Eastwood. The Church is dedicated to St. Mary, [and] was built about fifty years ago (i.e. c.1747), it is mostly of brick. It has a tower. (1)
The parish church of St Mary, rebuilt during 1858, is of ancient origin. The extant registers only date back to 1711 as a fire in that year destroyed all previous registers. (2)
The church is in use for public worship. A board in the church gives a list of rectors of Eastwood from 1286 to the present day. The present church was built 1856-8 on the site of the old church. This latter was a small brick building erected in 1787 and enlarged in 1826 (from parish mag ?). (3)
Only the embattled tower of the … church of 1858 by Robert Barber of Eastwood survived the fire of 1963. New nave and chancel 1966-7 by Royle & Whitehorn of Nottingham. (6)
The new church was designed by Mr. Robert Barber of Ivy Cottage, Church Street, and was built by J. Fisher of Thurland Street, Nottingham. The church was consecrated and opened on 1st July 1858. (7)

NRHE Entry…
[SK 46534681] St. Mary's Church [T.U.] (1)

Eastwood Church. "The church is dedicated to St.Mary and was
built about fifty years ago [i.e. presumably about 1747, as
this statement does not appear in Thoroton's original book dated
1677, it therefore appears to be attributable to Throsby,
editor of the 1797 edition], it is mostly of bricks … It has
a tower". (2)

"(Reg. Mar. 1563, Bapt. And Bur. 1616) Eastwood (St. Mary):
Entirely rebuilt 1858. (3)

The parish church of St. Mary, rebuilt during 1838, is of
ancient origin. The extant registers only date back to 1711 as
a fire that year destroyed all previous registers. (4)

There seems to have existed no church earlier than c.1740
St.Mary's, a building mostly of brick with a tower. (5)

The church is in use for public worship. A board in the church
gives a list of rectors of Eastwood from 1286 to present day. A
cutting from the parish magazine also displayed in the church
contains the information that the present church was built 1856-8
on the site of the old church. This latter was a small brick
building erected in 1787 and enlarged in 1826. Due to the
present incumbent's serious illness no further information could
be gained. (6)

The body of the church has now been completely rebuilt, but
the old tower has been retained. (7)

1 Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)
Default value used to record large numbers of archive items which are not separately catalogued. See Monument Recording Guidelines for details of use. OS 6" 1887
2 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION "Hist. of Notts." Vol. 2, 1797 p.236 (R. Thoroton edited by J. Throsby).
3 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION "County Churches (Notts.) 1912, p. 79. (Rev. J.C. Cox)
4 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Eastwood U.D. Notts, Off. Guide, 3rd Edn, n.d. Anon.
5 VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION Nottinghamshire, 1953, p.251, (C. Marsden)
6 Field Investigators Comments F1 WCW 09-JUN-59
7 Field Investigators Comments F2 BHS 13-JN-75

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<1> Throsby J, 1790, Thoroton's History of Notts Vol 2, p 236 (Published document). SNT1346.

<2> Eastwood UD Notts, Official Guide (Published document). SNT661.

<3> Woodhouse WC, 1959, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1437.

<4> Cox JC, 1912, Churches of Notts, p 79 (Published document). SNT589.

<5> Marsden C, 1953, Notts, p 251 (Published document). SNT904.

<6> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 117 (Monograph). SNT4.

<7> Hardy G, 1991, Around Old Eastwood, p 48 (Published document). SNT1611.

<8> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.