Nathan Haines (priest)

Nathan Haines (c.1735/6 – 27 April 1806) was an English priest who was vicar of St Mary's Church, Nottingham.

[3] Haines was ordained in 1761 and became vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on 24 March 1770 a position he held until he died.

In 1801, the Nottingham Journal published figures for St. Mary's: 3,872 inhabited houses, 5,312 families, 10,895 males and 11,759 females, giving a parish population of 22,654.

In 1799, shots were fired through the vicarage bedroom window, "manifestly with a destructive and malicious intent" while Dr and Mrs Haines were asleep in bed.

In 1801, the vestry demanded the restoration of the right to elect one of the churchwardens, and "during this time some highly reprehensible irregularities were committed in the church".