St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham

Parish church
name = St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham


caption = Parish Church of St Wulfram, Grantham
dedication = Wulfram of Sens
denomination = Church of England
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deanery = Grantham
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diocese = Lincoln
province = Canterbury
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rector = The Revd Canon Christopher Andrews
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curate = The Revd June Rowland
curate1 = The Revd Sally Myers
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organistdom = Mr Tim Williams
organist = Mr David Houlder
website = [http://www.stwulframs.org.uk www.stwulframs.org.uk]
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St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham is a parish church in the Church of England in Grantham in Lincolnshire.

In his book, England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins describes St. Wulfram's Church as "having the finest steeple in England".

Building

pire

The church is dominated by its spire, convert|288|ft|m high. It is
*the sixth highest in the country.
*the fourth highest of any parish church in the UK, after Church of St. Walburge, Preston, St. James Church, Louth, and St Mary Redcliffe.
*the third highest of any Anglican parish church in the UK, after St. James Church, Louth and St Mary Redcliffe,
*the second highest in Lincolnshire (after St. James Church, Louth).

Library

The church is also home to the country's first public library. In 1598, Francis Trigge, the rector of Welbourn gave £100 for a small library of books for the clergy and "literate laity" of Grantham. Two hundred and fifty of the original volumes remain and are kept in the parish church.

Organ

The organ dates from 1736 by John Harris and John Byfield but has had several re-builds including those by George Pike England in 1809, and 1833, Forster and Andrews between 1845 and 1868, Norman and Beard in 1906 and Rushworth and Dreaper in 1952.

The current organ specification can be found on the [http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D03495 National Pipe Organ Register]

Organists

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* Frank Radcliffe 1911 - 1914 (afterwards Organist of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham)
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* E Brown ca. 1921
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* Nick Kerrison
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* Michael Sands
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* Tim Williams c. 2008

ee also

*Bishop of Grantham

ources

*England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins
*The Buildings of England, Lincolnshire, Nikolaus Pevsner