§ Mr. Frank Fieldasked the hon. Member for Wokingham, as representing the Church Commissioners, if he will detail in the Official Report the number of churches vested in the Redundant Churches Fund since its inception; and if these data can be classified according to (a) the diocese of the church, (b) whether the church is sited in a rural, urban or city area, and (c) by age according to whether the building is pre-1500, 1500 to 1700, 1700 to 1800, 1800 to 1900 and post-1900.
§ Sir William van StraubenzeeOne hundred and ninety churches have been vested in the redundant churches fund since its inception in 1969. They are, with the classifications requested, as follows:
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Dioceses Rural Urban/city* Pre-1500 1500 to 1700 1700 to 1800 1800 to 1900 Post-1900 Ely Abbotsley St. Margaret (part) X X Barton Bendish St. Mary X X Cambridge All Saints *X X Cambridge St. Peter *X X Conington All Saints X X Duxford St. John the Evangelist X X Feltwell St. Nicholas X X Guyhirn Old Church X X Hockwold St. Peter X X Islington St. Mary X X Long Stanton St. Michael X X Offord D'Arcy St. Peter X X Parson Drove St. John the Baptist X X Steeple Gidding St. Andrew X X Swaffham Prior St. Cyriac and St. Julitta X X Wiggenhall St. Mary X X Exeter Luffincott St. James X X Parracombe St. Petrock X X Revelstoke St. Peter X X West Ogwell X X Gloucester Charfield St. James X X Didmarton St. Lawrence X X Eastleach Martin St. Michael and St. Martin X X Gloucester St. Nicholas *X X Lassington St. Oswald (Tower) X X Ozleworth St. Nicholas X X Tetbury St. Saviour X X Guildford Aldbury St. Peter and St. Paul X X Hereford Bridgnorth St. Leonard X X Michaelchurch St. Michael X X Moreton Jeffries X X Stretford St. Cosmos and St. Damian X X Upton Cressett St. Michael X X Wormesley St. Mary X X Yatton Chapel X X Leicester Brentingby St. Mary (Tower) X X Withcote Chapel X X Lichfield Adderley St. Peter (part 17th century)* X *X Battlefield St. Mary X X Longford Talbot Chapel X X Preston Goballs St. Martin (South Aisle) X X Lincoln Barnetby-le-Wold St. Mary X X Burwell St. Michael X X Clixby All Hallows X X Goltho St. George X X Great Steeping All Saints (Old Church) X X Haceby St. Margaret X X Haltham St. Benedict X X Haugham All Saints X X Kingerby St. Peter X X Normanby St. Peter X X Normanton St. Nichalas X X Redbourne St. Andrew X X Saltfleetby All Saints X X Skidbrooke St. Botolph X X Theddlethorpe All Saints X X Yarburgh St. John the Baptist X X Liverpool Toxteth Park St. James *X X 352W353W
Dioceses Rural Urban/city* Pre-1500 1500 to 1700 1700 to 1800 1800 to 1900 Post-1900 London Little Stanmore (Chandos Mausoleum) X X Manchester Friarmere St. Thomas Old Church X X Heaton Norris Christ Church (Tower) X X Newcastle Bywell St. Andrew X X Shotley St. Andrew X X Norwich Brandiston St. Nicholas X X Buckenham St. Nicholas X X Coston St. Michael X X East Ruston St. Mary X X Gunton St. Andrew X X Hales St. Margaret X X Moulton St. Mary X X North Barningham St. Peter X X Thurgarton All Saints X X West Harling All Saints X X Oxford Chislehampton St. Katherine X X East Shefford St. Thomas X X Edlesborough St. Mary X X Fleet Marston St. Mary X X Hartwell The Assumption X X Lower Basildon St. Bartholomew X X Newnham Murren St. Mary X X Nuneham Courtenay All Saints Old Church X X Pitstone St. Mary X X Wallingford St. Peter X X Peterborough Aldwincle All Saints X X Blatherwycke Holy Trinity X X Deene St. Peter X X Holdenby All Saints X X Preston Deanery St. Peter and St. Paul X X Wakerley St. John the Baptist X X Portsmouth Privett Holy Trinity X X Ripon Allerton Mauleverer St. Martin X X Cowthorpe St. Michael X X Harewood All Saints X X Leeds St. John the Evangelist *X X Stainburn St. Mary X X Rochester Burham St. Mary Old Church X X Cooling St. James X X East Peckham St. Michael X X Paddlesworth St. Benedict X X St. Albans Bedford St. Mary X X Buckland St. Andrew X X Edworth St. George X X Farndish St. Michael X X Little Barford St. Denys X X Lower Gravenhurst St. Mary X X Oxhey All Saints Old Church X X Pottesgrove St. Mary X X Stanstead Abbots St. James X X St. Edmundsbury and Ispwich Akenham St. Mary X X Bungay St. Mary X X Chilton St. Mary X X Covehithe St. Andrew (Tower and ruins) X X
Dioceses Rural Urban/city* Pre-1500 1500 to 1700 1700 to 1800 1800 to 1900 Post-1900 Ellough All Saints X X Icklingham All Saints X X Ipswich St. Mary at the Quay *X X Little Wenham All Saints X X Newton Green All Saints (Nave and Tower) X X Rickinghall Superior St. Mary X X Sapiston St. Andrew X X South Elmham All Saints X X Stanton St. John the Baptist X X Sudbury St. Peter X X Salisbury Alton Priors All Saints X X Berwick Bassett St. Nicholas X X Berwick St. Leonard X X Bothemhampton Holy Trinity X X Chute Forest St. Mary X X Everleigh St. Peter X X Fisherton Delamere St. Nicholas X X Idminston All Saints X X Maddington St. Mary X X Nether Cerne All Saints X X Oborne St. Cuthbert X X Old Dilton St. Mary X X Portland St. George X X South Tidworth St. Mary X X Stockwood St. Edwold X X Sutton Veny St. Leonard X X West Dean Borbach Chantry X X Whitcombe Church X X Wilton St. Mary (Ruins) X X Winterborne Tomson St. Andrew X X Sheffield Edlington St. Peter X X Kirk Sandall St. Oswald X X Wentworth Holy Trinity Old Church X X Southwell Elston Old Chapel X X Markham Clinton Milton Mausoleum X X Winchester Ashley St. Mary X X Colemore St. Peter ad Vincula X X Eldon St. John the Baptist X X Freefolk St. Nicholas X X Hartley Wintney St. Mary X X Itchenstoke St. Mary X X Little Somborne All Saints X X Worcester Croome D'Abitot St. Mary Magdalene X X Evesham St. Lawrence X X Little Washborne St. Mary X X Worcester St. Swithun *X X York Birdforth St. Mary X X Lead St. Mary X X Whenby St. Martin X X York Holy Trinity Goodramgate *X X York St. Lawrence (Tower) *X X 163 27 157 4 15 14 —