Glen Innes, NSW - Holy Trinity Anglican
Year Built: 1914
Denomination: Anglican
Address: 76 Meade Street, Glen Innes, New South Wales, 2370
Architect: Unknown
Traditional Owners: Ngoorabul people
Last Updated: 03/08/2023
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History and Architecture:
The Parish of Glen Innes, one of the oldest in the Diocese, was set up as a centre of administration of the Church of England when Bishop Tyrrell appointed the Rev. G. C. Bode to be the first Vicar of the Parish in 1858.
The first section of the present Church was built in 1868. It consisted of the present Nave built of granite and basalt. The blue granite was quarried from the grounds where the hospital now stands. James Benjamin Winstanley, a convict settler, constructed the roof.
A Foundation stone reads, "To the Glory of God this stone was laid by the Right Rev H. E. Cooper D.D. The Lord Bishop of Grafton and Armidale 3rd December 1913".
Clergy:
These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1858 - 1862 | Rev G. C. Bode | |||
| 1862 - 1878 | Rev James Hart Johnson | 1834 | 1918 | |
| 1878 - 1880 | Rev William Henry Cooper | 1834 | 1909 | |
| 1880 - 1882 | Rev William Eglinton | Curate | 1818 | 1898 |
| 1882 - 1883 | Rev Henry Lubeck | 1856 | 1933 | |
| 1883 - 1889 | Rev Joseph Campbell | 1856 | 1933 | |
| 1886 - 1886 | Rev Thomas Edward Fox | Lay Reader / Curate | 1860 | 1945 |
| 1886 - 1887 | Rev Richard Hugh Dixon Kelly | 1843 | 1922 | |
| 1889 - 1897 | Rev Alfred Waudby King | 1859 | 1945 | |
| 1895 - 1895 | Rev Edward Charles Knox | Lay Reader | 1867 | 1940 |
| 1898 - 1898 | Rev Rupert Fairbrother | Deacon | 1866 | 1947 |
| 1897 - 1903 | Rev Frederick Thomas Charles Reynolds | 1862 | 1942 | |
| 1898 - | Rev Alan Bayley Wyrill | Lay Reader | 1870 | 1948 |
| 1900 - 1900 | Rev William Alexander Harris Walker | Lay Reader | 1877 | 1970 |
| 1901 - | Rev John Marchant | Reader | 1874 | 1937 |
| 1903 - 1905 | Rev George Peppin Maitland Ware | Curate | 1877 | 1947 |
| 1903 - 1910 | Rev Arthur William Johnstone | 1867 | 1943 | |
| 1905 - 1907 | Rev Arthur Stanley Homersham | Curate | 1879 | 1968 |
| 1908 - 1908 | Rev Felix Lloyd Hackett | Curate | 1862 | 1939 |
| 1910 - 1910 | Rev Alfred Valentine Smith | Curate | 1869 | 1950 |
| 1910 - 1912 | Rev Albert Montague Stephen Wilson | Curate | 1881 | 1963 |
| 1910 - 1923 | Rev Canon William Henry Kemmis | Canon from 1902 | 1856 | 1941 |
| 1911 - 1912 | Rev Joseph William Andrew Watkinson | Curate | 1877 | 1943 |
| 1918 - 1919 | Rev Thomas Billingham | Curate | 1876 | 1949 |
| 1923 - 1928 | Rev Hubert Keith Gordon | 1881 | 1960 | |
| 1925 - 1928 | Rev Gerrard Andrewes Baker | Curate | 1900 | 1992 |
| 1928 - 1933 | Rev Arthur William Coates | 1871 | 1947 | |
| 1931 - 1934 | Rev Victor Clide Goldsmith Duncombe | Curate | 1908 | 1969 |
| 1933 - 1951 | Rev Thomas Hunter Barratt | 185 | 1955 | |
| 1935 - 1935 | Rev Henry Cecil Cohen | part of year | 1889 | 1982 |
| 1937 - 1939 | Rev Claude James Doyle | Curate | 1912 | 1979 |
| 1942 - | Rev Charles Rowland Whereat | 1896 | 1978 | |
| 1943 - 1944 | Rev Lionel McKain | Curate | 1892 | 1956 |
| 1946 - 1948 | Rev Henry Sydenham Hannaford | Curate | 1897 | 1975 |
| 1948 - 1949 | Rev John Louis Grant Sullivan | Curate | 1914 | 1981 |
| 1951 - 1969 | Rev Cliford Roslyn Rothero | 1909 | 1979 | |
| 2007 - 2015 | Rev Chris Brennan | |||
| 2016 - | Rev David Robinson |
Organ:
The first Organ was built in 1879 by Gray & Davison of London. Present location unknown. The second organ was relocated to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Hamilton. The present organ built c.1954 by S.T. Noad & Son. It has 2m., 12 sp.st., 8c., el.pn. Gt: 8.8.8.4. Sw: 8.8.8.8.4.8. Ped: 16.8.
A full description can be seen here.
Source:
1. Cable Clerical Index with permission.
2. Church website.
3. Glen Innes Examiner
4. Organ Historical Trust of Australia.