The Mission Church on the Hill The modern parish effectively dates from 1947, when the Rector of Colwick petitioned the diocesan authorities to build a mission church here at "Colwick-on-the-Hill", in what was becoming a new residential suburb of Nottingham. Today we would call it a Church 'plant', and it had clearly been in his mind for some time. A plot of land had been bought here in 1935, largely it seems at the instigation of Canon Kay, then Vicar of Newark. The purchase was funded out of the proceeds of the Diocesan 1934 Jubilee Appeal Fund. But the wheels ground slowly - probably hampered by the Second World War, and nothing more happened until 1947 when the Rector of Colwick-in-the-Vale, the Revd. W. T. P. Wheeler, pressed for his Mission Church. But even then there was delay; continuing wartime building restrictions meant that the diocese - while still agreeing the need - denied consent. However, eventually a Church was built, and dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Southwell on Sunday, March 27th, 1949. Standing on an east-west axis, on the high ground at the rear of the present site, it was a small utilitarian brick and concrete structure, costing less than a £1000, and made dual-purpose. The roof and door timbers, and some of the furniture including the Font and Communion Rail, were brought from Christ Church, Radford which was then being demolished, and renovated by volunteers Colwick Parish Church. A large main hall area furnished with stacking chairs could be screened from the small chancel-box built on the East end where the ecclesiastical fitments lived during the week when social events occupied the Hall. Return to Main Text