Sub-fonds
LITTLEHAMPTON, ST. JOHN
Catalogue reference: Par/126
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This record is about the LITTLEHAMPTON, ST. JOHN dating from 1877-1948.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Par/126
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Title (The name of the record)
- LITTLEHAMPTON, ST. JOHN
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877-1948
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- West Sussex Record Office
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Church of England, Littlehampton, St John's Parish, West Sussex</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 9 Series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by the incumbent in April 1971 and June 1984
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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St. John's church was set up in 1877 as a result of the extreme Tractarianism of the Revd. Charles Rumball, then vicar of Littlehampton parish church. Its position was unusual: St. John's lay in the ecclesiastical parish of St. Mary's but was neither a daughter church nor a proprietary chapel. It was in fact simply a place where the parishioners of Littlehampton could be provided with a low church alternative to the high church services of St. Mary's. It was closed in 1948
The first minister-in-charge, the Rev. Arthur Steinkopff Thompson, was the author of Home Words for Wanderers, and Sermons Preached Abroad to English Worshippers; the second minister, The Rev. Olinthus John Vignoles, was the author of The Total Eclipse of the Sun in Spain (1860), A Summer Tour of Northern Europe, and A Ride through Bosnia; a later minister (1886), was the compiler and editor of Hymnal Songs of the Church
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9477351f-6383-4ccc-a986-0d6f22a9c904/
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LITTLEHAMPTON, ST. JOHN