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architecture. The church sits on an island in the centre of the town and is the main focal point for miles around. The buttressed tower dates from 1360, but the site had been used since the 13th century in the times of
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In 1998 the Vicar, Roy Hibbert, was found guilty of fraud after overcharging parishioners for funerals and other services. For the 2019
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and a wooden parish war memorial plaque to local dead from the same war that were moved here from the former parish church at nearby
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In the churchyard is a sandstone memorial cross with brass plaques commemorating the men from the town who lost their lives in
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The church was built in the 12th century with the tower being rebuilt in 1360. Thomas Draper bought the church from the
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in 1452 but it was not until 1700 that it gained its land and the rectory was endowed. The red brick north and south
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The north west corner of the nave, known locally as the "Longford Corner", contains a stained glass window by
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The tower has 8 bells hung from wooden headstocks. Five of the bells were cast by Thomas Mears of the
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which closed in 1981. Near this corner is a brass plaque to Captain Walter Rowlands Roberts,
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were added in the 18th century. Galleries and gas lighting was added in 1837. The
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was baptised at the church where his parents previously had married in 1909.
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twice, the south side in 1883 and the north side from 1890 by
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in memory of two brothers of the Leake family killed in the
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in London in 1812. The two most recent were cast by
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St Nicolas church, Newport

Denomination
Church of England
stnicholasnewport.co.uk
Diocese
Diocese of Lichfield
Archdeaconry
Archdeaconry of Salop
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Anglican
Newport, Shropshire
Diocese of Lichfield
St Nicholas
fishermen
listed building
Early English
Perpendicular
Henry I
Abbot of Shrewsbury
aisles
chancel
restored
John Norton
Enoch Powell
Remembrance Day
poppies
Michael Beasley

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