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St Mary the Virgin - Brighstone |
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St Mary’s
is a family-friendly church, fully-accessible for wheelchair, mobility
scooter and buggy users! Toilet and kitchen facilities enable us to
offer the church for community use and we regularly host a variety of
fund-raising concerts for local charities. |
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St Mary's -
Brook |
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St Mary’s is a traditional and inclusive church, wrestling with the
challenges of the 21st century, within the context of timeless
worship. We share a congregation and services with St Peter & St Paul,
Mottistone and seek to work with the local community in celebrating
significant moments and events in the life of the wider community. |
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St Peter
and St Paul - Mottistone |
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The Church has seen many alterations since its origin in the 12th
century. Much of the visible architecture dates from the 15th
century. The screen in the Cheke chapel was designed by John Seely,
2nd Lord Mottistone, and erected in 1948 in memory of his father. |
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St Peter's
- Shorwell |
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The Church is medieval and
the interior features a famous 15th century painting of St
Christopher. There is also a painting of the two wives and 15 children
of John Leigh. Also featured is an alabaster monument of John Leigh
praying, accompanied by his great grandson who died at 9 months. |
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St James -
Kingston |
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The church of St
James stands
on a knoll overlooking the manor-house to the south of the Shorwell
road, and remains much as it was built in the latter part of the 13th
century. It is a plain rectangular structure without a dividing
chancel arch, and of the original features only the double hollow
lancet windows in the north and south walls, the lower portion of the
east window and a trefoiled credence in the south wall remain. |
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Christchurch - Totland bay |
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Christchurch Totland Bay is in the Isle of Wight Deanery and the
Diocese of Portsmouth. It is the westernmost parish in the Diocese.
It includes the tourist attractions of Colwell Bay, The Needles, Alum
Bay and Tennyson Down. Although the church is located at the
geographical centre of the parish, the heart of the village is nearly
half a mile down the hill, site of the church hall. It is situated in
an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has many SSSIs within its
borders. In addition to the church and church
hall,
we have a wooden annex behind
the church with a fully equipped kitchen. |
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St Agnes -
Freshwater Bay |
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The church was built in 1908 and funded by public subscription, to
enable the residents and visitors to Freshwater Bay to worship in a
dignified building. It was built on land donated by Hallam, Lord
Tennyson and is built of stone rubble from a demolished farmhouse (the
south transept has a quoin dated 1694).
It is the only thatched church on the Isle of Wight and was dedicated
by the Bishop of Winchester on 12th August 1908. |
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All Saints
- Freshwater |
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History suggests that the presence of a Church on the site goes back
to the 9th Century, but the church we see today is of Saxon origin and
stands near the head of the tidal estuary of the River Yar. All
Saints was heavily restored in 1875-6 by W.T. Stratton which resulted
in the church looking largely 19th century outside. The medieval
lean-to aisles were replaced by wider ones under separate gables, and
the church was enlarged eastwards. |
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St James - Yarmouth |
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The present church of St. James was begun in 1614 and consecrated in
1626. In 1832-3 considerable improvements were made to the interior
of the Church. At the back of the church you will find a blue hand
book telling you in far more detail the history and previous Rectors
of this parish. |
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The churches of All Saints and St Agnes
serve the West Wight communities of Freshwater and Freshwater Bay.
Whilst there are two churches in the one parish, the congregations act
as one witness, committed to serving the community in love and prayer
and worship. A warm welcome is extended to parishioners and visitors
alike. |
