St. Paul's Church, Newport
Encyclopedia
St. Paul's Church, Newport is a parish church
in the Church of England
located in Barton, Isle of Wight
and Newport, Isle of Wight
.
The land was given by C. W. Martin and the church was consecrated on 1 February 1844.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
located in Barton, Isle of Wight
Barton, Isle of Wight
Barton is a village on the Isle of Wight, near Newport. Transport is provided by local Wightbus route 39 to Newport, and Southern Vectis bus routes 8 and 9 to Sandown and Ryde which run close by....
and Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport is a civil parish and a county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Newport has a population of 23,957 according to the 2001 census...
.
History
The church dates from 1844 by the architect J. W. Wild and was built on Staplers Road in Barton, NewportThe land was given by C. W. Martin and the church was consecrated on 1 February 1844.
List of incumbents
- Revd W.D. Parker 1844 – 1853
- Revd W.L. Sharpe 1854 - 1890
- Revd W.H. Nutter 1891 – 1909
- Revd C. Collis 1910 - 1915
- Revd M. Atkinson 1915 – 1937
- Revd A.G. Kelsey 1937 - 1946
- Revd L.J.D. Wheatley 1946 - 1963
- Revd W. Boardman 1963 - 1986
- Revd A. Andrews 1986 – 1989
- Revd Chris Lane 1990 - 1995
- Revd Dr. Peter Pimentel 1996 - current