| Description | Parish records of Urchfont. St Michael's Church is part of the Cannings and Redhorn benefice. All other chapels and churches in the group will have their own series within the collection.
From June 2012 to present (2020), part of the Cannings & Redhorn Team Ministry, formed from the former Cannings Benefice and Redhorn Team, and now comprises the parishes of All Cannings, Bishop’s Cannings with Etchilhampton, Chirton with Patney, Marden, Urchfont with Stert, and Wilsford, which also include the hamlets of Allington, Bourton, Coate, Conock, Horton and Wedhampton, together with Cannings Hill a fast-developing area adjacent to Devizes.
Eight churches are served by a Team Rector and a number of other clergy and licensed laity (see Ministry Team), together with the Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councils (see Team Churches).
There are four church schools in the Team (see Schools), all of which take children from 4 to 11 years old. All the schools have close ties with their respective local church, with the churches providing governors, venues for services, and personnel (both lay and ordained) for assemblies. |