Address
Church Lane
Minstead
Hampshire
SO43 7EX
United Kingdom
All Saints’ Church is part of the United Benefice of Lyndhurst, Emery Down and Minstead. Please click HERE for all upcoming services
- Rector:
- Rev David Potterton david.potterton@newforestparishes.com or 07468 527820
- Churchwarden:
- Alison McGhee, 07842 502956, alison@mcghants.uk
The Benefice office is currently open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 – 1.30pm. You can contact us on: 07591 958856 or 023 8028 3175 or email benefice@newforestparishes.com
LYCHGATE APPEAL
As you may be aware our much loved Church is in need of funds to keep this beautiful building in good repair.
Please see All Saints’ Minstead Lychgate Appeal — New Forest Parishes
All Saints History
In the 12th century a Norman Church was built and various additions have since been made. Although the present church building is not mentioned before 1272, the list of Rectors dates from 1279 and parts of the church are definitely of an earlier period. The 17th century three decker pulpit is one of the most interesting features in the church. The lowest ‘deck’ was used by the Parish Clerk and was entered from the Nave, where he sat and was responsible for saying the ‘Amens’. The Parish Clerk today is responsible for the maintenance of the Parochial Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths, but is no longer required to participate in services. The middle and top levels were entered from the Chancel and were used respectively for the reading of the Scriptures and Preaching of the Sermon, as they are today. This type of pulpit is very rare and few examples exist. The Font is possibly Saxon. In 1893 Henry James Abbott, who was doing some gardening, dug it up in the Old Rectory garden. He wheeled it up to the Church in his wheelbarrow and it was placed where it belonged.
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