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Announcement of the appointment to the post of Team Vicar in the Marden Vale Benefice

The Bishop of Ramsbury is pleased to announce that he has appointed the Revd Sarah Errington to be Team Vicar in the Marden Vale Benefice. Please pray for Sarah and her family as they prepare to move to the Vicarage in Derry Hill. Sarah will be licensed by Bishop Stepen on 16th June at Christ Church Derry Hill.

Caspar adds:
I'm really delighted about this appointment. Sarah brings a great deal of relevant experience to this role, a real passion for growing the church, and proven staying power! At the moment she is serving in Wrexham, part of the Church in Wales Anglican Province, though she was in Liverpool Diocese before that. She will be writing a piece to introduce herself to us before too long. We expect her and her family to be moving down to Wiltshire in late May, and her licensing service to be at some point in June.

Lent Groups.  These will begin in the days following Ash Wednesday and there are various venues, which will be confirmed shortly.  Let a member of the clergy know if you would like to Attend.

Retirement for Teresa Michaux

Teresa Michaux has decided to retire from her post as Team Vicar.  Her last Sunday will be 7th April.  We wish her well as she prepares for this change.

Burial Registers

Current burial registers are held in each of the churches, St Mary’s, Holy Trinity and St Peter’s.

Past burial registers are held in Wiltshire & Swindon History centre, see:-

https://wshc.org.uk/our-services/archives.html

Holy Trinity Churchyard is now being maintained by Calne Town Council.  The churchyard was closed in 2020. There are grave location maps for the 1896, 1954, 1964 and cremated remains sections. There is limited information for the 1834 section.

Family History.

Deirdre Aldhous and Stan Anniss will endeavour to assist in answering any family history questions.

St Edmund of Abingdon

Wikipedia will give you a full account of St. Edmund and his place in history! Click here

 

Below is a picture of 'Perry', the peregrine falcon which sometimes uses St Mary's tower as a perch to look out for lunch!  (photo Mark Briscoe)

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