 Stapleford
St Andrew
History
St Andrew’s church was a daughter church of St Helen’s Stapleford and served the South West end of Stapleford. It was preceded by the Mission church on Baily Street. This church opened in March 1902.
The present building of St Andrew’s Church on Antill Street, was dedicated by the Bishop of Southwell in 1909. The foundation stone was laid by Dr Edward Bland, a benefactor of the building work.
In the parish visitation records of 1911-1915, when Sir Edwyn Hoskyns, Bishop of Southwell toured the diocese, the incumbent was listed as the Rev H Cosgrave. The church was able to accommodate 205 people and 205 children were listed on the Sunday school roll.
Parish magazines from the 1920s and 30s list regular services at St Andrew’s, including evensong and weekday services. Also advertised were regular women’s meetings, and a band of hope club. In the 1930s a Young People’s Fellowship group met weekly. During World War II St Andrew’s held a children’s festival, in which the Young People’s Union performed ‘The Magic Clock’ and ‘Miss Short-sighted’s tea party’.
The main structure of St Andrew’s underwent few alterations, apart from the removal of the organ loft in 1983, for safety reasons, and a new entrance approach in 2000.
In 2005 St Andrew’s Church closed. The building is now used as The Haven Church and Community Centre.
| 
