A brief history of Holy Trinity
It was a lightning strike in the early 1840s that gave a handful of worshippers the chance of having a parish church of their own. Lightning destroyed Blades Mill and William Roy, the Rector of St Nicholas, Skirbeck, who had private means, seized the opportunity. The Spilsby Road area was part of his parish. In 1840 he had started things moving by having a room that was licensed for divine service. By 1849 the new parish church of Holy Trinity, on the site where the mill used to stand, was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln.
The architect was Sir George Gilbert Scott. He was the foremost church architect of the age and also had buildings such as St Pancras railway station to his credit. He gave Holy Trinity a neo-Gothic church seating 650.
William Roy’s foresight was recognised for what it was when bungalows and houses were built on both sides of the Spilsby Road. The new parish became an agreeable residential area.
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