St Peter's Church, Havenstreet Explained

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St Peter's Church, Havenstreet
Denomination:	Church of England
Churchmanship:	Broad Church
Parish:	Havenstreet
Diocese:	Portsmouth
Province:	Canterbury

St Peter's Church, Havenstreet is a parish church in the Church of England located in Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.

History

The church dates from 1852 by the architect Thomas Hellyer.^[1] It consists of the chancel, nave, south porch and bell turret, with one bell that was built in the same year as the infrastructure.

The ecclesiastical parish of St Peter, Haven Street was formed from parts of the parishes of Arreton and Newchurch in 1853.^[2]

The churchyard contains Commonwealth war graves of two Hampshire Regiment soldiers who served during World War I.^[3]

Notes and References

1. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
2. 'Parishes: Newchurch', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 177-187. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42068 Date accessed: 14 December 2008.
3. http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2080862/HAVENSTREET%20(ST.%20PETER)%20CHURCHYARD