St Aidan's Church, Basford

Coordinates: 52°59′14″N 01°10′45″W / 52.98722°N 1.17917°W

St. Aidan's Church, Basford
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
Website	www.staidansbasford.org.uk
History
Dedication	St. Aidan
Administration
Parish	Basford, Nottingham
Deanery	Nottingham North
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Province	York
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Richard Shaw

St. Aidan's Church, Basford is a parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Southwell in Basford, Nottingham.

History

The church was built in 1905 by Robert Evans and Sons,^[1] as a chapel of ease to St. Leodegarius Church, Basford.

It was consecrated on 21 February 1905 by the Bishop of Southwell Edwyn Hoskyns.

The church is famous for its 1966 carvings at the top of the pillars by the sculptor Witold Gracjan Kawalec, representing Work, Peace, Mercy, Hope, Life, Guidance, Humility, Justice, Grace and Music.

Incumbents

• W. A. Boyd 1905-1909
• F. Kennen 1909-1921
• G. H. Vine 1921-1960
• Kenneth Cook 1961-1967
• R. Fearn 1968-1973
• H. J. Crowie 1975-1978
• G. Hepple 1979-1984
• W. Jarvis 1984-1993
• J. Hemstock and P. Hemstock 1994-1997
• P. Hemstock 1997-2006
• Richard Shaw 2007-2016

Services and events

• Sunday
  • 10.00am Eucharist - 1st, 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month
  • 10.00am Service of the Word - 3rd Sunday of the month
  • 6.30pm Eucharist - 3rd Sunday of the month only
• Thursday 11.00am Luncheon Fellowship
• Friday 9.00am Coffee Morning

Christmas 2016 at St Aidan's

Sun 4th December 10.00am Eucharist & Gift Service

Wed 7th December 6.30pm Christingle Service

Sun 18th December 6.30pm Service of nine Lessons and Carols

Sat 24th Midnight Mass 11.30pm - Combined Service at St Leos, Church Street Basford

Sun 25th Christmas Day Eucharist

Contact information

Church Office Tel [phone]

References

1. Nikolaus Pevsner The Buildings of England; Nottinghamshire, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951.

Sources

• Southwell Diocesan Website