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St Mary’s Church
St Mary’s Church has been the village centre of worship since the 11th century when the original stone tower was built. There was an earlier wooden watch-tower in the 9th century on the site. Additions have, of course, been added over the centuries.
The Parish is part of the Chellington Team Ministry, a team of eight rural churches (also including St Mary’s, Carlton; St Peter’s, Harrold; All Saints, Odell; St Mary the Virgin, Podington; All Saints, Turvey; and St Lawrence, Wymington;) in the west of the Sharnbrook deanery in the Diocese of St. Albans.
Our team clergy are the Revd Jacqueline Curtis and the Revd Peter Turnbull. They can be contacted at 3, The Moor, Carlton, where visitors are always welcome. You can also get in touch via email to [email protected] or on 07356258256.
Services and Open Church
We are pleased to say that thanks to the work of several volunteers, St. Mary’s is open every day for visitors from 10am – 4pm.
There are services most Sundays with a 9:30 Eucharist, usually on the first and third Sundays. This is sometimes shared at Turvey. The second Sunday is usually 9.30 Morning Prayer and the 4th Sunday 17.00 Evening Prayer. On Fifth Sundays there is a ‘Benefice Service’ at one of the parishes in the Benefice.