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|parish = Newport with Longford
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'''St Nicholas's Church''' is an [[Anglican]] church in the market town of [[Newport, Shropshire]], England lying within the [[Diocese of Lichfield]]. It is dedicated to [[St Nicholas]], the patron saint of [[fishermen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Shropshire - places - Newport Town guide|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/03/30/newport_town_guide_feature.shtml|website=BBC Home|publisher=BBC|accessdate=14 June 2016|date=21 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127035945/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2005/03/30/newport_town_guide_feature.shtml|archive-date=27 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The church is a Grade II* [[listed building]].<ref name="nhle"/>

It is of [[Early English Period|Early English]] and [[Perpendicular]] architecture. The church sits on an island in the centre of the town and is the main focal point for miles around. The buttressed tower dates from 1360, but the site had been used since the 13th century in the times of [[Henry I of England|Henry I]].

==History==

The church was built in the 12th century with the tower being rebuilt in 1360.<ref name=hist/> Thomas Draper bought the church from the [[Shrewsbury Abbey|Abbot of Shrewsbury]] in 1452{{sfn|Prentice|1986|p=39}} but it was not until 1700 that it gained its land and the rectory was endowed.{{sfn|Prentice|1986|p=78}} The red brick north and south [[aisle]]s were added in the 18th century. Galleries and gas lighting was added in 1837. The [[chancel]] was rebuilt in 1866.<ref name=hist/> The church has been [[Victorian restoration|restored]] twice, the south side in 1883 and the north side from 1890 by [[John Norton (architect)|John Norton]].<ref name=hist/> The west porch was built in 1904, a gift from Lady Boughey.{{sfn|Prentice|1986|p=78}}<ref name=hist>{{cite web|title=A brief history of St Nicholas Church|url=http://www.stnicholasnewport.co.uk/history|website=St Nicholas Church, Newport|accessdate=17 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316105827/http://www.stnicholasnewport.co.uk/history|archive-date=16 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1912, politician [[Enoch Powell]] was baptised at the church where his parents previously had married in 1909.<ref>{{cite news|title=Controversial MP's family links and childhood memories of the [Shropshire] county|work=Shropshire Star|date=15 April 2021|page=16}}Report by Toby Neal.</ref>

In 1998 the Vicar, Roy Hibbert, was found guilty of fraud after overcharging parishioners for funerals and other services.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crofts |first1=Rachel |title=Priest jailed for charging to bury stillborn babies jailed for funerals fiddle |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/priest-jailed-for-charging-to-bury-stillborn-babies-jailed-for-funerals-fiddle-1196931.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/priest-jailed-for-charging-to-bury-stillborn-babies-jailed-for-funerals-fiddle-1196931.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |accessdate=14 March 2020 |work=Independent |date=9 September 1998}}</ref> For the 2019 [[Remembrance Day]] 200 [[Remembrance poppy|poppies]] were knitted for the church.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Growcott |first1=Mat |title=200 poppies knitted for Newport church |url=https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/newport/2019/11/08/200-poppies-knitted-for-newport-church/ |accessdate=14 March 2020 |work=Shropshire Star |date=8 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110170238/https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/telford/newport/2019/11/08/200-poppies-knitted-for-newport-church/ |archive-date=10 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Notable clergy===
*[[Michael Beasley (bishop)|Michael Beasley]], assistant curate in 1999-2003 - later [[Bishop of Bath and Wells]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bishop of Bath and Wells: 28 April 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bishop-of-bath-and-wells-28-april-2022 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=28 April 2022 |language=en |date=28 April 2022}}</ref>

==Architecture==

The [[sandstone]] building consists of a [[chancel]], south chapel, [[nave]] with [[aisle]]s and a west tower. The [[stained glass]] includes a window in the chancel by [[Morris & Co.]] with [[Edward Burne-Jones|Burne-Jones]] figures. One in the south chapel is by [[Charles Eamer Kempe]].<ref name="nhle">{{cite web |title=Church of St Nicholas of Myra |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1178337 |website=National heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215831/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1178337 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The north west corner of the nave, known locally as the "Longford Corner", contains a stained glass window by [[Christopher Whall]] in memory of two brothers of the Leake family killed in the [[First World War]] and a wooden parish war memorial plaque to local dead from the same war that were moved here from the former parish church at nearby [[Longford, Telford and Wrekin|Longford]] which closed in 1981. Near this corner is a brass plaque to Captain Walter Rowlands Roberts, [[Royal Army Medical Corps]], who was killed in the [[Gallipoli campaign|Dardanelles]] in 1915.<ref>{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Peter|title=Shropshire War Memorials, Sites of Remembrance|year=2013|publisher=YouCaxton Publications, Bishop's Castle|page=152|isbn=978-1-909644-11-3}}</ref>

The tower has 8 bells hung from wooden headstocks. Five of the bells were cast by Thomas Mears of the [[Whitechapel Bell Foundry]] in London in 1812. The two most recent were cast by [[John Taylor & Co]] of [[Loughborough]] in 1952.<ref>{{cite web |title=Newport, St Nicholas |url=http://www.sacbr.org.uk/Towers/Newport/Newport.html |publisher=Shropshire Association of Church Bellringers |accessdate=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422234147/http://sacbr.org.uk/Towers/Newport/Newport.html |archive-date=22 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the churchyard is a sandstone memorial cross with brass plaques commemorating the men from the town who lost their lives in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Newport War Memorial |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1438648 |website=National Heritage List for England |publisher=Historic England |accessdate=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215637/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1438648 |archive-date=22 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Grade II* listed buildings in Telford and Wrekin]]
*[[Listed buildings in Newport, Shropshire]]

==References==
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===Bibliography===
*{{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Prentice|1986}}|reference=Prentice, Rob. ''A history of Newport''. Chichester, Sussex, UK: Phillimore, 1980. {{ISBN|0 85033 568 X}}.}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|St Nicolas church, Newport}}
*[http://www.stnicholasnewport.co.uk/ St Nicholas's website]

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