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St Andrew's, Stogursey
Welcome to St Andrew's in Stogursey, Somerset.
You are very welcome to join us at our Sunday and weekday services, as well as our one off events. Please also be in touch if you would like to arrange a wedding, christening or funeral at the Church.
The Church is open everyday for visitors and prayer. Do come and enjoy the peace and beauty.
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The Blessed Virgin Mary, Kilve
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St Martin of Tours Church, Fiddington
Welcome to St Martin of Tour Church in Fiddington, Somerset
You are very welcome to join us at our Sunday services, as well as our one off events. Please also be in touch if you would like to arrange a wedding, christening or funeral at the Church.
The Church is open everyday for visitors and prayer. Do come and enjoy the peace and beauty.
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The Blessed Virgin Mary
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St Peter's, Stolford
Welcome to St Peter's Church in Stolford, Somerset
St Peter's is a small chapel in the parish of Stogursey. Most of our services are held at the Parish Church of St Andrew, Stogursey but services are held at St Peter's six times a year.
The Church can be opened on request.
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St Mary the Virgin, STRINGSTON
The parish church of St Mary, the Virgin, has stood in the village for well over 800 years, although it has received modernisation and refurbishment during the past two centuries.
Services are always held in the church on the first and fourth Sundays of the month, with a combined celebration of Holy Communion, with Holford & Kilve, on the second Sunday, (three month rotation). On the third Sunday we celebrate a Cafe Style Worship, which in winter is held in local homes, and in the summer is in the church or outdoors.
For many years we have held a Parish Picnic in the summer, usually the second Sunday in August.
Our regular services are all at 11:00am and we most warmly welcome all who are in the area to come a join us in joyful worship. Our singing is quite robust!!
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St Etheldreda or St Audries, West Quantoxhead
Welcome to St Etheldreda's church.
Rector: Revd. Nicky Morgan 01984 636667, email:[email protected]
Church rep. Duncan Stafford 01984 632268
PCC Treasurer: Wendy Philipson 01984 631947
Tower Captain: Mark Philipson 01984 631947
Benefice Safeguarding Officer: [email protected]
our 13th century church needed repairs in the 1850s but thanks to the huge generosity of the Acland and Acland-Hood families who offered to build anew. The architect, John Norton of London, designed and oversaw the work of the new 'Early Decorated' style church that was consecrated on St Etheldreda's day 17th October 1856 at a cost of £16,000.
It now seems likely that the old church, churchyard and buildings of the original village were partly demolished, buried deep under the present churchyard and the area landscaped to give the attractive parkland setting we see today below the A39.
The exterior of the rather exceptional present church is built of sandstone from Sampford Brett and the interior of Doulting stone from beyond Shepton Mallet. Itts arches are supported on columns of Babbacombe marble. Interesting Minton encaustic tiles display the coat of arms of the Acland-Hood family on the floor of the chancel. Both the steps leading to the altar and the plinth below it are of Plymouth marble. The fine stone corbels and decorations are by Farmer of London.
There are outstanding examples of stained glass windows produced by Kempe, Hardman, O'Connor, Powell and more recently Burlison and Grylls.
The organ is by J W Walker, the barrel organ by Bevington and Sons.
The font originating from the medieval church is possibly pre-Norman. The octagonal marble Victorian font was removed from the base of the tower and sits outside the west door.
The tower has six bells, two of which are dated 1440 and one of 1790 came from the medieval church. The church clock is by Dents of London who built 'Big Ben'.
A temporary wooden church was erected whilst the present church was built. In 1866 it was taken to Stolford where it is still in use.
We are a welcoming church, capable of seating about 130 persons, we have a morning service most Sundays, and are pet friendly and rarely closed.
Wedding receptions can be provided within a few hundred metres at the St Audries Park Wedding venue that was once the home of the Acland-Hood family.
West Quantoxhead precisely describes the location of the village from where there is access to the Quantock Hills. Farms and woodland spread out over the undulating land below and valleys run down to the Bristol Channel cliffs and beaches.
There are many holiday venues locally. There is a garage, a filling station, an inn and a shop.
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