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Alhampton Mission Church is a Church of England church in
Alhampton Chapel website
{{commonscatinline Churches in Somerset Church of England church buildings in Somerset Churches completed in 1892
Alhampton Mission Church is a Church of England church in Alhampton
Ditcheat is a village and civil parish south of Shepton Mallet, and north-west of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Besides the village, the parish has four hamlets: Wraxall, Lower Wraxall, Alhampton and Sutton.
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, Somerset, England. The tin tabernacle was erected in 1892 and now forms part of the Fosse Trinity Benefice.
History
Alhampton's iron church was erected in 1892 as achapel of ease
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.
Often a chapel of ea ...
to the parish church of St Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion and
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at Ditcheat
Ditcheat is a village and civil parish south of Shepton Mallet, and north-west of Castle Cary, in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. Besides the village, the parish has four hamlets: Wraxall, Lower Wraxall, Alhampton and Sutton.
History ...
. A chapel of ease for Alhampton had been suggested as early as 1887. The rector of Ditcheat, Rev. C. E. Leir, determined to supply a chapel for Alhampton, in particular to serve those who struggled or were unable to get to the parish church, such as the elderly and sick.
Rev. Leir, with assistance from members of his family, obtained the iron chapel in 1892 and Mr. Butt of Manor Farm gifted the church's seating. The opening service was held on 12 October 1892, which included an address from Rev. Preb. Ainslie. The chapel, which cost £250, was almost free from debt by the beginning of 1893. £15 of its cost had been covered by a grant from the Bath and Wells Diocesan Societies.
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External links
Alhampton Chapel website
{{commonscatinline Churches in Somerset Church of England church buildings in Somerset Churches completed in 1892