The CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE in Sheet in Hampshire

Information from Wikipedia
Sheet is a village and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northeast of Petersfield, just off the A3 road.
Characteristics of the village
The centre of Sheet would conform to the chocolate box view of an English settlement. A village green with a huge tree surrounded by traditional cottages, a village hall, a pub and a red phone box with a church and primary school very nearby. The 20th century, however, saw much infilling between town and village until they became coterminous. New houses have continued to be built in the 21st century.
History of the village
Early history
The first mention of Sheet was in a charter dated 70AD. The next mention is in the Domesday Book of 1086. During the period between 1147 and 1265 Sheet was divided between the Manor of Mapledurham, Durford Abbey and the Prior of St Swithin. The tax returns for Sheet were recorded in 1373 and came to £9. The first Sheet landowner to be named in an historical document was William Levechild, early in the 15th Century. By 1526 Sheet had a taxable population of 16.
St Mary Magdalene Church
History
The church was made possible by the financial generosity of John Bonham Carter, whose father had been MP for Petersfield. It was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and consecrated by Bishop Vincent Ryan on 10 September 1868. By 1878 there had been 150 baptisms. The longest serving incumbent was George Sampson, who served from 1897 to 1910, during which time he baptised 344 children. Inside the church is a Bath Banner given to the church by a worshipper Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne Willis, a Knight Commander of the Order. The priest at Sheet has always been Chaplain at Churcher's College but during World War II he also ministered at Westmark Camp, a school for children evacuated from Portsmouth. After the war the population of the parish gradually grew as new roads spread out from Petersfield. In 1990 Sheet became a parish in its own right, the Rev Peter Ingrams changing his job title from Priest in charge to Vicar.
In 1858 the Bonham Carter family built a substantial home in Sheet, which they named Adhurst St Mary. In September 1866 an inquest was held at the Queen's Head Public house, and a verdict of death from natural causes passed on a 75-year-old man who had collapsed and died on Ramshill in the parish. During the Nineteenth Century the population of the village rose from 247 in 1801 to 784 in 1891.
Building
The foundation stone was laid in 1867. It is built of local stone with Bath Stone dressing in the Early Decorated style. The reredos was donated by Mary, widow of John Bonham Carter after his death in 1905. The family also have several memorial stained glass windows within the church. In 1997 it was discovered the mortar between the stones was being used as nests by Mason bees, necessitating a major repair.
Clergymen who ministered at Sheet
Curates in charge
Richard Edward Coles (1868-1871); William Standen (1871-1878); Thomas Stephen Cooper (1878-1879); Lancelot Croasdaile Edgeworth (1879-1882); Julian Levett Bennett (1882-1887); George Sampson (1887-1910); William Stewart Fossett (1910-1912); Hedley Robert Burrows (1912-1914); William Edgar Henty Summers (1914-1916); Joseph Henry Harvey (1916-1917); Angus Forbes Simons (1917-1922); Herbert Conway Joyce (1922-1924); Percy John Miller (1924-1928); George Berkeley Mildred (1928-1930); Sydney Rosser Jones (1930-1934); James Denys Orpen (1934-1936);
Priests in charge
John Murray Yates Phillipson (1936-1940); Donald Keith Robertson (1940-1944); Norman Bull (1944-1945); Edmund Francis Kinnaird Dana (1945-1950);[26] John Slack (1950-1953); Bennet Fermor Forster (1953-1957); Peter Ernest Jefford (1957-1961); Peter Napier Hamilton (1961-1963); Bernard Thomas (1963-1967); Arthur William Stawell Brown (1967-1975); Colin Harry George (1975-1980); John Kendall Coombs (1980-196); Brian Edwin Cook (1983-1986); Peter Douglas Ingrams (1986-1990)
Vicars
Peter Douglas Ingrams(1990-1996); Sarah Jean Chapman (1997-2002); Robert Mark Eastwood Dewing (2003-2011); Richard George Saunders (2012-)
Music.
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[@bobpape]

What a tastefully laid out and well looked after church 😃

[@KevinsRambles]

Thank you Bob 🙂 Yes you are right it really is

[@kezzaba1]

Thanks Kevin for sharing this lovely church with us. That mosaic behind the altar was gorgeous and the windows were beautiful 😊

[@KevinsRambles]

@kezzaba1 Thank you, Kerry 😊. It was a really lovely church, and a spur of the moment visit.

[@fionahammond9396]

Hi Kevin great video a lovely well kept church and grave yard beautiful stain glass windows thankyou for sharing it with us 😀 x

[@KevinsRambles]

@fionahammond9396 Thank you, Fiona 😊 It was just by chance I saw a sign to the church, so pleased I went and had a look 🤎 x

[@ianmccaughan7121]

Great video Kevin .The big tree that's been cut back hard used to have a rope swing that the council kept taking down for so called safety reasons .But every time it was removed .Some one I know kept putting it back for the kids 😂.

[@KevinsRambles]

@ianmccaughan7121 Thank you, Ian 😊. The council always wants to spoil people's fun.

[@jeanblemings5352]

Sheet near Steep - strange village names but a gorgeous church there - loved the angels and tiling by he altar.

[@KevinsRambles]

@jeanblemings5352 Thank you, Jean 😊. Sheet near Petersfield. It's a really lovely church.

[@johnf4883]

Thank You Kevin

[@KevinsRambles]

@johnf4883 Thank you, John, for watching 😊

[@marieascot]

1:31 A big clunk in the sound track before people start looking round the house like I did.

[@KevinsRambles]

@@marieascot Thank Marie. I wasn't looking round a house it was the church

[@marieascot]

Village Street not the village of Street in Somerset

[@michaelwhite8031]

Sorry to hear you're in Sheet Kevin but l'm sure things will improve 😅

[@KevinsRambles]

@michaelwhite8031 Thank you, Michael 😊. Let's hope they do lol.

[@michaelwhite8031]

@KevinsRambles nice little church. Thank you as always for showing us around !