| Nottingham | St Thomas's Church, Nottingham | 1873 | 1926 |
| Nuthall | St Patrick, Kimberley Road | | |
| Oldcotes | St Mark, Maltby Road | 1900 | |
| Ollerton | St Giles | 1790 | |
| Ollerton | St Paulinus, Church Circle | | |
| Ordsall | All Hallows, Church Lane | | |
| Orston | St Mary | | |
| Ossington | Holy Rood | | |
| Owthorpe | St Margaret | | |
| Oxton | St Peter & St Paul, Main Street | | |
| Papplewick | St James, Off Main Street | | |
| Perlethorpe | St John the Evangelist | | |
| Pleasley Hill | St Barnabas, Bagshaw Street | | |
| Pleasley Vale | St Chad | | |
| Plumtree | St Mary, Church Hill, Old Melton Rd | | |
| Porchester | St James, Marshall Hill Drive, Mapperley | | |
| Radcliffe-on-Trent | St Mary, Main Road | 1880 | |
| Radford | All Souls, Ilkeston Road | | |
| Radford | Christchurch, Ilkeston Road | 1847 | 1950 |
| Radford | St Michael and All Angels, Hartley Road/Alfreton Road | 1889 | 1975 |
| Radford | St Peter, Churchfield Lane/Hartley Rd | 1812 | |
| Rainworth | St Simon and St Jude | | |
| Rampton | All Saints, Torksey Street | | |
| Ranby | St Martin, Blyth Road, Chapel of Ease | | |
| Ranskill | St Barnabas, North Road | | |
| Ratcliffe-on-Soar | Holy Trinity, Kingston Park | | |
| Ravenshead | St Peter, Sheepwalk Lane | | |
| Rempstone | All Saints, Ashby Road | 1773 | |
| Rempstone | St Peter in the Rushes | Medieval | 1770 |
| Retford | St Alban, London Road | | |
| Retford | St Saviour, Welham Road | 1829 | |
| Rolleston | Holy Trinity | | |
| Ruddington | St Peter Church Street | 1888 | |
| Scarrington | St John of Beverley | | |
| Scofton | St John | | |
| Screveton | St Wilfrid, Rectory Lane | | |
| Scrooby | St Wilfrid, Low Road | | |
| Selston | St Helen, Church Lane | | |
| Shelford | St Peter and St Paul, Church Street | | |
| Shelton | St Mary and All Saints, Main Street | | |
| Sherwood | St Martin, Trevose Gardens | 1932 | |
| Shireoaks | St Luke, Shireoaks Road | | |
| Sibthorpe | St Peter, Church Street | | |
| Skegby | St Andrew, Mansfield Road | | |
| Sneinton | St Alban's Church, Sneinton, Bond Street | 1887 | 2003 |
| Sneinton | St Christopher's Church, Sneinton | 1910 | |
| Sneinton | St Cyprian, Lancaster Road | 1935 | |
| Sneinton | St Matthias' Church, St Matthias Road | 1868 | 2007 |
| Sneinton | St Stephen | | |
| Sookholme | St Augustine | | |
| South Clifton | St George the Martyr | | |
| South Leverton | All Saints, Church Street | | |
| South Muskham | St Wilfrid | | |
| South Scarle | St Helena | | |
| Southwell | Holy Trinity, Westgate | 1846 | |
| Southwell | Cathedral & Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary | | |
| Stanford on Soar | St John the Baptist, Main Street | | |
| Stanton on the Hill | All Saints (Chapel of Ease) Fackley Road | | |
| Stanton-on-the-Wolds | All Saints, Brown's Lane | | |
| Stapleford | St Helen, Church Street | | |
| Stapleford | St Andrew, Antill Street | | To be converted into flats, previously the Haven Church |
| Stapleford | St Luke Mission Church, Moorbridge Lane | | |
| Staunton | St Mary | | |
| Stoke Bardolph | St Luke | 1844 | |
| Stokeham | St Peter | | |
| Strelley | All Saints, Main Street | | |
| Sturton le Steeple | St Peter & St Paul, Church Street | | |
| Sutton Bonington | St Anne, St Anne's Lane, Sutton | | |
| Sutton Bonington | St Michael, Main Street, Bonington | | |
| Sutton cum Lound | St Bartholomew, Mattersey Road | | |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield | St Mary Magdalene, Lammas Road | | |
| Sutton-in-Ashfield | St Michael and All Angels, Outram Street | | |
| Sutton-on-Trent | All Saints, Church Street | | |
| Syerston | All Saints | | |
| Teversal | St Katherine, Buttery Lane | | |
| Thorney with Wigsley | St Helen | | |
| Thoroton | St Helena | | |
| Thorpe | St Lawrence | | |
| Thrumpton | All Saints | | |
| Thurgarton | Priory Church of St Peter, Thurgarton | | |
| Tollerton | St Peter, Tollerton Lane | | |
| Toton | St Peter, High Road | | |
| Treswell | St John the Baptist | | |
| Trowell | St Helen, Nottingham Road | | |
| Tuxford | St Nicholas | | |
| Tythby with Cropwell Butler | Holy Trinity | | |
| Underwood | St Michael and All Angels, Church Lane | 1890 | |
| Upton | St Peter & St Paul, Church Lane | | |
| Walesby | St Edmund | | |
| Walkeringham | St Mary Magdalene, Gringley Road | | |
| Warsop | see Church Warsop and Sookholme | | |
| Welbeck | College Chapel | | |
| Wellow | St Swithin | | |
| West Bridgford | St Giles, Church Drive | | |
| West Drayton | St Paul | | |
| West Leake | St Helena, Main Street | | |
| West Retford | St Michael the Archangel | | |
| West Stockwith | St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Main Street | 1722 | |
| Weston | All Saints | | |
| Westwood | St Mary, Church Lane, Jacksdale | 1898 | |
| Whatton | St John of Beverley | | |
| Widmerpool | St Peter, Old Hall Drive | | |
| Wilford | St Wilfrid | | |
| Wilford Hill | St Paul, Boundary Road | | |
| Willoughby-on-the-Wolds | St Mary & All Saints, Church Lane | | |
| Winkburn | St John of Jerusalem | | |
| Winthorpe | All Saints | 1888 | |
| Wollaton | St Leonard, Wollaton Road | | |
| Wollaton Park | St Mary | 1939 | |
| Woodborough | St Swithun, Lingwood Lane | | |
| Woodthorpe | St Mark, De Vere Gardens | | |
| Worksop | Christchurch Centre, Thievesdale Close | | |
| Worksop | St Anne, Newcastle Avenue | 1911 | |
| Worksop | St John the Evangelist, Gateford Road | 1869 | |
| Worksop | St Paul, Pelham Street | | |
| Worksop | Worksop Priory (St Mary & St Cuthbert, Priorswell Road) | | |
| Wysall | Holy Trinity, Main Street | | |