Broad Chalke Church

All Saints' Church : Broad Chalke

Church in South Street on 1st March 2012 from Church Bottom

Church Services

Services in the Chalke Valley Benefice - December 2025 BCP = Book of Common Prayer (Traditional Language), CW = Common Worship Service (Contemporary Language)
7^th December 2^nd Sunday of Advent	9.30am	Holy Communion (BCP)	Berwick St John	Alison Waterhouse
	9.30am	Family Communion (CW)	Broad Chalke	Kate Woolven
	9.30am	Parish Communion (CW)	Britford	Ruth H-S
	11.00am	Morning Prayer (BCP)	Ebbesbourne Wake	Biddy Trahair
	11.00am	Parish Communion (CW)	Coombe Bissett	Ruth H-S
	11.00am	Family Service	Odstock	Adrian Taylor
	6.00pm	Carol Service	Stratford Tony	Ruth H-S
14^th December 3^rd Sunday of Advent	9.30am	Holy Communion (BCP)	Bowerchalke	Kate Woolven
	9.30am	Family Communion (BCP)	Nunton	Maggie Metcalfe
	10.30am	Worship Together	Broad Chalke Hub	Janet Roe
	11.00am	Parish Communion (CW)	Homington	Alison Waterhouse
	11.00am	All Age Service	Alvediston	Biddy Trahair
	11.00am	Carol Service	Bishopstone V. Hall	Ruth H-S
	3.00pm	Advent Carols	Fifield Bavant	Biddy Trahair
	3.30pm	Christingle	Charlton All Saints	Ruth H-S
19^th December	6.00pm	Carol Service	Britford	Maggie Metcalfe
21^st December 4^th Sunday of Advent	9.30am	Parish Communion (CW)	Bishopstone	Alison Waterhouse
	11.00am	Family Communion (CW)	Ebbesbourne Wake	Ruth H-S
	4.00pm	Nativity	Bowerchalke	Kate Woolven
	5.00pm	Carol Service	Odstock	Maggie Metcalfe
	6.00pm	Carol Service	Coombe Bissett	Ruth H-S
	6.00pm	Carol Service	Berwick St John	Alison Waterhouse
22^nd December	7.00pm	Carol Service	Broad Chalke	Alison Waterhouse
23^rd December	6.00pm	Carol Service	Alvediston	Ruth H-S
24^th December CHRISTMAS EVE	4.00pm	Carols round the Crib	Bishopstone	Ruth H-S
	4.00pm	Scratch Nativity	Charlton All Saints	Maggie Metcalfe
	5.00pm	Carols at War Memorial	Broad Chalke	Alison Waterhouse
	6.00pm	Carol Service	Homington	Ruth H-S
	10.00pm	"Midnight" Eucharist (CW)	Fifield Bavant	Ruth H-S
25^th December CHRISTMAS DAY	8.00am	Holy Communion (Said BCP)	Fifield Bavant	Ruth H-S
	9.30am	Family Communion (CW)	Bowerchalke	Kate Woolven
	9.30am	Parish Communion (CW)	Charlton All Saints	Maggie Metcalfe
	9.30am	Parish Communion (CW)	Bishopstone	Ruth H-S
	9.30am	Family Communion (CW)	Broad Chalke	Alison Waterhouse
	11.00am	Family Communion (CW)	Ebbesbourne Wake	Kate Woolven
	11.00am	Family Communion (CW)	Coombe Bissett	Ruth H-S
	11.00am	Family Communion (CW)	Nunton	Maggie Metcalfe
	11.00am	Family Communion (CW)	Berwick St John	Alison Waterhouse
28^th December 1^st Sunday of Christmas	10.00am	Parish Communion (CW)	Homington	Alison Waterhouse
	10.00am	Holy Communion (BCP)	Alvediston	Ruth H-S
	11.00am	Morning Prayer (BCP)	Berwick St John	Lay Led

Services in the Chalke Valley Benefice - January 2026 BCP = Book of Common Prayer (Traditional Language), CW = Common Worship Service (Contemporary Language)
4^th January THE EPIPHANY	9.30am	Holy Communion (BCP)	Berwick St John	Ruth H-S
	9.30am	Family Communion (CW)	Broad Chalke	Kate Woolven
	9.30am	Parish Communion (CW)	Britford	Maggie Metcalfe
	11.00am	Morning Prayer (BCP)	Ebbesbourne Wake	Biddy Trahair
	11.00am	Parish Communion (CW)	Coombe Bissett	Ruth H-S
	11.00am	Family Service	Odstock	Adrian Taylor

Chalke Valley Bulletin and other messages

This is the Chalke Valley Bulletin for December 4th 2025 (PDF document, may take a little time to download).

Special Announcement

Message from Chalke Valley Churches Team Administrator

Here are the Christmas events 2025

Please see below a special announcement regarding the post of Associate Priest to the Chalke Valley Benefice:
"Following an interview process for the post of Associate Priest in the Chalke Valley Team Ministry, the Bishop of Ramsbury is pleased to announce that, subject to the usual statutory checks, he has appointed The Rev’d Maggie Metcalfe to the post and she has accepted. Maggie is currently serving in the Wylye and Till Valley Benefice. A date for Maggie’s licensing will be determined in due course. Please pray for Maggie as she prepares to leave her current post, and take up her post in the Chalke Valley."
Kind Regards
Emily Broomhead
Chalke Valley Churches Team Administrator

Church Websites

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
Chalke Valley Churches	Administrator	07890 262376	Chalke Valley Churches Broad Chalke page with calendar.

