| Our
Church, St. John's Fishponds, was consecrated in
1911 but, as one might expect, its life began
many years before that, back in the 19th
century. In 1887, the Bishop of Bristol
gave the Vicar of St. Mary's, Fishponds (The
Rev. Arthur Day) permission to hold Divine
Service in a schoolroom in Chester Park
Road. It is assumed Services were held
here until 1894 when St. Mary's Vestry acquired
a temporary, second-hand Church building and
erected it in "that park of Fishponds known
as The Causeway, Chester Park".
This temporary
building was dedicated by the Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol. In January 1909,
the Revd. W. H. Hand was appointed Curate in
Charge.
With everyone
eagerly looking forward to the consecration of
the new, permanent Church on 25th May 1911,
tragedy struck. The Revd. W. H. Hand died
on 13th March. By a very strange
coincidence, the Revd. M. C. Griffiths, first
vicar of All Saints, died in the same hour.
More will come
later! |
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