SUNDAY SERVICES
| 1st Sunday in the month |
10.00am |
All-age Communion |
| 2nd Sunday |
8.00am |
Holy Communion, BCP |
| 3rd Sunday |
11.00am |
All-age worship |
| 4th Sunday |
No service |
|
| 5th Sunday |
10.00am |
United Benefice – Holy Communion venue will be one of the churches in the benefice. |
CONTACT DETAILS
For further information please contact:
The Rev’d John Townend 01488 638 566,
john500townend@btinternet.com
The Rev’d Lady (Denise) Brown 01635 281 825,
denisefbrown@googlemail.com
You are welcome to visit the church and it is usually open during daylight hours.
CHILDREN'S CHURCH
Afterschool Service
Held at 4pm in the Church, once a month. Services are informal with songs
to well-known tunes, participation from the children and a simple story to
listen to. For further details please contact Liz Dray on 01635 281 688 or
Louise Taylor on 01635 280 622.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE CHURCH
It is believed that a church has stood here since the 12th century.
The pulpit is made from oak panels that date from the Jacobean period.
On the west wall there was originally a singers’ gallery where the village band used to play.
The Italian Archbishop, Marco Antonio de Dominis fled to England in 1616 after a row with the Pope in Rome. He was appointed Dean of Windsor and Rector of West Ilsley by James I. He was also a scientist and his thesis on rainbows was a work of some prominence.
De Dominis was unpopular with local tenants as he extracted large rents until the villagers complained to the Church. In 1622 he recanted all his writing against the papacy and was excommunicated from England. He fled to Rome, was imprisoned by the Inquisition and after his death his body was dug up and publicly burned together with all his writings.
His successor, Dr Godfrey Goodman, entertained Charles I at West Ilsley Rectory during the Civil War.
WEB LINK
For more on the
Church of England's "A Church Near You" web site.
