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DIOCESE OF WENCHOSTER DIRECTORY |
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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PARISHES |
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THE PARISH OF OVERCAMP |
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Patrons: The Bishop of East Broadwench; The Bishop of Nobbling (ECUSA) (Alternate) |
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Overcamp (St. Alice the Hapless) (Samaritan Freephone in the belfry) |
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Pop: 88 ER 32 |
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STAGGERS, Canon Marmeduke, The Vicarage, Long Lane, Overcamp. |
WN57 3JK |
01991 114552 |
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CHI-CHI, Mr. Yakamoto, Hiding House, Closette. |
WN57 7DZ |
01154 915347 |
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PUTIN, Mr. Ras, Kremlin Cottage, Double Bends, Overcamp. |
WN57 3FC |
01991 115149 |
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ANTO, Mrs. Esper, Pitman Hall, Overcamp. |
WN57 3DL |
01991 116147 |
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CHINGIS, Mr. Khan, The Stables, Major Winkle. |
WN56 8IJ |
01154 912334 |
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BELLE, Mrs. Esmerelda, Hugo House, Minor Winkle. |
WN56 9NB |
01154 917246 |
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Notes |
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1. Somewhere in this parish was located the Nunnery of Shaston Farthing which was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536. The buildings were dismantled by local people, and many of the stones can be found today in the older houses of Overcamp. The original location of the Church (dedicated to St. Miriam the Virgin), together with the dormitories, apothecarium and refectory, is now uncertain. The Archdeaconry takes its name from this medieval female enclosed community. |
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2. Also in this parish was the village of East Broadwench which fell into the sea during the Great Gale of December 11th 1827. The whole community, including the Norman church of St. Phoebe the Thick, was destroyed in the space of 5 hours as the sea eroded the coastline. No trace of it now remains, though local legend says that at high tide on the yearly anniversary of the tragedy, the bells of the parish church can still be heard tolling under the waves. The Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Wenchoster still holds East Broadwench as his title. |
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