Allerton Church - Chapel Allerton, Somerset
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  • Allerton Church - Chapel Allerton, Somerset
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  •  ,Allerton Church,Reverend Geoffrey Fenton - Tel: 01934-713083,Benefice Administrator: Jon Glauert - 01278 786270,Churchwardens: Henry Pomeroy - 01934-713542 & Matthew Paul - 01934 712934,P.C.C. Secretary: Jo Hillman - 01934 713828,Our church is situated at one end of Front Street in Chapel Allerton, and the Parish encompasses Stone Allerton too.  Allerton is in a joint benefice with the parish of Mark just 3 miles away.,The church is at the centre of village life in the Allerton villages and has a service every Sunday at 9.15 a.m. ,The church community is lively & social and many groups of people join in worship, special events and in the maintenance of the church and churchyard.    If you are interested in joining our worship and helping in any way, then we would be delighted to see you - please feel free to contact our churchwardens to learn more.  We have a children's church, a choir, flower arrangers, cleaners, a churchyard mowing rota and much more.,History,A church has stood at Chapel Allerton at least since 1176 and would have been smaller than the present building with a simple nave with narrow windows and no aisle or chancel.  At some stage in the fifteenth century a chancel was added but then little was altered until 1638 when a major restoration took place with larger windows in the nave.,In 1859 the then rector, the Reverend James Coleman supervised a virtual rebuild of the church which was clearly in a bad state of repair.   In the rebuild the church was stripped bare and it is then that the aisle and vestry were added.  Only a few traces of the old church remain visible, though a twelfth century window can be found in the South wall.,Today the church is little changed from the rebuild 150 years ago, though a kitchen and toilet were added as a millennium project.  Fabric repairs have ensured the church is well maintained and loved.
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