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Buckden Roundabout
May 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 May
Sunday 7th
10.30 am Morning Service: Mr Ted Garwood
6.00pm
S.U.S at Gt. Barford
Sunday 14th (Christian Aid Week)
10.30 am
Morning Service: Mrs Margaret Harris
6.00pm
Evening Fellowship
Sunday 21st
10.30 am
Holy Communion: Rev Paul Beard
6.00pm
Evening Fellowship
Sunday 28th
10.30am
Morning Service: Mrs Rosemary Marchant
6.00pm
Evening Fellowship
Activities in May:
Wed 3
2.30pm
CAMEO
Fri 5
10.00am
Coffee Morning
Mon 8
12.30pm
Study Lunch
Tues 9
9.30am
Quiet time in the Wesley Room
Fri 12
10.00am
Christian Aid Coffee Morning
(with Stalls)
Fri 19
12.00pm
Soup & Sweet Lunch
Tue 23
9.30am
Bible Study
Fri 26
10.00am
Coffee Morning
Just 800 years ago….
The second in a series of articles celebrating the 800
th
anniversary of Buckden’s first stone church.
Richard the Lionheart died in 1199 and was succeeded by his brother King John, who heavily taxed the nobles and
clergy. Following the nobles’ rebellion, a settlement, Magna Carta, was signed in 1215. In recompense for damages
done to Lincoln Cathedral and his other properties, the king granted Bishop Hugh de Wells funds to build a hunting
park and to rebuild his ruined timber manor house here (on the site of the present Towers).
Simultaneously, the Guild of St. Mary helped fund Bishop Hugh’s rebuilding of our old Saxon church. While there
had been dozens of unknown Saxon and Norman priests before, it cannot be coincidence that the earliest recorded
name of a Buckden priest, William de Bugden in 1217, occurs at the founding of this first stone Norman church. This
was a significant time for both England and the Church and people would have remembered their first priest in their
new church.
Unfortunately, we know nothing of William, except his name and that he was from Buckden! The length of Wil-
liam’s tenure is also currently unknown; the next priest noted is a ‘Henry’ at some time and then the next recorded
date is for John de Undel (of Oundle) in 1276, and it is likely that there were several unknowns during this interval.
The earliest visible remains of Buckden church date to William’s time and there will be more information on them in
the next article.