Stockton Parish

(Map reference SO 729997)

Stockton Church There is one small piece of evidence that there was a church at Stockton in Norman times and that is a window in the chancel.
Stockton, like Higford which is in the same parish, was much more important in former times than it is now. There is reference to Stockton in the Doomsday Book, and even within living memory, there were more dwellings at Stockton than there are now. Today there are only three dwellings at Stockton - one of which is the Glebe House, and another the red brick Georgian rectory dated 1702,now lived in by Lord Hamilton, owner of Apley Estate, and patron of Stockton parish.
Stockton Church The church stands high above the river Severn, about half a mile from the main centre of population which it serves - the village of Norton which can be seen to the west of the church from the churchyard. The whole parish is part of the Apley Estate, one of the few agricultural estates to survive the 19th century agricultural depression intact. Much of the land in this part of Shropshire is still owned by the Estate.
Stockton Church The church building was restored in 1880, when the chancel was raised several feet, as can be seen from the level of the piscina and sedelia in the sanctuary. The leper window has been bricked up at some time. The church has a fine and unusual barrel roof (visible from the nave). There is a fourteenth century font and the tower is fifteenth century. The communion table is Elizabethan and the pulpit Jacobean.
To see larger versions of the pictures above click below:

Church Exterior (32kb)
Church Exterior (25kb)
Church Interior (23kb)

Map of Stockton Area:
To view a map of the area in a separate window please click here.

April 2008 - October 2008

April 2008

Sunday 20^th (Easter 5)
11.00 am Morning Prayer - (BH)

Sunday 27^th (Easter 6/Rogation)
6.30 pm British Legion Parade of Standards - (DC)

May 2008

Sunday 4^th (Easter 7)
11.00 am Holy Communion by Extension - (BH)

Sunday 18^th (Trinity)
11.00 am Morning Worship - (TD)

June 2008

Sunday 1^st (Trinity 2)
11.00 am Holy Communion - (MW)

Sunday 15^th (Trinity 4)
11.00 am Morning Worship - (MW)

July 2008

Sunday 6^th (Trinity 7)
11.00 am Holy Communion - (JJ)

Sunday 20^th (Trinity 9)
11.00 am Morning Worship - (BH)

August 2008

Sunday 3^rd (Trinity 11)
11.00 am Holy Communion - (JJ)

Sunday 17^rd (Trinity 13)
11.00 am Morning Worship - (MW)

Sunday 31^st (Trinity 15)
6.30 pm Six Parishes Communion - (MW)

September 2008

Sunday 7^th (Trinity 16)
11.00 am Holy Communion - (JJ)

Sunday 21^st (St. Matthew)
11.00 am Morning Worship - (BH)

October 2008

Sunday 5^th (Trinity 20)
11.00 am Harvest Festival - (JJ)

Sunday 19^th (Trinity 22)
11.00 am Holy Communion - (MW)

Abbreviations: MW=Rev. Martin Walker; TD=Tina Dalton; JJ=Rev. John Johnson; BH=Bob Hodgins

Church Wardens:
Rae Parnham
Sue Middleton

St. Giles - Badger
St. Andrew and St. John - Kemberton
St. Andrew - Ryton
St. Milburga - Beckbury
St. Mary - Sutton Maddock
Group Ministry Home page
Group Ministry Information page