After many years of faithful service, our current gardening volunteers have indicated that they can no longer continue to work in the graveyard from next month. Juilan Dent has been looking after the graveyard since 2008 and has transformed it through his dedicated labour. The book “What Julian Did” at the back of the church…

A few weeks ago I had occasion to see the refurbished interior of St Nicholas Church in South Christchurch (Barrington). The most noticeable changes are a rebuilt chancel area that’s more accessible, new ceiling paneling, a new carpet, new windows, new chairs, and an enclosed children’s room near the back of the church. The church…

St Paul’s has a lych gate. It is located between the vicarage garden and the graveyard. It is only a very basic lych gate: it has the traditional wooden shingle roof and is incorporated into the fence, but does not really offer the shelter of a traditional lych gate. There are several more traditional lych…