| The first church was built in 1240 A.D. It consisted of a chancel and nave only; the tower was added in 1350. Substantial work on it occurred in 1652 but by the early nineteenth century it was in disrepair. The Churchwardens were ordered to make it safe but nothing was done, so eventually the Bishop of Oxford issued an Edict ordering that the church must be taken down, stone by stone, and rebuilt. Thus in 1828 the nave and chancel were rebuilt, the original outstanding features being reinstated; the tower remained standing but was thoroughly repaired. |
| Ralph, 1240
(presumably
a Norman)
Nicholas, 1244 Michael de Bukely John de Dodington, 1340 John Levell John Legatt, 1361 Edmund de Aylesbury, 1369 Geffry in the Kirne, 1381 Thomas Seman, 1399 Edmund Barnesly, 1401 Adam Golafere, 1403 William Brumer, l403 Richard Raxon, 1404 John Wellcombe, 1411 Geffrey Davenport, 1412 John Robys Henry Tame, 1440 John Beachampton John Combe, 1449 Robert Smith, 1450 John Boddenham, 1455 Richard Sedgeworth, 1459 John Colyns, 1464 John Jecock, 1465 John Nutbeam, 1480 Thomas Ashton, 1489 John Arrowsmith, 1489 John Cull, 1506 John Smith, 1528 William Birdesley, 1560 Richard Major, 1591 Robert Sibthorp, 1616 Samuel Marshall, 1627 Walter Taylor, 1642 William Joannes, 1651 John Price, 1661 John Mason, 1674 * Isaac Rushworth, 1694 Benjamin Hart, 1720 |
Thomas Green,
1732
John Fisher, 1751 Henry Gabell, 1768 George Glover, 1802 George Lee, 1804 William Henry Barnard, 1814 * Woolley Leigh Bennett, 1818 * George Coleman, 1839 * Joseph Bosworth, 1858 * Edward G Andrew, 1875 Louis Ernest Goddard, 1889 Charles Kirsopp, 1921 * Edmund G Vesey Ross, 1925 James M Evans, 1930 William T Winkworth, 1933 * Leslie R Buttle, 1938, an RN chaplain, was the last resident incumbent. The Rectory was used for evacuees during the war and Water Stratford was cared for by: William Platts, 1941 Eric Tarrant, 1948 (priest-in-charge) With
Tingewick
With
Tingewick and Radclive-cum-Chackmore
From
1983 to 2000, Water Stratford reverted to being a single benefice but without
In
2000, the parish joined Biddlesden, Shalstone, Tingewick, Turweston and
Westbury
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