St Edmund's Church, Wootton facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St. Edmund's Church, Wootton |
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| 50°43′51″N 01°14′04″W / 50.73083°N 1.23444°W | |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | cofeparishofwoottonbridge.org.uk |
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| Dedication | St. Edmund |
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| Parish | Wootton, Isle of Wight |
| Diocese | Portsmouth |
| Province | Canterbury |
St. Edmund's Church, Wootton is a special church for the local community. It belongs to the Church of England and is found in Wootton, Isle of Wight. This church is a parish church, which means it serves a specific local area.
A Look Back in Time
This church is very old. It was first built many hundreds of years ago, during the time known as the Middle Ages.
Today, St. Edmund's Church shares a "parish" with St. Mark's Church, Wootton. A parish is like a local area that a church serves. In the Middle Ages, the parish for St. Edmund's was much smaller. It only covered a small part of what is now the larger village of Wootton Bridge. There was even a separate piece of the parish located in Chillerton.
The churchyard is a peaceful place. It contains a special grave for a soldier from the Royal Hampshire Regiment who died in World War I. This grave is looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Church Organ
The church has a large musical instrument called a pipe organ. This organ was built in 1869. It was not always in St. Edmund's Church.
The organ first lived in St. Andrew's Church, which was in Norton Green, near Freshwater. In the early 1980s, St. Andrew's Church was no longer used, so the organ was moved to St. Edmund's. You can find out more about this organ on the National Pipe Organ Register website.
