St. John the Baptist Church, Winchester

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St John the Baptist Church, Winchester
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St John the Baptist Church, Winchester
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website www.eastwinchester.org
Architecture
Style Originally Norman with later changes" [1]
Years builtbefore 1142
Administration
Deanery Winchester
Diocese Winchester
Clergy
Rector Paul Kennedy

St John the Baptist Church, Winchester is a Church of England parish church in Winchester, England.

Church of England Anglican state church of England

The Church of England is the established church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior cleric, although the monarch is the supreme governor. The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the third century, and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury.

Winchester city in Hampshire, England

Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs National Park, along the course of the River Itchen. It is situated 60 miles (97 km) south-west of London and 13.6 miles (21.9 km) from Southampton, its closest city. At the time of the 2011 Census, Winchester had a population of 45,184. The wider City of Winchester district which includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop's Waltham has a population of 116,800.

The parish is officially named "St John the Baptist with St Martin Winnall, Winchester" [2] although the church of St Martin at Winnall was demolished in 1971. The parish is joined with the parish of "All Saints with St Andrew Chilcomb" to form the East Winchester Benefice. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Bullen; Crook; Hubbuck; Pevsner (2010). Hampshire: Winchester and the North. The Buildings of England. pp. 633–4.
  2. ↑ St John the Baptist with St Martin, Winnall, Winchester, achurchnearyou.com
  3. ↑ "East Winchester Benefice - Home". eastwinchester.org. Retrieved 30 July 2016.


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