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Newark On Trent, St Leonard's Church 1890
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Built at a total cost of £4000 including land, St Leonard's Church opened in 1873, the same year that St Leonard's district was created. Built of stone in the early decorated style, the church could accommodate 600 people.

Memories of Newark-on-Trent, St Leonard's Church 1890

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Newark On Trent, St Leonard's Church 1890

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I loved to sing, and asked when we were in school (Mount Parish C of E) if any of us girls would like to join the Church Choir at St Leonard's, as there was only three boys and a couple of mature males, left, so they decided to ask girls to join! So I and a few other school friends decided to give it a go, and we arrived for practice that evening after school to meet the Choir master, who checked our ...see more
My dad was a choir boy here in the late 20's and early 30's he was born in 1919.
The funeral of my grandad, Joseph Cobb, was the last one to take place at St Leonard's Church before it was demolished.