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St Giles, Carburton, Nottinghamshire

Location
(53°15′11″N, 1°5′3″W)
Carburton
SK 612 733
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Nottinghamshire
now Nottinghamshire
medieval St Giles
now St Giles
  • Simon Kirsop

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Description

A small chapel consisting of a nave and chancel with W bellcote and S porch. Largely Romanesque fabric though now rendered. W window of 14thc., chancel windows of 13thc. According to Pevsner, the S aisle was removed before 1748. The S porch was renewed in about 1958. Formerly in the parish of Edwinstowe; now linked with Worksop Priory.

History

Carburton is mentioned in the Domesday Survey as being in the wapentake of Broxtowe in the lands of the King.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Interior Features

Arcades

Nave

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

On account of coal mining the chapel has suffered considerably from subsidence. The font was painted battleship grey in the later 20thc. Cox gives the dedication as St Mary.

Bibliography
J C Cox, County Churches: Nottinghamshire. London 1912, 54.
N Pevsner and E Williamson, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire. 2nd ed., London 1979, reprinted (with corrections)1997, 89-91.