St Mary's Church, Worksop

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| location = Worksop

| country = England

| denomination = Roman Catholic

| website = [http://www.stjudeshallam.co.uk/ StJudesHallam.co.uk]

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| founder = Duke of Norfolk

| dedication = Mary, mother of Jesus

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| consecrated date = 24 March 1926

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| status = Active

| functional status = Parish church

| heritage designation = Grade II listed

| designated date = 1 April 1985[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101045758-church-of-st-mary-bassetlaw-worksop-south-ward Church of St Mary, Bassetlaw, Worksop] from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 5 May 2022

| architect = Weightman and Hadfield

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| style = Gothic Revival

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| groundbreaking = 29 October 1838

| completed date = 26 February 1840

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| parish = St Jude's Worksop-Oldcotes

| deanery = Bassetlaw[http://hallam-diocese.com/how-do-i/find-a-parish/ Parishes] from Diocese of Hallam, retrieved 5 May 2022

| diocese = Hallam

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St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. It was built from 1838 to 1840 by Weightman and Hadfield in the Gothic Revival style. It is located on Park Street to the south of the town centre. It was paid for by Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk after the sale of Worksop Manor and was once visited by Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It is a Grade II listed building.[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1045758 Church of St Mary], Historic England, retrieved 5 May 2022

History

=Foundation=

After the Reformation, in the early eighteenth century, local Catholics in Worksop had to go a chapel in Worksop Manor to celebrate Mass. In 1743, it was recorded that the total number of Catholics in Worksop was 23. In 1748, a priest was resident there at Worksop Manor. Around 1780, Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk paid for a Catholic chapel and a presbytery in Sandhill Dyke. The building survives today as Park Farm.Historic England, [https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/worksop-st-mary/ Worksop - St Mary], Taking Stock, retrieved 5 May 2022

=Construction=

In 1838, Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk sold Worksop Manor to Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle for £375,000. That year he paid for the construction of the current church and presbytery. On 29 October 1838, the foundation stone was laid by Michael Ellison, the duke's agent and uncle of Matthew Ellison Hadfield, one the church's architect, the other being John Grey Weightman. On 26 February 1840, the church was opened by Bishop Thomas Walsh, the Vicar Apostolic of the Midland District. The church was designed in the Gothic Revival style.

=Developments=

In 1870, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk paid for the church to be improved and added a new sacristy, confessional and heating system. The architect of the improvements was again Matthew Ellison Hadfield. In late 1913, Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg were invited to stay at nearby Welbeck Abbey for a week by William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland and attended Mass in the church. On 24 March 1926, the church was consecrated. In 2012, the National Lottery Heritage Fund gave £110,000 to the church for repairs.

Parish

In 2007, the parish was merged with nearby St Joseph's Church in Worksop. It is now the parish of St Jude and includes St Mary's Church, St Joseph's Church and St Helen's Church in Oldcotes. St Mary's Church has one Sunday Mass at 11:00am. St Joseph's Church has one Sunday Mass at 6:00pm on Saturday and St Helen's Church in Oldcotes has one Sunday Mass at 9:00am.