Sts Thomas Minster

Newport Minster (Sts Thomas, Newport, Isle of Wight)
Newport Minster (Sts Thomas, Newport, Isle of Wight)
	Newport Minster (Isle of Wight)
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
History
Dedication	Thomas the Apostle and St Thomas Becket
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Portsmouth
Parish	Newport
Clergy
Rector	Canon Sarah Chapman (interim team rector)
Vicar(s)	Emma Cooksey and Steve Sutcliffe

Last updated November 23, 2024

Sts Thomas Minster, Newport Minster or The Minster Church of Sts Thomas, until 2008 Sts Thomas Church, is civically recognised as the main Anglican church on the Isle of Wight. Unusually, it is dedicated to both Thomas Becket and Thomas the Apostle.

History

The original late 12th-century church was dedicated to St Thomas of Canterbury (Thomas Becket) (1118–1170). Later, under the rule of King Henry VIII of England (1509–1547), when Becket was declared to have been a traitor, the Canterbury part of the name was dropped. Its name and the ambiguous dedication to St Thomas was thereafter, over time, assumed by many to refer to Thomas the Apostle.^[2]

From the 18th century its deterioration made any renovation futile, and funds were raised for a new church on its site. The new church was built over the years 1854 and 1855 to a design by the architect Samuel Daukes of Cheltenham.^[3] Reflecting the building's history, but arguably unusual, the new church was dedicated on the feast of Thomas the Apostle to both him and St Thomas of Canterbury. The tower contains a ring of 12 bells.

To honour its importance in Island and civic life, but conferring no official status within the Church of England itself, the church was designated as a Minster at Easter 2008 by its diocesan bishop Kenneth Stevenson, Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth.^[4]

Burials

Princess Elizabeth of England, daughter of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. A memorial was given by Queen Victoria in 1856 and made by Carlo Marochetti.^[5]
Sir Edward Horsey 1582^[5]

Organ

The organ is an architectural pipe organ positioned in the west gallery.

The original organ was built in 1870 by Forster and Andrews, and replaced by in 1925 by Conacher Sheffield & Co Ltd which was rebuilt itself in 1957 by J.W. Walker incorporating some pipework retained from the original Forster & Andrews organ.^[6]

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References

↑ "New interim team rector for Newport Carisbrooke and Gatcombe". islandecho. 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
↑ Written history displayed within church
↑ The Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner.
↑ "Home". newportparish.org.uk.
1 2 Page, William (ed.) (1912). "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5. Parishes: Newport". Victoria County History of Hampshire. British History Online. pp. 253–265. Retrieved 3 May 2017.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
↑ http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D00003 National Pipe Organ Register

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[1] "New interim team rector for Newport Carisbrooke and Gatcombe". islandecho. 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

[2] Written history displayed within church

[3] The Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner.

[4] "Home". newportparish.org.uk.

[VCH-Newport-5] 1 2 Page, William (ed.) (1912). "A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5. Parishes: Newport". Victoria County History of Hampshire. British History Online. pp. 253–265. Retrieved 3 May 2017.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)

[6] ttp://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=D00003 National Pipe Organ Register

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