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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As Andrew Case mentions - I only ring at Sowthwick.
The politics of the church here is a delicate subject. The ringers that we have,
have to consider it a privilege to be able to ring here. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>AAJB</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 27, 2006 10:06
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Bell Historians]
Peculiar</DIV>
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<P>John Camp writes<BR>>At 20:05 on 27 December 2006, Andrew Case
wrote:<BR>><BR>>><BR>>> Southwick, Hampshire<BR>><BR>>The
fact that the patron of the living is the Lord of the Manor, or<BR>>Trinity
College, Cambridge, or the Archbishop of Canterbury has<BR>>absolutely no
bearing on whether a church is a peculiar. The records for<BR>>this parish
show that R Thistlewayte Esq is the patron and that the<BR>>parish is
within the Diocese of Portsmouth. It is not a peculiar. What<BR>>makes
Andrew say that it is outside the control of the diocese?<BR><BR>My view
rather based on hearsay I'm afraid. It is called a 'peculiar' <BR>locally. I
understand that the vicar is an employee of the Estate rather <BR>than the
Diocese and that he takes his instructions from Mr <BR>Thistlethwayte. I also
thought that the Bishop of Portsmouth only <BR>visited the church when invited
to do so by Mr T. Of course this may all <BR>be local legend!<BR><BR>Perhaps
Alan will help us a bit more - he rings there.<BR>-- <BR>Andrew
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