The church building dates back to 1880, when it was constructed following local fundraising and financial support from the Beavan family, owners of the J & T Beavan leather and glove company in the village. The new church building provided larger, more modern accommodation for the congregation who had been worshipping on the site, in the then adjacent Congregational chapel building (now the church hall) since its construction around 1810.
Following the opening of the new church the original chapel building was used as the nonconformist school for the village, merging with the village Anglican school in the 1930s. Once all children could be accommodated in the new County Council built village school the chapel became a hall and meeting space for the church, restored and converted to its current configuration in the 1970s.
The church congregation has been part of the United Reformed Church since 1972 on the union of Presbyterian and Congregational churches in England and Wales.
Location
Location
United Reformed Church
| The Street |
| Holt |
| Wiltshire |
| BA14 6RS |
The Church is easily identified on the main road going through the village and nearly opposite the playing field. There is plenty of on site parking.
Times of services
Our Church meets for morning service at 10.30 am each Sunday
Additional services are announced locally and via the area website
The Minister
This is the minister, Revd Tracey Lewis
She can be contacted at [email protected] or on 01225 759170
Other key people
| Minister with Pastoral Care | Revd Tracey Lewis |
| Secretary | Chris Flannery |
| Hall Bookings | Peter Flannery |
| Treasurer | Hannah South |
Other activities
The church holds a monthly book swap (with coffee, tea and cakes), on the third Saturday of each month, 9:30am – 11:30am; a coffee, chat and crafts morning on the first and third Wednesday of each month, 10:00am – 12:00 noon; and a variety of meetings and events throughout the year in the church buildings and grounds. All are welcome to come along!
The village Brownie and Guide groups meet weekly in the church hall, and the first floor of the hall is used by the local Tools for Self Reliance group. A range of other organisations also use our hall for their regular meetings.
Tools For Self Reliance is a national charity whose members refurbish all kinds of hand tools on site to go into dedicated tool kits for projects in Africa. The kits are for Carpentry, Bicycle Repair, Auto Mechanics, Shoe Repair, Electricians etc. The group also refurbish Singer sewing machines and collect haberdashery items. Gardening tools aren’t collected but if any turn up the group will try to sell them for funds. Any other tools donated will be gratefully received.
e are part of the small national charity, Tools For Self Reliance. All sorts of hand tools are refurbished to go into dedicated tool kits that go to projects in Africa. Such kits are for Carpentry, Bicycle Repair, Auto Mechanics, Shoe Repair, Electricians etc. We also refurbish Singer sewing machines and collect haberdashery items. We don’t ask for gardening tools but if any turn up, we try and sell them for funds. Any other tools donated will be gratefully received.
- The workshop is open on a Wednesday morning, 9 ‘till 12-30.
Contact Geraint Owen on 01225 752555 or search www.tfsr.org for more information
