Radcliffe on Trent
St Mary

Features and Fittings

All fittings date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Chancel

Oak holy table with phoenix motif.

Communion rails with hinged gates.

Chair to left of holy table - oak, cross legged, with leaf pattern and religious symbol.

Chair to right of holy table - oak with four straight legs, decorated with floral and lozenge patterns. Made from late seventeenth century panelling.

Oak choir stalls - the gift of Vera Mary Robotham April 18th 1961 and the gift of Winifred and Muriel Robotham April 18th 1963.

Two oak litany desks.

Pipes of former organ facing nave on north side of chancel.

Lady Chapel

Two oak kneeling desks.

Screen erected 1929 with inscription on panelling

To the Glory of God
and in deep gratitude for the many blessings
received as members of the Christian Faith.

HENRY NEWSON
WHO DIED
8th SEPTEMBER 1924
ELINOR LOUISA
HIS WIFE WHO DIED
15th FEBRUARY 1932.

Tapestry of biblical scene on wall to right of entrance commemorating Ada Jane Barratt d. 1936 aged 84. Inscription reads:

In Memory of ADA JANE
wife of SAMUEL BARRATT
Both of this Parish.

New rails and gates provided in 1961 with small brass plate on inner side of the gates bearing the inscription: In memory of May Elizabeth Elwin, 1894-1960.

Oak holy table with Lamb of God motif. Inscription on front:

THE C.E.M.S. MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918

Names are inscribed on both ends of the table (See also War Memorial.)

The front of the Communion Table in the Lady Chapel

The South end of the Table, showing the names inscribed

The North end, showing the names inscribed

Wooden display case on stand containing Book of Remembrance:

THANKS BE TO GOD FOR MY FAMILY & PARENTS
JOHN HAINSWORTH AND HILDA MAY BARRY
DIED 1968 AND 1965 RESPECTIVELY.

Beechwood chairs with blue upholstered seats. (54 in whole church - see Additional Material below).

Nave

Victorian pews - various sizes (52 in whole church).

Some beechwood chairs.

South aisle

Victorian pews.

Two oak choir stalls.

North Aisle

Oak screen at the west end of the north aisle (to the right of the entrance to the Tower Room (former baptistry)). It was originally intended for the chancel, and was presented in 1924 by Mrs Lloyd Dexter (1879-1965) of Radcliffe Hall in memory of her first husband Samuel Smith and his son. (Nearby is a plaque presented by her second husband. See monuments section).

Font formerly in baptistry by west door, presumably dating from rebuilding of 1879. Stone with oak cover with iron cross. Brass plate reads:

The re-siting of the font was made possible
by the generosity of the Custance family
in memory of Edna May Custance
wife and mother
13th August 1913 - 17th November 1984.

Pulpit - stone.

The font

The pulpit

Pipes of former organ at east end of aisle.