St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage
| St Nicholas' Church (Stevenage) | |
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The Parish Church of Saint Nicholas in Stevenage | |
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Saint Nicholas Church viewed from the Lych Gate | |
  St Nicholas' Church (Stevenage) Shown within Hertfordshire | |
| 51°55′14″N 0°11′50″W / 51.920546°N 0.197298°WCoordinates: 51°55′14″N 0°11′50″W / 51.920546°N 0.197298°W | |
| Location | Stevenage, Hertfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Previous denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Churchmanship | Low Church (Evangelical) |
| Membership | Approx. 115 |
| Weekly attendance | Approx. 130 |
| Website | Official Website |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade 1 Listed |
| Designated | 18-February-1948 |
| Style | Romanesque |
| Years built | Circa 1100 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | Approx. 250 |
| Number of floors | Two |
| Number of spires | One |
| Materials | Flint, Stone, Brick & Wood |
| Bells | Eight (Treble, E, D, C, Bflat, A, G, Tenor) |
| Tenor bell weight | 764kg |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Saint Nicholas |
| Deanery | Stevenage |
| Archdeaconry | Hertford |
| Diocese | St Albans |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Synod | General Synod of the Church of England |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Revd. Dave Brown |
| Curate(s) | Revd. Daniel Freyhan |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) |
Mr Steve Bamford Mr Nigel Brown |
Saint Nicholas' Church is a Church of England parish church in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The parish boundaries extend around the northern edge of Stevenage, incorporating areas of the Old and New towns, including a section of Great Ashby. The church is a Grade I listed building and is composed of an entrance porch, nave, north and south aisles, choir, Lady chapel, Trinity chapel and vestry. Both the Lady chapel and Trinity chapel were endowed.
History
Before 1100, a Saxon church stood in place of the current building. This was a primarily wooden structure. After the coronation of King Henry I, the church was rebuilt in a Romanesque style using flint. Over the years, the structure of the church has been partially rebuilt many times and the current building contains around nine centuries of craftsmanship. On February 18, 1948, the church was entered onto the register of Listed Buildings and classified a Grade I Listed Building. The reasons given for this new classification was "for its special architectural or historic interest."
List of parish priests
| Name | Appointed | Resigned/Died |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Fitz-Simon | 1213 | Unknown |
| William De Berkhamsted | Unknown | Unknown |
| Adam De Boxgrave | 1255 | Unknown |
| Henry De Borham | Unknown | Unknown |
| Gerald De Standon | 15-March-1276 | Unknown |
| Richard De Gloucester | 05-December-1314 | Unknown |
| John De Michaeldeane | 08-January-1328 | Unknown |
| Philip De Westone | 1333 | Unknown |
| Robert De Lee | 10-May-1340 | Unknown |
| Robert Atte Brome | 02-March-1350 | Unknown |
| William Tankerville | 25-May-1373 | Unknown |
| John Dyne | 23-April-1382 | Unknown |
| John De Newton | 23-January-1393 | Unknown |
| John de Belverge | 07-July-1395 | Unknown |
| John Rowland | February 1397 | Unknown |
| John Lawrence | July 1408 | Unknown |
| William Brewster | Unknown | Unknown |
| John Pygge | August 1432 | Unknown |
| Stephen Hellard | July 1472 | D. 1500 |
| William Blackwall | September 1506 | Unknown |
| Thomas Alleyne | Unknown | D. 1558 |
| John Battie | August 1558 | Unknown |
| John Sterne | 1577 | Unknown |
| Robert Pattinson | 1578 | Unknown |
| William Pratt | December 1598 | D. 1629 |
| Robert Chester | 1633 | D. 1664 |
| Stafford Leventhorpe | May 1664 | D. 1678 |
| Richard Shoard | January 1678 | Unknown |
| Fulke Tudor | April 1680 | D. 1688 |
| Josiah Bentham | 1689 | D. 1723 |
| Charles Baron | September 1723 | D. 1725 |
| Thomas Stamper | November 1725 | D. 1733 |
| Robert Style | February 1734 | D. 1737 |
| Nicholas Cholwell | 1737 | D. 1773 |
| Samuel Hemming | November 1773 | R. 1781 |
| Henry Baker | March 1781 | D. 1832 |
| R. G. Baker | 1833 | D. 1834 |
| George Becher Blomfield (Canon of Chester) |
1834 | R. 1874 |
| William Jowitt | 1874 | D. 1912 |
| Henry William Eliot Molony (Canon of St Albans) |
July 1912 | R. 1918 |
| Charles Morgan Smith (Canon of St Albans) |
July 1918 | R. 1945 |
| John Humphrey King | December 1945 | Unknown |
| Eric William Bradley Cordingly (Chaplain to the Queen) |
January 1955 | P. 1962 |
| Stanley Seart Hutton | October 1962 | R. 1969 |
| Eric Arthur Gaskell | 1960 | R. 1966 |
| John Trevor Scott | 1966 | R. 1969 |
| Christopher James Weston | 1970 | R. 1987 |
| John Richard Bainbridge | 1987 | R. 1998 |
| Donald Edward Dowling | 1999 | R. 2010 |
| David Mark Brown | 2010 | Present |