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St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth
Church of Saint Stephen, Bournemouth (01).jpg
View from the southeast
50°43′24″N 1°52′51″W / 50.7232°N 1.8807°W / 50.7232; -1.8807
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo-Catholic
Website Official website: http://btcp.org.uk/who-we-are/st-stephens/
History
Dedication Saint Stephen
Administration
Parish St Peter with St Stephen
Deanery Bournemouth
Archdeaconry Bournemouth
Diocese Winchester
Province Canterbury

St Stephen's Church is an Anglican parish church in Bournemouth, Dorset (formerly in Hampshire), England. The liturgical life of the church is rooted in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. The church has a noted lady chapel and celebrates Marian Masses, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and recitation of the Rosary for the Society of Mary. Devotion to Our Lady of Walsingham is also common.

The church is close to Bournemouth Town Centre and Meyrick Park.

History

The church was designed by architect John Loughborough Pearson as a memorial to Alexander Morden Bennett, first vicar of St Peter's Church, Bournemouth. It is constructed with Purbeck stone and Bath stone. Its nave was built from 1881 to 1883 and the chancel from 1896 to 1897. The tower was built from 1907 to 1908. It is a Grade I-listed building.

Vicars

Church of Saint Stephen, Bournemouth (02)
Church seen from the northeast
  • 1881–1911 Fr Alexander Sykes Bennett
  • 1911–28 Fr George Philip Trevelyan
  • 1928–44 Fr Philip Harold Rogers
  • 1944–52 Fr Geoffrey Heald
  • 1952–58 Fr Francis John Michael Dean
  • 1958–62 Fr Charles Edward Burnett Neate
  • 1962–70 Fr George Percy Wilkins
  • 1970–73 Fr Anthony Douglas Caesar
  • 1974–83 Fr John David Corbett
  • 1983–87 Fr John Catlin
  • 1987–94 Fr Paul Hastrop
  • 1994–2012 Fr Robin Harger
  • 2009–2023 Fr Ian Terry

Music

The church has an organ by William Hill dating from 1898. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. There is also a small 5 stop chamber organ dating from 1870. The specification of the chamber organ can also be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

List of organists

  • 1881–93 T. J. Baker
  • 1894–1930 Henry Holloway
  • 1930–35 Percy Whitlock
  • 1936–66 Cyril Knight
  • 1967–75 Spencer Fackerell
  • 1976 Roger Hill
  • 1976–82 Cyril Knight
  • 1982–88 Ian Harrison
  • 1988–94 Anthony Wood
  • 1994–2019 Ian Harrison
  • 2019– Sean Tucker

Gallery

  • Views from the Eye (7) - St Stephen's Church - geograph.org.uk - 1505447

    Viewed from the Bournemouth Eye

  • Bournemouth St Stephen's church

    Main entrance

  • St Stephens Bournemouth reredos

    Behind the altar

  • St Stephen Church

    View from the street

  • St Stephen's Church, Bournemouth

    Front door view

  • Bournemouth, tower of St. Stephen's from Meyrick Park - geograph.org.uk - 1772602

    Viewed from Meyrick Park

  • Bournemouth, looking down on a snow-covered St. Stephen’s church - geograph.org.uk - 2186452

    Snow covered church

  • Bournemouth, St. Stephen’s church in snow - geograph.org.uk - 2183895

    Winter scene

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