This is the Chalke/Cueibet Partnership Newsletter 8 (PDF document, may take a little time to download).

This is the Fellowship Study Group (PDF document, may take a little time to download).

CHALKE TALK

Chalke Talk is now superseded by the Chalke Valley Bulletin above, but archive copies may be held by the Churches Team Administrator.

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Some of the content on this page has been reproduced with the kind permission of the Team Administrator.

Local Events

See also events in the Chapel.

DATE	PLACE	TELEPHONE	EVENT
Check if event has been cancelled or postponed.
4th December 2025	Primary School		Christmas Wreath Workshop; 7.00 - 9.30pm; contact email: FOBS (at) broadchalke.dsat.org.uk
14th December 2025	The Hub		Worship Together; 10.30am;
20th December 2026	All Saints' Church	01722 780596 01722 780654	Flowers Decorations at Christmas; contact Sue Gooden or Jane Gilbert
22nd December 2026	All Saints' Church		Christmas Carols and Readings by The Manor Singers, Organist: Chris Mahon; 7.00pm
24th December 2026	War Memorial		Christmas Carols; 5.30pm
2nd January 2026	Village Hall		Star Making Workshop; 2.00pm
4th January 2026	All Saints' Church		Epiphany Pageant; 3.00 - 4.30pm
4th January 2026	All Saints' Church		Bellringing tuition Taster Course; 3.00 - 4.30pm; contact email: vickirowse @ gmail.com (delete spaces) to book.
11th January 2026	All Saints' Church		Bellringing tuition; six week course starting at 3.00 - 4.30pm; contact email: vickirowse @ gmail.com (delete spaces) to book.
Every Monday	All Saints' Church	0771 7110 200	Prayer Group; 5.00pm - 6.00pm; contact Julia
Every Tuesday	Village Hall & Old School	01722 780789 01722 781200	Parenting Course; five to fifteen year olds; 10.15am; contact Caroline Lamb or Jayne Jennings
Every Tuesday	Wake House, Ebbesbourne Wake	01722 780285 01722 780008	Fellowship Study Group; Jane's Group meets weekly on Tuesdays, 10.00am until noon; contact Jane Pelly or Jackie Lowe
Tuesday evenings	All Saints' Church		Team Prayers; 5.00pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays	URC Chapel		Benefice Resource Centre; Library of Faith inspiring books and Traidcraft goods for sale; Tuesdays 10.00am to 12 noon and Thursdays 12.30pm to 4.00pm
Every 2nd Wednesday	Lodge Farmhouse	01725 519242 01722 780028	Meditation usually 2.30pm; contact Janet Roe or Anna Watson
Various dates & times	All Saints' Church	01722 780654 01725 519242	Church rotas contact Jane Gilbert or Janet Roe
---------------- All eight bells were rung at 7.40pm on 25th July 2023 after many years silent. The timber steps to the bell gallery were unsafe, although the chamber where the ropes hang is accessed by the stone spiral stairs. The Parish Council update states that repositioning of the Church flagpole is being considered.
Improvements	All Saints' Church		Parish Questionnaire: Friends of All Saints' Church have discussed improvements for the Church. Contact Chris Littlemore on chris @ cplarchitecture.com (no spaces) or by hand to Meadow House, High Lane. See the 2008 proposals below which are now largely out of date.
Phased work 2008 plans	All Saints' Church		Broad Chalke Church Development Project 2008, now subject to review Phase 1 - An improved lighting system, now complete Phase 2 - Improvements to the hearing loop system, upgrading the sound system and the integration of an audio-visual system, all now in hand including finance Phase 3 - New heating system; fundraising will be required Project details displayed in the porch in 2008 now seem to be a long-term plan, only partly implemented in the three phases described above. The plans included replacing central pews with seats; a new square centre altar; new vestry; additional storage; other relocations; improved lighting and heating using ground heat reclamation; inner glass doors to South Porch and an extension with kitchen and toilet through the North door. These were the three 2008 proposals: Church Upgrade 2008 (Potential Changes); Church Upgrade 2008 (Flexibility 1) and Church Upgrade 2008 (Flexibility 2);
ongoing	St Martin's Fifield Bavant	01722 417900	Fifield Bavant Church Restoration Appeal; contact William Hillary,

