Devizes St John

[Anne Willis]

The Tower Captain at Devizes St John has sent me the following.

Anne

At about 1pm on Tuesday September 26th. a fire was started 
deliberately in the vestry at the back of the church causing hundreds of 
thousands of pounds worth of damage. The whole of the church and tower has 
suffered extensively from smoke damage and because of the toxic content of 
the soot the cleaning needs to be carried out professionally. Therefore, the

church and bells will not be ready for use until the New Year. Meanwhile, 
all services will be held at St Mary's Church and also the bellringers 
practice night on Thursday evenings.