Mike Cattell
St Saviours Parish Church, Mortimer West End, Hampshire
The Parish Church of Mortimer West End, St. Saviour's Church — more properly the Church of the Holy Saviour — was erected in 1856, given and endowed (with the site on which it stands) by the late Mr. Richard Benyon of Englefield House. It was at first part of Stratfield Mortimer but became a separate ecclesiastical parish on 31st March 1870. The church is in the Diocese of Oxford although Mortimer West End is in Hampshire.
The Register dates from 1860. The church was administered by the clergy of Stratfield Mortimer until 1870 when Rev. A. L. White became the first Vicar.
The building of the church commenced in 1885 and was completed in the autumn of the following year. It is built of flint and stone in Gothic style and can seat 80 persons. Originally there was a small vestry on the north side of the chancel. The doorway, with porch, is on the north side of the building and the west gable carries a stone bell-cote.
The church was opened on Sunday, November 9th, 1856 by the Bishop of Oxford, but was not consecrated until Sunday, May 2nd, 1869. The reason for the delay of 13 years between the completion of the building and full consecration of the church may be partly due to the fact that the Patronage of the Living was granted to Richard Benyon and his heirs on September 7th, 1868.
The original deeds of the church land have been lost or mislaid but it is known that it formed part of 19 acres bought by Edwin and James Gosling in or about 1849.
St Saviours Parish Church, Mortimer West End, Hampshire
The Parish Church of Mortimer West End, St. Saviour's Church — more properly the Church of the Holy Saviour — was erected in 1856, given and endowed (with the site on which it stands) by the late Mr. Richard Benyon of Englefield House. It was at first part of Stratfield Mortimer but became a separate ecclesiastical parish on 31st March 1870. The church is in the Diocese of Oxford although Mortimer West End is in Hampshire.
The Register dates from 1860. The church was administered by the clergy of Stratfield Mortimer until 1870 when Rev. A. L. White became the first Vicar.
The building of the church commenced in 1885 and was completed in the autumn of the following year. It is built of flint and stone in Gothic style and can seat 80 persons. Originally there was a small vestry on the north side of the chancel. The doorway, with porch, is on the north side of the building and the west gable carries a stone bell-cote.
The church was opened on Sunday, November 9th, 1856 by the Bishop of Oxford, but was not consecrated until Sunday, May 2nd, 1869. The reason for the delay of 13 years between the completion of the building and full consecration of the church may be partly due to the fact that the Patronage of the Living was granted to Richard Benyon and his heirs on September 7th, 1868.
The original deeds of the church land have been lost or mislaid but it is known that it formed part of 19 acres bought by Edwin and James Gosling in or about 1849.