Alhampton Mission Church

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Alhampton Mission Church
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Religion
Affiliation Church of England
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Active
Location
Location Alhampton, Somerset, England
Alhampton Mission Church
Geographic coordinates 51°06′35″N2°31′57″W / 51.1098°N 2.5326°W / 51.1098; -2.5326
Architecture
Type Church
Completed1892
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Side view in 2013

Alhampton Mission Church is a Church of England chapel in Alhampton, Somerset, England. [1] The tin tabernacle was erected in 1892 and now forms part of the Fosse Trinity Benefice. [2]

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History

Alhampton's iron church was erected in 1892 as a chapel of ease to the parish church of St Mary Magdalene at Ditcheat. [3] A chapel of ease for Alhampton had been suggested as early as 1887. [4] The rector of Ditcheat, Rev. C. E. Leir, determined to supply a chapel for Alhampton, in particular to serve those who struggled or were unable to get to the parish church, such as the elderly and sick. [5]

Rev. Leir, with assistance from members of his family, obtained the iron chapel in 1892 and Mr. Butt of Manor Farm gifted the church's seating. [6] The opening service was held on 12 October 1892, which included an address from Rev. Preb. Ainslie. [6] The chapel, which cost £250, was almost free from debt by the beginning of 1893. [5] £15 of its cost had been covered by a grant from the Bath and Wells Diocesan Societies. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Mission Church Alhampton Chapel". A Church Near You. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Home". Alhampton Chapel. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Contentdm". Specialcollections.le.ac.uk. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "The Queen's Jubilee" . The Shepton Mallet Journal. 25 March 1887. Retrieved 5 January 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 "Church bell ringers dinner" . The Shepton Mallet Journal. 27 January 1893. Retrieved 5 January 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 "Mission chapel" . The Shepton Mallet Journal. 21 October 1892. Retrieved 5 January 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Bath and Wells Diocesan Societies" . The Shepton Mallet Journal. 30 September 1892. Retrieved 5 January 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.

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