Clifton St Francis

References

Archival Sources

Nottinghamshire Archives

PR 29,982, Baptisms 19 May 1957 - 14 Sept. 1958 (Also for the Conventional District of New Clifton 26 Oct. 1952 - 18 May 1957)
PR 29,983, Marriages 6 July 1958 - 3 Sept.1960
PR 29,984, Marriages 10 Sept. 1960 - 7 March 1964
PR 29,985/1, Marriages 7 March 1964 - 30 Sept. 1967
PR 29,986, Marriages 30 Sept. 1967 - 30 Oct. 1971
PR 29,987, Marriages 11 Dec. 1971 - 1 Sept. 1973
PR 29,988, Marriages 1 Sept. 1973 - 15 July 1978

PR 29,989 to PR 29,994, Banns 9 June 1957 - 22 July 1984
PR 29,999, Funerals 16 November 1972 - 24 June 1976
PR 30,000, Funerals 24 June 1976 - 19 Aug. 1992
Accession 6787, Funerals 16 Nov. 2001 - 27 Sept. 2002 (typed list)

Other registers retained by the church or transferred to Clifton Holy Trinity

Accession  6787
Church Council Minutes, 3 Feb. 1986 - 30 Nov. 1992
Church Council Minutes, 1 Feb. 1993 - 12 Dec. 1994
District Church Council Minutes, 1 May 1979 - 2 Dec. 1985
District Church Council Minutes, 18 Jan. 1995 - 24 March 1998
AGM Minutes, 13 March 1956 - 11 April 1988
Inventory and Terrier, 12 Sept. 1958 (with later additions)
Quinquennial Report, July 1973 by Royle & Whitehorn
Quinquennial Report, Aug. 1982 by Royle & Whitehorn & Smith
Quinquennial Report, Sept. 1987 by Eberlin & Partners
Faculty 26 Nov. 1989 for aumbry from St. Augustine’s to be installed
Faculty June 1988 for light oak portable lectern
Faculty June 1993 for votive candle stand
Faculty 5 March 1981 for 8 in. silver chalice in memory of Arthur Fearn, churchwarden, 1969-80
Plans by Sir Charles Nicholson Group, architects, for Proposed Extension and Alteration 8 November 1995, A Millenium project not realised
Sharing agreement with Clifton Methodist 1 November 1976, terminated 1 December 1985

Accession 7275
Papers re 50th anniversary of the building
Correspondence c. 1956-63, re the bell, the organ and the Church Commissioners agreeing to it becoming a parish church
The Star 1953-64 and Link 1989-97
Orders of service and photographs and newspaper cuttings re the consecration of the church and the visit of Princess Margaret
Ron Towson, St. Francis Church Clifton : A brief history 1952-1982 (continued for 1982-1997 by Mary Fearn)
Vernon Royle, personal communication with Mrs Margaret Beard, 2004

Southwell Diocesan Office

Quinquennial Report 2007
DAC Report Oct. 2009
Advice on changing architect
Letter from W. L. Exton re donation for six new bells Feb. 2004
Project summary re six new bells 26 June 2007
Faculty granted re six new bells 10 July 2007
Letter from Hayward Mills Associates, bell founders, 28 Aug. 2007 re poor condition of bell chamber, etc.

Booklet; St. Francis Church Clifton Nottingham consecrated 19 May 1957

CD:  Vernon Royle churches

Local Studies Library, Nottingham

Nottingham Guardian, 28 Nov. 1952 - Community to build own church
Nottingham Guardian, 4 Dec. 1952 - Proposed church for Clifton Estate
Nottingham Guardian, 20 Apr. 1953 - Service on site
Nottingham Guardian, 21 Aug. 1954 - Being built by parishioners
Nottingham Journal, 20 Apr. 1953 - Tools blessed for do-it-yourself church
Nottingham Journal, 27 July 1953 - Foundation stone laid
Nottingham Guardian Journal, 17 May 1957 - Church consecrated
Nottingham Guardian Journal, 15 Aug. 1957 - New church at Clifton
Nottingham Evening Post, 19 June 1956 - 16th century Italian paintings
Nottingham Evening Post, 10 Aug. 1957 - Photograph of cross, altar and font
Nottingham Evening Post, 16 May 1967 - 10th anniversary
Nottingham Evening Post, 24 Apr. 1978 - 21st anniversary
Nottingham Evening Post, 23 May 1997 - 40th anniversary
Nottingham Evening News, 17 May 1957 - Photograph of interior
Manchester Guardian, 27 June 1953 - Foundation stone laid
Daily Mail, 10 Sept. 1953 - Own church
See, Mar. 1997 - The church that couldn’t wait
The Times, 11 Nov. 2009 - Obituary of Rt. Rev. Stephen Verney
Letter of Appeal for funds, 1953 A.D. naming six volunteers who helped build the church
G. Dawson, The Church Bells of Nottinghamshire, Part 1 (1994)
G. Dawson, Errata and Adenda to The Church Bells of Nottinghamshire (2009)
Crockford’s Clerical Directory, 2012 - 2013, Church House Publishing