All Saints & St. Mary's
Welcome to our churches
We are one congregation meeting in two wonderful medieval buildings. The parish of Shotesham is geographically one of the largest in the Diocese of Norwich (as well as one of the most beautiful) and is located some five miles to the south of the city and two miles to the east of the A140 road to Ipswich.
It is unusual in having four mediaeval churches (two in ruins and two regularly used) in a village of just over 500 residents. We offer a warm welcome (with refreshments afterwards) to all who come to join us for our services which are traditional but informal in style. We particularly enjoy the countryside services and the photo below shows our vicar, Phil Wood, blessing the plough on Plough Sunday. Lifts can be arranged for those who find any difficulty in getting to the services.
Shotesham appears in a 'Top 10 Holy Places and Holy Spaces' of Norfolk, as compiled by a church in King's Lynn. Click here to visit the page and listen to the audio podcasts and more.
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Coming Up Next...
Rural Vision Day
Sat, 24 Mar, 2012, 10am @ St Michael's VA Junior School, Astley Ro
Discover new ways to reach out and share Jesus' love in the countryside. Get support in helping your dreams to become reality. A day for Rural Christians across Norfolk from all denominations and traditions. Come together and learn about growing rural churches in a fun and interactive way. Led by Pete Atkins (leader of the Threshold group of churches in Rural Lincolnshire) with help from Sally Gaze and Mark Heybourne.
Book by contacting caspar.james@norwich.anglican .org or ring 01603 729815
Cost £10 or £20 for a group of up to 4 people booking together. Let Sally know if you are interested.
Contact Sally for more details - 01508 470762
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WiSpire - High Speed Broadband
Posted: Thu, 16 Feb, 2012 (6 days ago) by Adrian
High speed wireless broadband in local communities
This joint venture between the Diocese of Norwich and FreeClix will use parish churches across the Diocese as the platform to deliver high speed reliable wireless broadband internet access to local communities (especially to areas where current speeds are very poor), supporting both business and residential customers as well as the potential for the delivery of other services.
To signup for the service in a live location, please Sign Up Online
- Guaranteed fast speeds (6mb download / 1mb upload)
- Quick install
- Reliable service
If 20 or more people register an interest for a village, then this service could be made available in that village. Not only will it provide higher-speed broadband, but if the service is installed, it will provide benefit to the lcoal church as well.
Find out more about the product/service
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St. Mary's is set back from the road next to our old ruin of St. Martin's, to the right as you approach Shotesham from Saxlingham.
All Saints is a beacon on the hill at the centre of the village! The map below shows the location for All Saints.
Click on the link to find a map of the area on Google maps. (Please note that we have no control over the content of external websites).
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