THE TEAM PARISH OF CHAMBERSBURY
The parishes of Leverstock Green, Apsley End and Bennetts End were joined in 1980 to form the Team parish of Chambersbury. Each of the three churches maintained their own Vicars, and a Rector was created who had overall responsibility for the entire parish. Initially there were three full-time stipendiary clergy, aided by several Assistant Clergy. Although the stipendiary clergy had responsibility for one of the parish's churches, all members of the team could officiate at any of the three churches, though each tended to have an alliance to the church which they would regularly attend. (See extracts below from Parish Magazines.)
Until 2003 the Rector and the post of Vicar of Leverstock Green were synonymous. It was then decided that other members of the clergy team could apply for the position of Rector, and if one of the other team Vicars was appointed Leverstock Green's Vicar would be just another member of the clergy team. David Lawson, Vicar of St. Mary's Apsley, successfully applied for the position of Rector of Chambersbury following the resignation of Rev. David Parry when he took up another appointment to a parish in Oxford following his appointment of his wife The Revd Dr Marilyn Parry,as Diocesan Director of Ordinands and Canon Residentiary of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
A new Vicar of Leverstock Green, Revd. Simon Patmore, was eventually appointed after a long Interregnum.
In 2009 the parish of Chambersbury joined with Kings Langley to form the new Benifice of Langeli. The three districts resumed Parish status once more, along with Kings Langley. Leverstock Green, Bennetts End, Apsley & King Langley now being the four parishes within the benefice. David Lawson was appointed the Rector of the new Benefice.
Extract from "CONTACT", a joint magazine for the parishes of Chambersbury, (Insert for Holy Trinity Leverstock Green), and St. Mary's Hemel Hempstead.
June 1981
Extract from "CONTACT", a joint magazine for the parishes Chambersbury, (Insert for Holy Trinity Leverstock Green), and St. Mary's Hemel Hempstead. January 1982
ABOVE: Extract from "CONTACT", a joint magazine for the parishes Chambersbury, (Insert for Holy Trinity Leverstock Green), and St. Mary's Hemel Hempstead. December 1983
RIGHT: Extract from "PARISH NEWS", the Parish Magazine for Chambersbury, February 1984
David Lawson
Michael Abbott
RECTORS OF CHAMBERSBURY
John Morris
David Parry
David & Marilyn Parry cutting the cake at their leaving party, January 2003. Photographs, © Barbara Chapman
THE LEVERSTOCK GREEN CHRONICLE
an in-depth history of one village in Hertfordshire UK.
Click to link to principle LG Chronicle web pages.
DATES THE ABOVE SERVED AS RECTORS OF CHAMBERSBURY
John Morris: 1980-1982
Michael Abbott: 1982-1997
David Parry: July 1997 - February 2003
Jan Neale (Vicar at St. Benedict's Bennetts End): Acting Rector March 2003 - 19 September 2003
David Lawson: 2003-2009 (David went on to be Rector of the Benefice of Langelei )
This page was last updated on: July 11, 2019
As I am currently working on some old Parish Magazines, there may well be addition items to publish if assistant clergy details changed at any stage.
ITEMS LISTED BELOW THIS BAR ARE LINKS TO OTHER PAGES RELATED TO HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, CHAMBERSBURY PARISH AND THE BENEFACE OF LANGELEI (as yet incomplete)
THE WAR IS OVER - An exhibition to co-incide with the centenary of WW1 Armisitce Day in 2018; commemorating the men and women of Leverstock Green who's lives were affected by the conflict and ts aftermath. November 9-11th 2018
CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL,
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