St. Martin, North Nibley, Gloucestershire

Description

The church of St. Martin, anciently a chapel to Wotton-under-Edge, is a building of stone, chiefly in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, with some remains of Norman work, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, south aisle, north porch and a low embattled western tower with pinnacles and containing a clock and 6 bells: all the chancel windows are stained, and there is a memorial window to the Rev. H. Williams M.A. incumbent 1889-91, erected on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897: the chancel was rebuilt in the Early English style in 1860, from designs by the late Mr. J. L. Pearson R.A.: the porch was erected in 1873, and a mosaic reredos added in 1874; the tower was partly rebuilt in 1896, the bells re-hung, and a new clock, with chimes, erected at a cost of nearly £800, as a memorial to the Rev. H. F. Jones M.A. incumbent 1892-5: a new oak screen was erected under the tower in 1905: the church affords 400 sittings.

Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1567.