St Mary's Church, Carisbrooke

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St Mary's Church, Carisbrooke
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
History
Dedication	St Mary
Administration
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Portsmouth
Parish	Carisbrooke

St Mary's Church, Carisbrooke is a parish church in the Church of England located in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight. A service is held every Sunday morning at 8:00 and 9:30.

History

The church is medieval dating from the Norman period.^[1] The tower contains a ring of 10 bells. The back 8 bells were cast in 1921 by Gillet and Johnston, Croydon and were made a ring of 10 in 2002 by the Whitchapel Bell Foundry. The church is home to the funeral monument of Margaret Seymour, Lady Wadham, aunt to Queen Jane Seymour, and second wife to Sir Nicholas I Wadham, Captain of the Isle of Wight from 1509 to 1520.

Church status

The church was formerly grouped with the Church of St Nicholas in Castro, Carisbrooke, and is now additionally grouped with Sts Thomas Minster, Newport, St John's, Newport and St Olave's, Gatcombe.^[2]

Incumbents

Alexander Ross, prolific Scottish writer and controversialist, was vicar of Carisbrooke from 1634 until his death in 1654.

Burials

• Lady Wadham, 1520
• William Keeling, 1619 (discoverer of the Keeling Islands in the Indian Ocean)
• Sir William Stephens, 1697

Organ

The church has a two manual organ dating from 1908 by Bevington. A specification of the organ can be found on the Nation pipe organ register. The church also has a small practice organ and a piano.

List of organists

• John T. Read ca. 1912^[3]

References

1. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
2. "New interim team rector for Newport Carisbrooke and Gatcombe". islandecho. 28 March 2023. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
3. Dictionary of Organs and Organists, First Edition. 1912. p. 305