 Sneinton
St Christopher
Churchyard
The church does not have a churchyard. It occupies a corner site on the edge
of the inner-city. The land was given to the church as a green field site by
the Lord Manvers in 1909. Lord Manvers (later Earl Manvers) had inherited the
land from his father who was a major landowner in the area, also holding the
patronage of many local churches.
There are no known burials within the site. Maps prior to the construction
of the church indicate that it was used as pastureland, originally in the ownership
of Lord Newark, but acquired by the Manvers family through either marriage or
purchase about 1845.
The church occupies most of the site, being set more or less east to west,
so that the south wall runs parallel with the adjoining main road (Colwick Road)
and the east parallel with the side street (Trent Road). The few yards of land
between the church and the boundary wall is mainly covered with tarmac but some
vegetation has forced its way through the surface and some trees have been planted
The west wall is very close to the site boundary and adjoining houses. On the
north side of the site is a single storey brick-built church hall.
During the 1960s or early 1970s a border of trees was planted just
behind the boundary wall. By spring 2005 they had grown to such an extent that
the church clock was completely hidden during the
summer months In the autumn of 2005 the trees were heavily pruned to prevent
damage to the church and allow more natural light through the south windows,
and of course to give sight of the clock.
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