Church of St. John the Baptist, Newport
Encyclopedia
The Church of St. John the Baptist, Newport is a parish church
in the Church of England
located in Newport, Isle of Wight
.
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
in the Church of England
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
located in Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport, Isle of Wight
Newport is a civil parish and a county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Newport has a population of 23,957 according to the 2001 census...
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History
The church dates from 1837 and was built at the junction of St. John's Road and Terrace Road.Organ
The church has a pipe organ by Bryceson Brothers dating from 1890. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.List of organists
- Alexander S. L. Scadding ???? - 1912 - 1921 - ????
- Dorothy M. Welby Prior ca. 1949