2. St. Giles Church

Information on the village’s charities are set out in Balderton in Times Past, pp. 8-14.

Features described in detail in Clare Hartwell, Nikolaus Pevsner and Elizabeth Williamson, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire (Yale University Press, 2020), pp. 112-13.

Quotation from Francis White, History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, 1853
“[Balderton’s] church, dedicated to St Giles, is a very handsome edifice, principally in the latter style of the English architecture, with a lofty spire and five bells. It has a richly ornamented Norman porch of exceeding beauty, and in good preservation. The benefice is annexed to the vicarage of Farndon. The prebendary of Farndon, in Lincoln Cathedral, is the appropriator, but he and the incumbent received allotments at the enclosure, in 1768, in lieu of all the tithes, except those which are still paid on about 125 acres of crown land. A Methodist chapel was erected here in 1813. An annual feast is held on the first Sunday after September 12th." 

Credits for images: from Loveday Album, with thanks to Ian Lawrence, deputy church warden of St. Giles, Balderton; and from historic photographic collection, Balderton Village Hall © Balderton Parish Council