Saint Matthew's Church Vicarage: Blessing by the Bishop of Saint Asaph Programme"
Saint Matthew's Parish Church, Church Road, Buckley
24 March 1969
COVER TEXT
The Parish of Buckley
The Blessing of the Vicarage House
by
The Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
The Eve of the Feast of the Annunciation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
24th March 1969
After Evensong at 7 o'clock
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ORDER of SERVICE (not reproduced in full)
Festal Evensong
The Procession to the House
Order of Procession:
Crucifer and Servers
Choir
Clergy
Server
The Archdeacon
Servers
The Bishop
Churchwardens
The Congregation
At Entrance to the House procedure
Blessing of the House
Prayers
Procession back to Church - in the same order
Concluding Prayers
The Blessing
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The new Vicarage replaces the original parsonage house of the parish which was situated on the opposite side of Church
Road. This house was demolished in 1967 and the land sold to provide funds for the new Vicarage.
Building commenced in March 1968 on land donated by the late Mr. C. A. Gladstone, of Hawarden Castle.
The architect was Mr. R. B. Heaton, B.Arch., F.R.I.B.A., and the builders Messrs. Shones (Buckley) Ltd., Drury, Buckley.
The planning of the project was delegated by the Parochial Church Council to a building committee of which Mr. J. C. Jones
was Chairman, Miss H. M. Birks secretary and Mr. G. N. Wynne, treasurer. During the period of planning and building the
Churchwardens were Mr. T. Hodgson, Mr. D. H. B. Millward and Mr. J. Hewitt. The secretary of the Parochial Church Council
was Dr. M. R. Herford.
NOTE:
J.C. Jones - John Clifford Jones
H.M. Birks - Helen Birks
G.N. Wynne - George Neville Wynne
T. Hodgson - Thomas Hodgson (Tom)
D.B.H. Millward - Dennis Millward
J. Hewitt - John Hewitt
Dr. M.R. Herford - Margaret Herford, who had a practice in Mill Lane
Author: Saint Matthews Parish Church
Tags
Year = 1969
Month = March
Day = 24
Building = Domestic
Event = Religious
Extra = 1960s
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