Christ Church Church, Fosbury

Fosbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

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This potted history of Fosbury church is BHO (British History Online) link below. Fosbury church was consecrated, an ecclesiastical district was assigned to it, and a perpetual curate was licensed to serve it, in 1856. The district consisted of Fosbury and of Oxenwood. From 1868 the perpetual curate was called a vicar. In 1926 the vicarage was united to Tidcombe vicarage, in 1962 the united benefice was united to East Grafton vicarage, and in 1979 that united benefice was united to others to form Wexcombe benefice, the ecclesiastical parishes of Tidcombe and Fosbury were united, and Fosbury church was declared redundant. In 1856 the curate was nominated by R. C. L. Bevan, the lord of Fosbury manor, who was apparently patron until his death in 1890. Between 1889 and 1894 the patronage was transferred to the Church Patronage society, and in 1926 the society gave it to St. George's chapel, Windsor, in an exchange. From 1926 the chapel was sole patron of the united benefice of Tidcombe with Fosbury. A house for the perpetual curate had been built beside the church by 1856. It was designed by S. S. Teulon, is of flint with dressings of stone and decoration in brick, and is in Tudor Gothic style. It was sold in 1956. In 1864 a service was held in Fosbury church twice each Sunday and once both on Christmas day and Good Friday; average attendance was below 100. About 1864 communion was celebrated at Christmas and Easter, sometimes on Whit and Trinity Sundays, and monthly; the average number of communicants was c. 25. From 1916 to 1925 the vicarage was held in plurality with Tidcombe vicarage, and the united benefice of Tidcombe with Fosbury was held in plurality with other benefices from 1952. CHRISTCHURCH at Fosbury was built 1854-6 to designs by S. S. Teulon. (fn. 88) It is of flint with dressings of Bath stone, is in Decorated style, and consists of an undivided chancel and nave of six bays with north vestry and south-west tower. The tower is prominent and of three stages, and there is a porch in its base. A slender octagonal stair tower with a crocketed spire is attached to the tower and the nave in their east angle. There is a hammer-beamed roof over the chancel, a trussed roof over the nave, and the floor of the chancel is higher than that of the nave. A chalice, a paten, and an almsdish, all hallmarked for 1856, were given to the church, presumably in that year, and a pair of chalices and a silver-mounted glass flagon, all hallmarked for 1889, were given in 1890. The church has one bell. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol16/pp222-226 Link correct as of 08/04/2022
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