The History of All Saints Church Building
A brief history of All Saints' Wick All Saints' Church was built in 1881 in memory of the late Vicar of Lyminster, Rev Matthew H Wilson. The architect was George Edmund Street who also designed the Royal Courts of Justice in London, and built by J A Snewin of Littlehampton. The Church could accommodate 200 people and cost c£1,400, most of which had been raised by the time it opened.
All Saints' Church was dedicated in 1882 as a mission chapel and services began to be held there. Wick remained part of the Parish of Lyminster until 1973 when the new Parish of All Saints' Wick was created. In 1985 there was further change when the team ministry combining St Mary's and St James', Littlehampton with All Saints' Wick was formed. Information supplied by Miss Rebecca Fardell MA, AMA |
|
The Deed by which the Rev Alleyne Holmes donated the land for the church states its purpose as being 'primarily as a Sunday School Room for the poor and other persons in ... the Parish of Lyminster in which the Church of England Catechism shall be a fundamental part of the instruction in the School and for Divine Service, Mission and other Meetings in connection with the Church of England.' 