Correspondence relating to the closure of Brading United Reformed Church.
MP1123 United Reformed (click to view/download)
Documents ref Isle of Wight Record Office 2015/056
Built in 1846 as the Congregational Church it occupies a prominent position at the bottom of … Read More
MP 1127 Brading Methodist Church July 2016
See also MP 1133 for c1920 postcard. The present Church was built in 1867 on what was then the edge of the town on a difficult sloping site, but this enabled a main … Read More
Footings for the new St Mary’s church hall which opened in 1988. (MP 1041, MP 1042, MP 1054, MP 1055).
BTT 1013 Town Book 1728-1767 Page 91
BTT 1013 Town Book 1728-1767 Page 91 of 450… Read More
The July 2016 photo shows the shed built in St Mary’s churchyard in the 17th century to house the town gun.
The Brading Gun was given to the town by King Edward VI in 1549 to defend the eastern end … Read More
The picture shows the Gun Shed in St Mary’s churchyard in 1983 before restoration.
The Brading Gun was given to the town by King Edward VI in 1549 to defend the eastern end of the Island against French raids. The … Read More
Repairs to St Mary’s Church tower c. 1906.
The board announces that the work is being carried out by ‘CHARLES LANGDON, Builders & Decorators, Plumber & Painter, Office:- Player St Ryde’
Photograph Dedication of the War Memorial 3rd April 1921 by the Bishop of Southampton Dr. Macarthur.
Assisting were the Vicar of Brading, the Rev. C.W. Hampton Weekes and the Curate-in-charge at Yaverland the Rev. H.C. Stokes. At the close … Read More
