St. Mary the Virgin
Parish church of Plumtree, Normanton
on the Wolds and Clipston
Welcome
....to our beautiful church, believed to be the oldest in Nottinghamshire
The church was founded around the year 837, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Nothing remains of the earliest church, which was probably built of wood, but the underlying stonework dates from Saxon times. The tower is largely Norman and the rest of the church mostly dates from the fourteenth century, although substantial rebuilding and redecoration was carried out between 1873 and 1875 by the well known Victorian architects G F Bodley and Thomas Garner.
The church has been well cared for, with major restoration of the Victorian workmanship during the 1980s and, most recently, restoration of the fine pipe organ which dates from 1880.
You can find out all about the church's history, structure and fittings from the Southwell Church History website, which is
Over 1100 years of Christian worship but still a church for today.
Old lamp outside the porch door
Like most ancient village churches in England, our church belongs to the Church of England - it's Anglican.
The Anglican Church in Nottinghamshire has its own website. It's
Author: Rosemary Jordan
Updated 7/06/08
Church Hill, Plumtree, NG12 5ND. Tel. 0115 937 6493
