St. Mark's Church, Wootton is a church 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 Wootton, Isle of Wight.

History

The church dates from 1909.

The Bishop of Southampton

Bishop of Southampton

The Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The current bishop is The Rt Revd Jonathan Frost, who became bishop...

 James Macarthur

James Macarthur

James Macarthur was an Anglican Bishop in the late 19th and early 20th century.Born on 7 June 1848, Macarthur was educated at the University of Glasgow and studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon. From 1878 he was Curate at St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol before Incumbencies in Lamplugh...

 laid the foundation stone. The builders were Messrs Jenkins who also built Quarr Abbey. On 29 August 1909 the building was dedicated.

The church was closed after damage during the Second World War. The building was disused until it was rededicated by John Henry Lawrence Phillips

John Henry Lawrence Phillips

John Henry Lawrence Phillips was the Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth from 1960 until 1975.-Childhood:He was born on 2 February 1910, the son of a clergyman, and attended Weymouth College.- Priesthood :...

 the Bishop of Portsmouth in 1970 at a time of rapid population growth in the parish.

Organ

A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.