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Holy Trinity Church - Lenton


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Photographs

Photograph courtesy of Lenton Local History Society

Holy Trinity Church viewed from the south shortly after it opened in 1842. The Mansfield branch railway line at the bottom of the graveyard has yet to be built.

An early coloured picture postcard dating from the first decade of the twentieth century showing Holy Trinity Church, where the photographer was clearly standing in Lenton Recreation Ground when he took the shot.

Probably take at much the same time as the previous photograph this picture postcard shows Holy Trinity Church viewed from the Church Street bridge over the railway line.

Photograph by Paul Bexon

This view of Holy Trinity Church is taken from an undated picture postcard published by 'Peveril'. The photograph has been taken from Lenton Recreation Ground and features some tightly pruned bushes positioned in front of the wall dividing the park from the church school premises.

This photograph shows a view of Holy Trinity taken from the graveyard which originally featured on an undated picture postcard possibly published in the early 1920s.

The southern aspect of Holy Trinity Church, taken from within the graveyard in August 2001.

Photograph by John Bridgewater

Photograph by John Bridgewater

Photograph by Ada Marriott

The entrance to Holy Trinity Church via the north porch taken from Church Street in August 2007.

The entrance to Holy Trinity Church via the south porch also taken in August 2007. This is the doorway that is a regular feature in wedding photographs taken at the church see for instance the 1950 photograph of Thomas Bridgewater and Dorothy Waden shown below.

A gathering of the Lenton Mothers Union taken in 1947 drawn from Holy Trinity and its three daughter churches. The ladies with their banners are lined up on the pathway from Church Street leading up to the north porch.

Photograph by Paul Bexon

Photograph courtesy of Lenton Local History Society

The Ball family plaque positioned on the exterior wall at the south west corner of the church. If you click here it will take you to the Albert Ball page where you can then access a larger version of the photograph enabling you to read exactly what is written.

A view of the interior of Holy Trinity Church looking from the nave towards the chancel which was taken in the mid 1860s..

One of the glories of Holy Trinity Church is this Norman font which was once to be found in Lenton Priory. This and the next two images are taken from picture postcards of the font published in the late 1920s.

Each of the cards shows a different face of the elaborately carved font. This one shows the Crucifixion with a Roman soldier piercing Christ's side with his spear as the soul of the penitent thief is consumed by a large dragon.

This side of the font is divinded into four separate panels. The top two feature the Resurrection of Christ while the bottom two depict the three Marys with a view of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on the right.


Wedding photographs taken at Holy Trinity Church

Photograph courtesy of Jean Button

Photograph courtesy of John Bridgewater

Photograph courtesy of Christine Hill

1943 wedding photograph of Margaret Felose and John Skinner taken at Holy Trinity, Lenton.

Photograph taken of the participants standing in front of the south porch at the September 1950 wedding of Thomas Edward Bridgewater and Dorothy May Waden.

Inside Holy Trinity Church during the 1971 wedding of Christine Pawlina and Jeffrey Hill with Graham Hill, the best man, to their right.

Photograph courtesy of Christine Hill

After the wedding ceremony Jeffrey Hill and Christine Pawlina moved into the vestry in order to sign the marriage register with the Rev. R.G. Dunford in attendance.


Links

Church Street - Gallery Page
Lenton Church- Gravestones - Locating A Gravestone
Lenton Times Articles - Issue No. 7

External Links
Holy Trinity and Priory Churches - The website for Holy Trinity Church, Lenton



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