DEEPING ST. JAMES

AN INTERIOR VIEW OF DEEPING ST. JAMES CHURCH

ANOTHER VIEW OF DEEPING ST. JAMES INTERIOR

BASTON CHURCH WHERE REV. JOHN MOSSOP WAS VICAR FROM 1781 TO 1834

AN INTERIOR VIEW OF BASTON CHURCH

BASTON CHURCH LIST OF VICARS

REV. JOHN MOSSOP'S BEQUEST

LANGTOFT CHURCH WHERE REV. JOHN MOSSOP WAS MINISTER FROM 1781-1834

INTERIOR OF LANGTOFT CHURCH

ST. PETER & ST. PAUL PARISH CHURCH MARKET OVERTON, RUTLAND

THE INTERIOR OF MARKET OVERTON CHURCH

THE FONT IN MARKET OVERTON CHURCH

HELPSTON CHURCH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

INTERIOR OF HELPSTON CHURCH

ST. STEPHEN'S, ETTON

DEEPING ST. JAMES WHERE REV. JOHN MOSSOP WAS PERPETUAL CURATE FROM 1781 TO 1834. HE MARRIED IN THE CHURCH AND ALL HIS CHILDREN WERE BAPTISED HERE

THERE WERE NO MEMORIALS INSIDE THE CHURCH TO REV. JOHN MOSSOP OR HIS FAMILY. WE FOUND NONE IN OUR LIMITED SEARCH OF THE GRAVEYARD BUT MANY OF THE STONES ARE TOO WORN TO READ

REV. JOHN MOSSOP WAS APPRECIATED FOR HIS CLEAR PREACHING STYLE IN A CHURCH WHOSE POOR ACOUSTICS WERE REFERRED TO AS "KILL PARSON"

UNFORTUNATELY THE FLASH OBSCURED THE CENTRE BOTTOM OF THE BOARD. HOWEVER REV. JOHN MOSSOP CAN JUST BE READ ABOVE IT IN THE CENTRE COLUMN.

THE BOARD INSIDE BASTON CHURCH TOWER RECORDING THE BEQUEST REV. JOHN MOSSOP MADE TO POOR WIDOWS OF THE VILLAGE.

REV. JOHN MOSSOP DIED IN THE VILLAGE AT THE AGE OF 80 IN 1834 BUT WAS BURIED AT DEEPING ST. JAMES

THERE ARE NO MEMORIALS TO REV. JOHN MOSSOP OR HIS FAMILY INSIDE THE CHURCH

WHERE MEMBERS OF REV. JOHN MOSSOP'S WIFE ANN BERRIDGE AND HER FAMILY WERE BAPTISED, MARRIED AND BURIED

VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE BERRIDGE FAMILY INCLUDING ANN WERE BAPTISED HERE.

REV. CHARLES MOSSOP, SON OF REV. JOHN WAS VICAR HERE FROM 1817 TO 1853. DURING HIS INCUMBENCY THE "PEASANT POET" JOHN CLARE WAS ONE OF HIS PARISHIONERS.

REV. CHARLES MOSSOP WAS RECTOR OF THE VILLAGE FROM 1853 TO 1883. WE WERE UNABLE TO SEE INSIDE THE CHURCH ON THIS OCCASION.