The Church of St Giles, Water Stratford
WELCOME
to our parish church,
where people have worshipped for over seven hundred years
Church restoration appeal History of the village Outside the church Revd John Mason
West Buckingham Benefice Parish registers Inside the church Nineteenth Century Rectors
When are our next services? Water Stratford War Memorial Our Churchyard in Spring St Giles
History of the church Water Stratford today (inc map) Flower Festival - June 2008 Contacts and sources

 
The memorial to The Revd John Mason was 
unveiled by the Bishop of Buckingham,
The Rt Revd Alan Wilson, on 7th June 2008.

About seventy people attended the service,
in which they sang three of Mason's hymns
and listened to historical information about
Mason's life and work and a very interesting
sermon from Bishop Alan.

A flower festival on the theme of hymns
was held on 7th and 8th June to mark
this major event in our church's history.

This site was last updated on 25th August 2008. The first thirty of Mason's Song of Praise are now online.
The information on Joseph Bosworth has been expanded and notes on other
nineteenth century rectors added, including a picture of the tomb of Woolley Leigh Bennett
about which we would like to receive information.  The baptism records now cover 1813 to 1901.