The following is taken from the guide book for St Columba's Church, Inkersall by D.W. Barrow in 1997. The descriptions may not be accurate today but we hope it gives a snap shot of what St Columba's Church was like.
The old St Columba’s Hall was erected on the site of a small spinney in 1956, the land previously part of Inkersall Farm (Swain's) was purchased from Staveley U.D.C. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Derby one spring evening 1957. Previous to this a bus ran to the Parish Church on a Sunday morning and Holy Communion was held in the week in a number of houses on the Inkersall Estate (mainly at Mr & Mrs Jack Robson).
Jack was the Secretary of the Fund Raising Committee, who raised funds to help purchase a new St Columba's Church on the opposite side of the road.
The first Curate in Charge was the Rev John Oldham who became Vicar of Somercotes around 1959-60.
He was succeeded by Rev, David Jenkins, and then Rev Frank Winderbank when the present Vicarage was built on Middlecroft Road
The first Curate was the Rev John Oldham. He was succeeded by the Rev David Jenkins and then Frank Winderbank when the vicarage was built on Middlecroft Road.
On the 10th September 1967 the Bishop of Repton (The Right Rev. W. H. Hunt MA) came along to bless and dedicate a new altar, which had been made by the boys of Middlecroft County Secondary School under the supervision of their Craft Teacher Mr I Townsend, It was movable and easy to take down.
So the seeds of Christian worship had been sown. Fr John Oldham together with Harold Webley and John Weatherall formed the 1st Inkersall Scout Group in 1956, and met weekly in the Hall. John Oldham Cub Master, Harold Webley Scout Master, John Weatherall Assistant Scoutmaster.
The Scout Group jointly with the 1st & 2nd Inkersall Brownies purchased the Hall for £10,000 in 1983, the Vicar being Rev Patrick Washington, who was the driving force behind the building of the New Church.
St Columba’s Church is triangular in shape, the building is dual purpose and is mainly used for community activities.
The old St Columba’s Hall was erected on the site of a small spinney in 1956, the land previously part of Inkersall Farm (Swain's) was purchased from Staveley U.D.C. It was dedicated by the Bishop of Derby one spring evening 1957. Previous to this a bus ran to the Parish Church on a Sunday morning and Holy Communion was held in the week in a number of houses on the Inkersall Estate (mainly at Mr & Mrs Jack Robson).
Jack was the Secretary of the Fund Raising Committee, who raised funds to help purchase a new St Columba's Church on the opposite side of the road.
The first Curate in Charge was the Rev John Oldham who became Vicar of Somercotes around 1959-60.
He was succeeded by Rev, David Jenkins, and then Rev Frank Winderbank when the present Vicarage was built on Middlecroft Road
The first Curate was the Rev John Oldham. He was succeeded by the Rev David Jenkins and then Frank Winderbank when the vicarage was built on Middlecroft Road.
On the 10th September 1967 the Bishop of Repton (The Right Rev. W. H. Hunt MA) came along to bless and dedicate a new altar, which had been made by the boys of Middlecroft County Secondary School under the supervision of their Craft Teacher Mr I Townsend, It was movable and easy to take down.
So the seeds of Christian worship had been sown. Fr John Oldham together with Harold Webley and John Weatherall formed the 1st Inkersall Scout Group in 1956, and met weekly in the Hall. John Oldham Cub Master, Harold Webley Scout Master, John Weatherall Assistant Scoutmaster.
The Scout Group jointly with the 1st & 2nd Inkersall Brownies purchased the Hall for £10,000 in 1983, the Vicar being Rev Patrick Washington, who was the driving force behind the building of the New Church.
St Columba’s Church is triangular in shape, the building is dual purpose and is mainly used for community activities.
