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7 Buckden Roundabout
June 2017 St Hugh’s and Methodist Church
Catholic Church of St Hugh of Lincoln, High Street,
Buckden
Telephone: 01480 810344
Website: saintshughandjoseph.churchgoers.co.uk
In the pastoral care of the Claretian Missionaries:
Fr. Chris Newman cmf
Fr. Angel Ochagavia cmf
Fr. Peter Wareing cmf
Fr. Paul Peter Alphonse cmf
Sunday Masses - Saturday evening at 6.30 pm and Sundays at
9.45 am.
Weekday Masses - Monday to Saturday at 9.30 am in the Lady
Chapel.
Morning and Evening Prayer Monday to Saturday at 9.15 am
and 5.45pm in the Lady Chapel.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation every Saturday from 10.00 to
10.30 am.
The Rosary is prayed each Monday morning after the 9.30 am
Mass.
Catechism Classes for school age children each Sunday from
9.00 am in term time. Formal classes for primary age children.
Silent Adoration. There is half an hour of silent adoration be-
fore the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday following the 9.30
am Mass and ending with Benediction at 10.30 am.
Would any newcomers to the Village who are Catholics
please let Fr. Chris Newman know their contact details .
Buckden Methodist Church
Minister: Rev. Paul Beard
(01480 473444)
Stewards: Angie Barnes (810102)
Bob Baxter (8100920)
Carol Swepstone (810053)
Services in June
Sunday 4th
10.30 am Morning Service: Mr Derek Rutherford
6.00pm Circuit Pentecost Event at Brampton
Sunday 11th
10.30 am Morning Service: Rev Paul Beard
6.00pm Evening Fellowship
Sunday 18th
10.30 am Holy Communion: Rev Pam Siddall
6.00pm Evening Fellowship
Sunday 25th
10.30am Morning Service: Mr John Bridge
6.00pm Evening Fellowship
Activities in June:
Fri 2 10.00am Coffee Morning
Wed 7 2.30pm CAMEO ‘The games we played’
Fri 9 10.00am Coffee Morning
Mon 12 12.30pm Study Lunch
Tues 13 9.30am Quiet time in the Wesley Room
Fri 16 12.00pm Soup & Sweet Lunch
Fri 23 10.00am Coffee Morning
Tue 27 9.30am Bible Study
Fri 30 10.00am Coffee Morning
Still 800 years ago….
Part 3 of our church history, marking the 800th anniversary of William de Bugden, its first recorded priest.
Bishop Hugh of Wells, with the aid of the Guild of St. Mary, rebuilt the old Saxon church on this site c1215-1220, and our Wil-
liam was this new Norman church’s first priest. He would still recognise a few parts of his church.
The church itself was very large for a small village (population then about 250), reflecting the more elaborate rituals of the time
and the power and wealth of the Bishops of Lincoln. This church extended from the present altar to the base of the tower, as
today, but its width throughout was probably only that of the chancel, i.e. it did not have the side aisles. The Vestry doorway
(not the door), on the north side by the altar, dates to this time and still retains faint traces of early paint. The chancel walls are
Norman, but they were raised and larger windows inserted in the 15th century.
Likewise, the main entrance, within the later porch, is the original from the Norman church. It was customary to retain the
main doorway throughout later rebuilding, to preserve the actual and symbolic entry into the Church of Christ. This stone
framework originally stood where the arches are, about 5 metres inside the present church.
The three stone seats (sedillia), the adjacent sink and niche south of the altar date to a little later c1285, as does the lower sto-
rey of the tower.
The population of Buckden was reduced by half, to around 120, during the Black Death in 1348, but had rebounded sufficiently
by the 1430s to build the magnificent building we have today. More on this next month…..