St Lawrence Church, Winchester

St Lawrence Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester.

St Lawrence’s Church, Winchester
St Lawrence’s Church, Winchester
St Lawrence’s Church, Winchester
LocationWinchester
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II listed
Administration
ParishWinchester St Lawrence and St Maurice with St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate[1]
DeaneryWinchester
ArchdeaconryWinchester
DioceseDiocese of Winchester
ProvinceProvince of Canterbury
Clergy
Priest in chargeRev'd Karen Kousseff
Assistant priest(s)Rev'd Amanda Goulding

History

It is just off the High Street, in Winchester, England. It is probably of Norman origin, and is said to have been the chapel of William the Conqueror's palace (built 1069-70, destroyed 1141). The church is now almost wholly surrounded by adjacent buildings. It is recorded as being restored in 1475-7, in 1672 (the present roof dates from this restoration), 1847-8, 1881, and 1979-80.

St Lawrence Church is a Grade II listed building.[2]

Organ

The church contains a two manual pipe organ dating from 1882 by Jones and Son of Fulham[3] which was almost completely replaced by George Osmond in 1966. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4]

Rectors

The parish was united with St Maurice's Church in 1904, St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church in 1973 and St Bartholomew's Church, Hyde, from 2010.

  • 1305 John. Licensed by Bishop Woodstock
  • ???? Richard Erdysleigh (resigned 1387)
  • 1387 Robert Pauntone or Pannytone
  • 1402 John Barbour of Milton Keynes
  • ???? Thomas Kyrkby (resigned 1532)
  • 1532 John Whitehart
  • 1541 William Woodstock
  • 1703 John Price
  • 1733 Phillip Tennant
  • 1738 Samuel Chadwick
  • 1740 Robert Webber
  • 1742 Reginald Cotton
  • 1768 John Monk Newbolt
  • 1779 George Isaac Huntingford
  • 1788 Henry Gibson Gabell
  • 1818 John Williams
  • 1831 Charles Pilkington
  • 1837 Frederick Wickham
  • 1840 Elborough Woodcock
  • 1860 William Gindott Sealy
  • 1868 Charles Wickham
  • 1872 Henry Manning Richards
  • 1895 William Maitland Clark
  • 1904 Alfred Cecil Dicker (with St Maurice)
  • 1906 Walter Edmund Colchester
  • 1923 Charles Fanshawe
  • 1925 Sidney Montague Watson
  • 1947 Charles Oswald Rockett
  • 1950 Bernard Cunningham Corfield
  • 1963 Arthur James Moody
  • 1973 Trevor Gifford Nash
  • 1983 Michael John Benton
  • 1991 David Victor Scott
  • 2010 Clifford J Bannister

References
  • Pevsner, N. Hampshire: Winchester & the North (2010) ISBN 978-0-300-12084-4 (with Michael Bullen, John Crook and Rodney Hubbuck) (Buildings of England series)
  • Church of St Lawrence, Winchester in British Listed Buildings
  1. "St Lawrence, Winchester". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1295959)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. "Re-opening of St Lawrence Church". Hampshire Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 11 March 1882. Retrieved 30 September 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "NPOR D01972". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
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