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St Nicholas' Church

St Nicholas’ Church is the ancient parish church and the Mother Church of Brighton. It is dedicated to St Nicholas of Myra who is the patron saint of fishermen and sailors; the church is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. Read about the history and the people of St. Nicholas’, from its very early times until today. This section contains twenty six separate pages and includes a huge variety of photographs and drawings

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  • Ancient parish church of Brighthelmstone

    Ancient parish church of Brighthelmstone

    Click on the images to open a large version in a new window. Click again to further enlarge. Mentioned in the ...
  • Bell ringing chamber

    Bell ringing chamber

    Eight bells in 1777 A peal of bells, eight in total, was presented to the church in 1777. A further two ...
  • Blue plaque dedication: Revds Henry and Arthur Wagner

    Blue plaque dedication: Revds Henry and Arthur Wagner

    Father and son churchmen This week a blue plaque was unveiled to commemorate Henry and Arthur Wagner, the father and son ...
  • Burial Vaults

    Burial Vaults

    The Rest Garden The western 1841 extension to St Nicholas’ churchyard is entered through a listed archway on the western side ...
  • Church floor plan

    Church floor plan

    Click on the image to open a large version in a new window. Click again on image to further enlarge.
  • Churchyard extensions

    Churchyard extensions

    Overcrowded and unsanitary churchyards Until the middle of the 19th century, the vast majority of people would have been buried in ...
  • Domesday Book: There is a church

    Domesday Book: There is a church

    Commission by King William At Christmas 1085 King William I, known as William the Conqueror, commissioned a survey to discover the ...
  • Duke of Wellington Memorial

    Duke of Wellington Memorial

    The Duke of Wellington memorial was produced by John Birnie Philip (1824-1875) a nineteenth century English sculptor. The 1853 restoration ...
  • Interior memorials

    Interior memorials

    If we study the memorials within St Nicholas’ we find that not only do they tell us of the many ...
  • Kempe Stained Glass: Holy Week

    Kempe Stained Glass: Holy Week

    Born in Ovingdean 1837 Charles Eamer Kempe (he added the ‘e’ which was the ancient spelling of his family name) was ...
  • Kempe Stained Glass: The childhood of Christ

    Kempe Stained Glass: The childhood of Christ

    You can read about the life and work of Charles Eamer Kempe on the page that shows his stained glass ...
  • Notable gravestones

    Notable gravestones

    Martha Gunn In the 1730s increasing numbers of people were visiting Brighton to take Dr Russell’s sea water cure. As a ...
  • Revd Henry Wagner

    Revd Henry Wagner

    Please note that this text is an extract from a reference work written in 1990.  As a result, some of ...
  • St Nicholas' shrine

    St Nicholas' shrine

    Born in the 3rd century It is believed that Nicholas of Myra was born sometime around AD 280 in Patara, Lycia, ...
  • Stations of the Cross

    Stations of the Cross

    Click on the images to open a large version in a new window. Click again on image to further enlarge. Origins ...
  • The chancel

    The chancel

    Click on the images to open a large version in a new window. Click again on image to further enlarge. Restoration ...
  • The church community today

    The church community today

    An ancient community Many of the pages here in this section on St Nicholas’ Church, have been about the fabric of ...
  • The churchyard

    The churchyard

    Click on the images to open a large version in a new window. Click again on image to further enlarge. Bronze ...
  • The Font

    The Font

    The greatest treasure Surely St Nicholas’ greatest treasure, is the decorated Norman font which stands in western end of the nave. ...
  • The Lady Chapel

    The Lady Chapel

    Originally a Chantry Chapel In the 1853 rebuilding of the church by Richard Cromwell Carpenter, the original aisles were doubled in ...
  • The Nave

    The Nave

    Click on the images to open a large version in a new window. Click again on image to further enlarge. Major ...
  • The pulpit

    The pulpit

    The Somers Clarke family had a very long association with St. Nicholas which spanned generations. Somers Clarke Jnr was the ...
  • The Rood Screen

    The Rood Screen

    A focus for devotion The word ‘rood’ comes from the Old Saxon ‘roda’ meaning a cross. A rood-screen was so called ...
  • The sanctuary

    The sanctuary

    Click on the images to open a large version in a new window. Click again on image to further enlarge. Triptych ...
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