November 2013:
GAINSBOROUGH, All Saints.
Our visit to Gainsborough All Saints church on Thursday 7 November was our seventy-fifth building since the group started in February 2010.
The first recorded evidence of a church at Gainsborough is in 1180, when the rectory was granted by Roger de Talebu to the Preceptory of the Knights Templar at Willoughton. In 1547,following the Reformation, the parish of Gainsborough came under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Lincoln for the first time.
The medieval Church of All Saints fell into disrepair after the Civil War. In 1736 it was demolished to make way for a new church. The new parish church was completed in 1748. All that remains of the medieval church is the font and the west tower which is 90 feet high and contains a ring of eight bells.
A monument to Richard Rollett, master sailmaker who was on Captain James Cook's second voyage in 1824, is located in the porch.
The present church has galleries and box pews. Of particular interest is the painting behind the altar which is a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ There is little stained glass so the church is very light.
A most interesting visit and we are grateful to our very knowledgeable guide.
JRK Photos by Max Kitchen
The medieval Church of All Saints fell into disrepair after the Civil War. In 1736 it was demolished to make way for a new church. The new parish church was completed in 1748. All that remains of the medieval church is the font and the west tower which is 90 feet high and contains a ring of eight bells.
A monument to Richard Rollett, master sailmaker who was on Captain James Cook's second voyage in 1824, is located in the porch.
The present church has galleries and box pews. Of particular interest is the painting behind the altar which is a copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ There is little stained glass so the church is very light.
A most interesting visit and we are grateful to our very knowledgeable guide.
JRK Photos by Max Kitchen
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