Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen
# Holy Rood Church, Market Rasen

Holy Rood Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish church located on King Street in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, England. The church dates from the 19th century.

## History of the Church

In 1824 a chapel was built by Edward James Willson, designed to seat 200 people and was built in Classical Nonconformist Style, which was popular for Catholic chapels of the time. The chapel was designed to seat 200 people. In 1867 Father Algernon Moore, a convert from Anglicanism, commissioned side aisles and a tower to be built in red brick, which was designed by Hadfield and Son, who were based in Sheffield.

## Notable people

Elton John's lyric writing partner and longtime friend Bernie Taupin served as an altar boy and eventually married his first wife Maxine Feibelman there in 1971. John also served as best man at the wedding.

## The Sixhills Vestments

The church contains three medieval vestments said to date from 1390 to 1420, making them late examples of Opus Anglicanum. The vestments are composed of medieval orphreys, mounted on a modern cope and two chasubles which came from the medieval Gilbertine priory at Sixhills.

