Custom
The Blidworth Rocking
The youngest boy, rocked.
Stand where it happened
- What's there
- Cradle and Register of Rockings
- Legend from
- Blidworth
- Tone
- Gentle
Rock the cradle at Candlemas.
Each year near Candlemas, Blidworth church rocks a baby boy in a flower-decked cradle. The service recalls Jesus being presented at the Temple. The diocese believes it is the only church still keeping the custom. A peal was rung before the Rocking on 1 February 2026.