Read all about the fascinating history of St Peter's Church, our home since 1966

• How they celebrated the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605
• The connection between the Society's production of Macbeth in 1873 and today's dressing room
• The old lady who used to enjoy watching the services from her bedroom in The Soke next door until 1897
• The Great Burglary of 1921
• How traffic on VE Day 1945 caused damage to the east wall
• How an officiating vicar nearly died from falling masonry in 1948
• Where did the three church bells go? And what about the font of 1090?
• What the Kuwaitis did with the altar glass in 1965

These are just a few of the incidents in our church's 900 years, described in a lavishly illustrated 52 page A5 booklet, now on sale to raise funds for our planned expansion. 

The cost is £6 including post and packing. 

Please contact Richard Green 01962 869029

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