Church of St Mary of the Purification
The Church of St Mary of the Purification is a parish church of the Church of England in Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, dating from the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.Photo: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St Mary of the Purification, Blidworth” and “Church of St. Mary of the Purification, Blidworth”
- Address: Main Street, Mansfield, NG21 0QH
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Papplewick Pumping Station and Portland College.
Papplewick Pumping Station
Museum
Photo: vic mcclymont, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Papplewick Pumping Station, situated in open agricultural land approximately 3 miles by road from the Nottinghamshire village of Papplewick, was built by Nottingham Corporation Water Department between 1881 and 1884 to pump water from the Bunter sandstone to provide drinking water to the City of Nottingham, in England. Papplewick Pumping Station is situated 2 miles south of Church of St Mary of the Purification.
Portland College
College
Photo: Stavros1, Public domain.
Portland College is an education establishment near Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is situated in 20 acres of Sherwood Forest, approximately 3 miles south of the town of Mansfield. Portland College has around 270 students, aged between 16 and 60. Portland College is situated 2 miles west of Church of St Mary of the Purification.
Joseph Whitaker School
School
Joseph Whitaker School is a secondary school with academy status in Rainworth near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, in England. The school takes its name from Joseph Whitaker, a naturalist who lived in Rainworth at Rainworth Lodge. Joseph Whitaker School is situated 1½ miles north of Church of St Mary of the Purification.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blidworth Bottoms and Blidworth.
Blidworth Bottoms
Hamlet
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blidworth Bottoms is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire, England, near to Blidworth and Ravenshead. Population details are included in the civil parish of Blidworth.
Blidworth
Village
Photo: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457, this dropped to 4,295 in the 2021 census.
Ravenshead
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ravenshead is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England. It borders Papplewick, Newstead Abbey and Blidworth, and is part of Nottinghamshire's Hidden Valleys area.
Church of St Mary of the Purification
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Blidworth, Newark and Sherwood District, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.09469° or 53° 5′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.12694° or 1° 7′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C5W3VVF+V6OpenStreetMap ID
way 541159228OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5117299
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