St. Helena's Church, Thoroton
| St Helena's Church, Thoroton | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | The Cranmer Group |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Helena |
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| Parish | Thoroton |
| Diocese | Southwell and Nottingham |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Bryony Wood |
Coordinates: 52°58′29″N 00°51′46″W / 52.97472°N 0.86278°W
St Helena's Church, Thoroton is a parish church in the Church of England in Thoroton, Nottinghamshire.
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
The church is medieval, with fragments of the East end dating from the 11th century, but was restored in 1868–69 by the architect John Henry Hakewill, son of Henry Hakewill.
This involved rebuilding the chancel and re-roofing and re-seating the church. The 14th-century tower has a restored corbel table with masks and four gargoyles and an octagonal spire. Most of the stained glass is from 1869. The vestry has been converted into a chapel. The plain round font there has a restored 14th-century base.
The dedication (earlier "St Helen") is to St Helena of Constantinople, the mother of the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine. She was reputed to have found the True Cross while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in AD 326.
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