St Maurice's Church, Winchester

St Maurice’s Church, Winchester

Tower of St Maurice’s Church, Winchester
Coordinates: 51°03′43″N 1°18′46″W / 51.06192°N 1.31264°W / 51.06192; -1.31264
Location Winchester
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication Saint Maurice
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Winchester
Province Province of Canterbury

St Maurice’s Church, Winchester was a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester, Hampshire.[1]

The parish was united with that of St Mary Kalendar and the old church was taken down in March 1840, rebuilt to designs by the architect William Gover of Winchester, and reopened on 21 July 1842, when it was consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester.[2]

The body of the church was taken down in the late 1950s. The only remains are the 15th-century tower, built of flint and rubble and incorporating a Norman arch, which is Grade II listed. The tower also displays a sundial and the arms of King George III.[3]

Organ

The church contained a pipe organ dating from 1756 by Father Smith. When the church closed this was moved to St Thomas' Church, Southgate Street, and when that church closed, it moved again to St Deny's Church, Portswood, Southampton. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[4]

Rectors

In 1682 Isaac Jones was appointed first Rector of the joint parish of St Maurice with St Mary Kalendre.

  • 1560 Jes Cunth or Cout
  • 1584 Mr. James
  • 1591 Parson Dithey or Disley
  • 1591 Thomas Stempe
  • 1594 Mr. Jones
  • 1607 Thomas Stempe
  • 1608 Mr. Newby
  • 1609 Mr. Munday
  • 1644 William Clunn
  • 1675 Joseph Masters
  • 1682 Isaac Jones
  • 1704 Richard Barker
  • 1718 William Jefferies
  • 1719 Cornelius Norwood
  • 1721 Daniel Wavell
  • 1738 Thomas Ridding
  • 1741 Richard Wavell (son of Daniel)
  • 1779 James Monk Newbolt
  • 1803 George L Armstrong
  • 1819 Henry John Hopkins
  • 1838 William Nicholson
  • 1845 Thomas Woodroffe
  • 1854 William Cornes
  • 1861 Henry Brougham Bousfield
  • 1870 Henry Haigh
  • 1883 James Henerille Thresher
  • 1893 Alfred Cecil Dicker
  • 1906 Walter Edmund Colchester
  • 1923 Charles Fanshawe
  • 1925 Sidney Montague Watson
  • 1947 Charles Oswald Rockett
  • 1950 Bernard Cunningham Corfield

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Lloyd, David (1967). The Buildings of England. Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Penguin Books. p. 693. ISBN 0140710329.
  2. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette. British Newspaper Archive. 28 July 1842. Retrieved 30 September 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ Historic England, "Tower of Former Church of St Maurice (1095465)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 1 October 2016
  4. ↑ "NPOR N11470". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies.
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