St Augustine, Sookholme, Nottinghamshire

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Location
(53°11′46″N, 1°10′52″W)
Site Location
Sookholme
National Grid Reference
SK 548 669
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Nottinghamshire now Nottinghamshire
Diocese
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Simon Kirsop
Photographers
  • Judith Asquith
  • Simon Kirsop
Visit Date
29 March 2022

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Description

Sookholme is a village about 4 miles N of Mansfield and about 10 miles S or Worksop, in W Nottinghamshire. The chapel was built in the 12thc and lies to the E of the village; it was subject to a rebuilding when it was reduced in size in the 19thc and then extensively restored in the 20thc. The chapel consists of a coursed and squared rubble building with a chancel and a nave. The Romanesque features are the chancel arch and the font.

History

There is no mention of Sookholme in Domesday Book. According to the parish website (see bibliography) the church belonged to the Priory of St Oswald at Nostell in Yorkshire.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Chancel arch/Apse arches

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

Parish website: https://www.warsopparishchurch.org.uk/st-augustine-sookholme/

N. Pevsner, C. Hartwell, E. Williamson, The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire, London 2020, 647.

Southwell & Nottingham History Project: https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/sookholme/hintro.php