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St Mary Magdalen's Church, Hucknall, at night

Courtesy of Harry Smith

Market Place
Hucknall
Nottinghamshire
England

It is believed that the first nave and tower were built at about 1180. The church building has been altered and enlarged at numerous times, but particularly in the 19th century. It was restored in 1872 at a cost of £3,500, which was raised by subscription. A new clock, costing £320, was provided by the Duke of Portland in 1884, while in 1888 a further enlargement of the church was carried out for a total cost of £4,000, to bring the number of parishioners accommodated up to 800. The Byron family vault, situated below the chancel, is the resting place of the poet Lord Byron. A memorial tablet to him can be found on the south wall. This photograph shows the first floodlighting of the parish church in 1964. This was brought about when Hucknall Urban District Council modernised the market by the provision of lightweight metal stalls, plasticised multicoloured roof sheets and safe electric lighting. For allowing cable ducts for this lighting to be housed in the churchyard the council's Estates Surveyor Mr J Hobday together with East Midland Electricity Board arranged the floodlighting.

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