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| name                   = St. Christopher's Church, Sneinton
| fullname               = The Church of St. Christopher with St. Philip, Sneinton
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| consecrated date       = 1 December 1910
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| architect              = Frank Edwin Littler
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'''St Christopher's Church, Sneinton''' is a [[Church of England]] church in [[Sneinton]] [[Nottingham]].<ref>The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Nikolaus Pevsner</ref>
==History==
The church was built on the site of a former iron mission church and school. The school room was {{convert|46|ft|m}} long and {{convert|20|ft|m}} wide. It was moved on rollers to make room for the building of the new church. The building was loosened from its foundations and beams fixed underneath. The structure was raised by hydraulic jacks and placed on rollers and moved {{convert|40|ft|m}} by a team of 17 men.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Shifting a church | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19091008/021/0005 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post  |location=England  |date=8 October 1909 |access-date=21 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> Two weeks later the iron church was moved using the same technique. The church was estimated to weigh between 60 and 80 tons, and measured {{convert|84|ft|m}} and {{convert|40|ft|m}} wide. The pews, organ and fittings were left intact and the church moved {{convert|70|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Moving a church | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19091022/070/0007 |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post  |location=England  |date=22 October 1909 |access-date=21 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref>
The new church was built in the early Decorated Gothic style with two side aisles and north and south transepts. It was consecrated by [[Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, 12th Baronet|Rt. Revd. Edwyn Hoskyns]] the [[Bishop of Southwell]] on 1 December 1910.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=A new Sneinton Church. St Christopher's consecrated by the Bishop of Southwell | url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001896/19101202/135/0006 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal  |location=England  |date=2 December 1910 |access-date=21 January 2021 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription  }}</ref> It replaced a tin church which had been opened in 1902 on the same site. It became the main church for St Christopher's, from the original church built on Meadow Lane, near Trent Bridge in 1885, which was retained as a mission church.
The church was badly damaged in the [[Nottingham Blitz|air raid on Nottingham on 8 and 9 May 1941]] (the same raid which destroyed [[St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside, Nottingham]] nearby). Only the walls were left standing. Until restoration work was completed in 1952,<ref>[[Nottingham Evening News]] 6 Dec 1952</ref> the church joined with [[St. Philip's Church, Pennyfoot Street]], and when St. Philip's Church was demolished in 1963, its name was joined with that of St. Christopher's. The original church on Meadow Lane was destroyed in the same air raid that damaged the main building.<ref><church archives></ref>
A full history of the church can be found on the [http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/sneinton-st-christopher/hintro.php Southwell DAC Church History Project website].
==Organ==
The two manual pipe organ dates from the rebuilding of the church in 1953 and is by Cousans of Lincoln. The reeds were voiced by Billy Jones. A specification of the organ can be found on the [http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N13561 National Pipe Organ Register].
==References==
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{{Deanery of Nottingham South}}
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[[Category:Churches in Nottingham]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1910]]
[[Category:Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire]]
[[Category:Churches bombed by the Luftwaffe in Nottingham|Christopher]]