THE PARISH CHURCH
THE PARISH CHURCH
OF ST MARY AND ALL SAINTS
STAMBRIDGE
FOREWARD
IF YOU WHO READ THIS are a native of Stambridge you may find something here which adds to your knowledge of a church with which you are familiar. You will learn something of the love and devotion bestowed on the church during a period of over 900 years and you may realise your inheritance from those who, during that long time, have beautified this church and worshipped in it.
If you are a visitor, you may, on reading this, be able to look at our church with the eyeof understanding, and realise that we who now worship here are trying our best to maintain the ancient tradition of caring for God's house.
If you who read this are far away, a former parishioner or a friend of Stambridge and its people, there should be shomething here to bring to your mind a picture of how we here combine a long past and an active present in the service of God and of his family.
The proceeds of the sale of this information are, thanks to the generosity of two of our congregation, devoted entirely to the expenses of maintaining the church. If you wish to make a donation to the church to fund the up-keep of this fantastic building and for the information you are about to read please do.
KEEP AN EYE HERE THEIR IS MORE TO COME!
