St John the Evangelist - Ashley Green
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N 51° 44.282 W 000° 35.196
30U E 666635 N 5734658
This small village church has just had work done to add toilets and a kitchen
Waymark Code: WMBCQX
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/06/2011
Views: 2
From Wikipedia:
Ashley Green used to have a Baptist church, situated down Hog Lane, which was a branch of Broadway Baptist Church in Chesham. It closed in the early 1900s.
Ashley Green became a parish in 1876, when the church of St John the Evangelist was constructed in the village. Newspapers and coins were built into the pillar adjoining the pulpit. At that time, and until 1875, the village lay within the parish of Great Chesham. The Church has since returned to the team ministry of Great Chesham.[2] The Church was built and endowed by the gift of Elizabeth Dorrien of Clifton, Bristol, in memory of her sisters and dedicated on 31 December 1873. The land was given by Lord Chesham. The architect was G.E. Street and the contractor G. Cooper of Aylesbury Buckinghamshire. The total cost of the building was over £2,000 with the endowment being a further £6,000.
The Church is built of local knapped black flints with Bath stone dressings. There is a bellcote with two bells. There is a boiler house, and the church was originally being heated by "Hayden's hot air apparatus", now disused. The porch is on the Northern side of the building the front of which is an oak moulded archway, the timber being framed in red bricks - herringboned. The roof is of plain clay tiles. St. John's has stained glass windows from various makers including Burlison and Grylls, Kempe and Co., James Powell and Sons, C.E. Moore and A.L. Moore
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1876
Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Church of England
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: 9:30 AM
Street address of Church:
Chesham Road
Ashley Green
Chesham, Bucks United Kingdom
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
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