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Winterborne Whitechurch
Winterborne Whitechurch,
Dorset
DT11 0AN 01258 880226
Winterborne Whitechurch
St Mary’s Church
Chescombe Lane, Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset DT11 0AN.
Contacts
Bill Platten – Churchwarden – 01258 881650
Debby Albery – Churchwarden
Piers Chichester – Treasurer – 01258 880935
Services and Events
Messy Christmas – Old School Room
Carols & Christingle
Cup n Cakes Carols
Benefice Communion
Holy Communion
Cafe Church
Facilities
Old School Room – available for hire
Contact Ellen Evans: 01258 880226
Disabled toilets and kitchen facilities
Community Events
Weekly Cup and Cake
Wednesdays from 10.30 am
Church History and Interesting Facts
Originally a 12th century church, with major alterations in 1844. It was seriously damaged by fire in 1867.
Six yew trees form an avenue from the churchyard east entrance to the south facing porch.
17th Century Vicar imprisoned
The non-conformist preacher John Wesley, grandfather of John and Charles Wesley (the founders of Methodism), was appointed Vicar of Winterborne Whitechurch by Oliver Cromwell’s Commission of Triers in 1658.
John Wesley was imprisoned for not using the Book of Common Prayer and ejected in 1662, delivering his farewell sermon to a weeping audience on August 17th of that year.
Sources:
Dorset Churchyard Yews
Wikipedia
Church Bells
Six bells:
Treble – John Taylor 1990 3-1-18
2nd – John Warner 1866 4-3-20
3rd – William Tosier 1730 5-2-18
4th – Salisbury foundry 14th C. 6-1-8
5th – Purdue 1608 8-1-18
Tenor – John Warner 1866 11-0-10
Practice night
Thursdays 7.30 – 9pm (except 1st Thursday in the month) – please visit and, if you are a ringer, join in the practice!
We suggest you ring John on 01258 880457 to check that we are practising.