Tamworth, NSW - St John's Anglican

Year Built: 1881

Denomination: Anglican

Saint: John

Address: 102 Cathage Street, Tamworth, New South Wales, 2340

Architect: Unknown

Traditional Owners: Kamilaroi & Gomeroi people

Last Updated: 16/04/2023

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History and Architecture:

The Church was opened by Bishop James Turner, the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, on Sunday 13 February 1881.

Clergy:

This list may not contain every serving cleric, past or present, for this church.
Further submissions welcomed.

Years	Name	Annotation	D.o.B	D.o.D
1880 - 1897	Rev William Jonas Killick Piddington	Archdeacon from 1894	1830	1897
1895 - 1895	Rev Lionel Charles Philip Nye	Lay Reader	1872	1922
1896 - 1897	Rev Alfred Ernest Jones Ross	Curate	1868	1935
1887 - 1890	Rev Ernest Grey Thatcher		1851	1934
1898 -	Rev Ernest Stewart North	Curate	1865	1947
1900 -	Rev Ernest Edward Skuse	Curate	1876	1956
1903 - 1904	Rev Herman Montague Rucker Rupp	Curate	1872	1956
1905 - 1906	Rev George Peppin Maitland Ware	Curate	1877	1947
1912 - 1912	Rev Lennard Sydney Quinlin	Curate	1887	1972
1915 - 1918	Rev Henry Edward Taylor	Curate	1882	1939
1934 - 1935	Rev Wallance Jack Pritchard	Curate	1900	1987
1936 - 1937	Rev John Leroy Noble	Curate	1906	1986
1941 - 1941	Rev Reginald Herbert O'Hara	Curate	1907	1995
1942 - 1943	Rev John Leroy Noble	Asst	1906	1986
1945 - 1945	Rev James Hoseason Sydney Smith	Deacon	1914	1995
1945 - 1951	Rev John Siddell	Curate	1911	1992
1949 - 1950	Rev Arthur John Wagstaff	Curate	1912	1972

Organ:

The Organ was built by J.W. Walker & Sons of London in 1881. It had 2 manuals, 9 speaking stops, 2 couplers, mechanical action. It was rebuilt in 1925 by Whitehouse Brothers of Brisbane and rebuilt again in 1958 by Whitehouse Brothers of Brisbane.
A full description can be seen here.

Source:

1. Organ Historical Trust of Australia with permission.