---
title: "St Nicholas, Bawtry"
description: "Located in Bawtry, Yorkshire. Built c.1200, 14th and 15th centuries; tower rebuilt 1712–13. Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. Grade I. Medieval with Gothic Survival tower style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Yorkshire","Bawtry","Grade I","Gothic Survival","Nicholas"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-nicholas-bawtry"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:16:15.599Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:33:58.769Z"
location: "Bawtry, Yorkshire"
country: "England"
county: "Yorkshire"
town: "Bawtry"
address: "Church Street, Bawtry, Yorkshire, DN10 6HX"
postcode: "DN10 6HX"
built: "c.1200, 14th and 15th centuries; tower rebuilt 1712–13"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Nicholas"]
diocese: "Southwell and Nottingham"
grade: "I"
style: "Medieval with Gothic Survival tower"
materials: "Ashlar magnesian limestone; lead roofs; north aisle rubble-walled"
website: "https://riveridlebenefice.wordpress.com/"
openingHours: "Please contact us to arrange a visit."
parish: "Bawtry with Austerfield"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1314824"
gridReference: "SK 653 929"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby"
---

# St Nicholas, Bawtry

St Nicholas on Church Street, Bawtry, South Yorkshire, is a Grade I parish church in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, dedicated to the patron of seafarers when Bawtry was an inland port on the River Idle.

## Overview

Historic England lists a church of about 1200, the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, altered with the tower rebuilt in the early eighteenth century. The fabric is ashlar magnesian limestone with lead roofs. The plan is a west tower, an aisled three-bay nave and a two-bay chancel under the same roof, with a south chapel and a north organ chamber and vestry continuing the aisles. The tower, rebuilt in 1712–13 in Gothic Survival style, has offset angle buttresses, a segmentally arched west door, a pointed three-light west window, louvred belfry openings and an embattled parapet with eight crocketed pinnacles. The north aisle retains a blocked doorway of about 1200 with shafted jambs and a roll-moulded arch.

Bawtry Heritage Group records that the church was built in the late twelfth century as a chapel-of-ease to Blyth and was not a parish in its own right until 1858, which is why it remains in the Diocese of Southwell rather than York or Sheffield. Wikipedia notes the Mayflower association through William Bradford of nearby Austerfield. Visits can be arranged through the River Idle Benefice.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1314824](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1314824)
- [Southwell churches: Bawtry listing](https://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/bawtry/hlisting.php)
- [River Idle Benefice](https://riveridlebenefice.wordpress.com/)
- [Wikipedia: Church of St Nicholas, Bawtry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Nicholas,_Bawtry)