The Ministry Team

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
All Saints' Church			South Street, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 (Car park in The Causeway)
Rev'd Dr Ruth Howlett-Shipley	Team Rector	01722 697022
Rev'd Jenny Taylor (leaving 8th May 2025)	Team Vicar	01722 503081	27 Viking Way, Salisbury, SP2 8TA
Rev'd Alison Waterhouse	Team Vicar	01722 679404	The Rectory, Newtown, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 5DS
Rev'd Kate Woolven	Associate Priest	07754 582395
Rev'd Maggie Metcalfe	Associate Priest	01722 325825
Rev'ds Ana & Tod Gobledale	URC Ministers	01722 330980	URC Website & contact form
Rev'd Jackie Lowe	Assisting URC Minister	01722 780008	Church Bottom, Broad Chalke
Emily Broomhead	Benefice Office Team Administrator	07890 262376	Church Office, Byworth, Meadow Close, Dinton, Salisbury SP3 5HY or URC Chapel, High Road, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 5EH
Bulletin	Chalke Valley Bulletin News Editor
Chris Littlemore	Churchwarden
Rev'd Catherine Blundell & David Blundell (from 7th July 2015 to 8th January 2023)	Team Rector & Licensed Lay Minister		Devon
Rev'd Canon David Henley (retired February 2014; died 10/12/2018)	Team Rector		Hatch Beauchamp, Taunton TA3 6SD
Rev'd Roger Redding (retired 8th July 2012)	Team Vicar		Tintinhull, BA22 8PQ
Rev'd Alison Williams (retired 30th November 2012)	Team Vicar		Nunton, Salisbury, SP5 4HP
Rev'd Julian Thomas (retired 2013)	URC Minister		United Reformed Church
Rev'd Tom Grant (retired)	URC Minister		URC Website & contact form
Rev'd Rick Williams (moved 30th April 2017)	Team Vicar		Charfield, one of the team villages, just off the M5 north of Bristol, close to Chipping Sodbury and Wotton-under-Edge.
Rev'd Roger Leake (left 26th June 2022)	Curate	07947 149146

Assisting Clergy

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
Rev'd Canon Anthony Hawley	Assisting Minister	01794 390607
Rev'd Canon Tony Monds	Assisting Minister	01722 420942

Lay Worship Leaders

NAME	TITLE	TELEPHONE	ADDRESS
Angela Bridges	Lay Worship Leader	01747 828383
Yvonne & Kevin Follett	Lay Worship Leader	01747 828785
Caroline Lamb	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780789	Knighton Manor, Broad Chalke, Salisbury, SP5 5EB
Sally Leaver	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780447
Donald Morgan	Lay Worship Leader	01722 718557
Adrian Taylor	Lay Worship Leader	01722 325862	Florida, Nunton Drove, Nunton, Salisbury, SP5 4HZ
Janet Roe	Lay Worship Leader	01725 519242
Biddy Trahair	Lay Worship Leader	01722 780666	Yew Tree House, Lower Road, Charlton All Saints, Salisbury, SP5 5HQ
Roderick Voremberg	Lay Worship Leader	07785 304142
James Wardroper	Lay Worship Leader	01722 718152

Records, graves plans and old deeds

You can see some Church records and old deeds on the Church Records page.

You can see graves plans for the South West, West and North West and South and North and South East areas.

Church History & Photos

The Church History is shown on Church History and on the Chalke Valley Churches website.

Church Photos: Church, list of Vicars, Saxon Cross, names on bells, pulpit & font, crib, war memorial, bellringers and Church model

Sunday School 1909 & 1914

An extract from South Wilts Church Magazine February 1909:-

"The Sunday School Winter treat took place at the school on Wednesday, January 6th. After tea, to which the mothers of the children were also invited, games were indulged in, at the close of which presents were distributed to each child. Before giving away these presents the Vicar announced that next Christmas prizes would be given to those deserving of merit, and that to secure a prize a child would have to put in at least 45 attendances during the year."

An extract from South Wilts Church Magazine March 1909:-

"The Countess of Pembroke again very kindly presented three books as prizes for attendance and needlework in the school, these were supplemented by prizes most generously given by Mr Eastham. The following were the recipients of Lady Pembrokes's and Mr Eastham's prizes: Reginald Hitchings (for attendance), Lily Dimmer (for needlework) and Harry Poole, William Gurd, Ada Emm, Edith White (for attendance and conduct)."

An extract from South Wilts Church Magazine January 1914:-

"PRIZE GIVING. - At the closing of the school for the Christmas holidays the three special prizes so kindly given by the Lady Pembroke were awarded to Mollie Martin, Stanley Dowsett and James Emm. George Hargreave also received a prize for good attendance. Two other boys who had made a perfect attendance generously volunteered to waive their claim to these special prizes as they had previously won one. This is a kind of spirit we love to see and admire in the rising generation."

First World War History

You can see entries for The First World War concerning enlisting and the Armistice in the South Wilts Church Magazine 1914-1918 and the Peace Treaty and the War Memorial in the South Wilts Church Magazine 1919-1921.

Those who returned from the war Note: this was an entry into The Broadsheet sent by Michael Powis in 2018 and was a draft prepared by Sue Fry which was later updated to include Reginald Emm. (PDF file, download may be slow).

Janet Roe's Church display at the Chalke Valley History Festival on 2nd July 2017 with Caroline & John Dutson

Tom H and Church History on 4th October 2008

Careful, Tom, he might pop out at you
Tom H and his magic trick for Church History on 4th October 2008

Church and old school on 7th May 2008
after one large tree had been cut down (earlier photos on Photos and School pages)