Category: St Mary the Virgin Church
The history of the church
A Rectors Farewell
Below is the Revered George Hadow’s open letter, dated August 5th 1901, to the village, announcing that he was leaving ...
Calstone Church Coronation Celebrations
As part of our Coronation celebrations, we held a beautiful service in Calstone church on ‘Coronation Sunday’, 7th May 2023, ...
Church Restoration – Grand reopening
RESTORATION OF CALSTONE CHURCH The following piece describes in some detail the restoration of Calstone Church and the events surrounding ...
Farewell to Derick Eadon
Derick Eadon died on 6th July 2023 – and it is testament to the respect and affection in which he ...
Lucy Townsend (1781-1847)
It is amazing what you can discover online by chance whilst looking for something else. A couple of months ago ...
Medieval Graffiti at St Mary’s Church
St Mary's church contains a fascinating rare collection of medieval graffiti. A study was conducted by "Wiltshire Medieval Graffiti Survey" ...
Restoration of the Royal Coat of Arms – St Mary’s Church
In 2009 Christopher Miles, then of Calstone House, took on the project of restoring the 300 year old coat of ...
Reverend Francis Chadwick.
I felt very privileged to be invited to attend the funeral service of our good friend Francis, one of only ...
St Mary the Virgin Church
The following piece was written by Freda McQuie some years ago for a church pamphlet. From the list of Institutions ...