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St. Nicholas Church, West Itchenor
Location West Itchenor
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Anglican
Website chichesterharbourchurches.org
History
Founded c.1175
Founder(s) Hugh Esturmy
Dedication St. Nicholas
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Chichester
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Chichester
Deanery Rural Deanery of Chichester
Parish West Itchenor
Clergy
Archbishop Most Revd Justin Welby
Bishop(s) Rt Revd Martin Warner
Rector Revd Jonathan Swindells
Prebendary Wightring
Curate(s) Revd Jim Mould
Archdeacon Revd Douglas McKittrick
St. Nicholas Church is the Anglican parish church of West Itchenor, a village in the Chichester district of West Sussex, United Kingdom.
History
In around 1175 Hugh Esturmy was given permission by the Bishop of Chichester John of Greenford and the Prebendary of Wightring to build a chapel in Itchenor. Between 1180 and 1197 Bishop Seffrid II allowed the chapel to be converted into a little parish church with its own graveyard. In 1935 the Parish of Itchenor was united with the Parish of Birdham as a single benefice. In 1986 the benefice of Itchenor and Birdham was united with the Parish of West Wittering. From there after the Vicar of West Wittering was made the Rector of the Benefice of West Wittering and Birdham with Itchenor, which is what the benefice is known as today.
Music
The annals of the village indicate that string or wind instruments would have been used to accompany the singing prior to 1862. From 1862 church music at St. Nicholas developed: a harmonium was purchased in 1870 to take place of the string and wind instruments, and in 1922 a small pipe organ was acquired. The next step forward came in 1950 when a new electric blower was installed. In 1956 the building of a vestry forced the ageing 34 year-old pipe organ to be moved. Due to its poor state, the organist of the church Margot Linton-Bogle, donated a small reed organ which was installed at the West end of the church. In 1961 Linton-Bogle donated a Jennings electronic organ. The organ was moved onto the newly built gallery in 1964 (the site where the current organ stands today). In 1970 the organ's maintenance caused difficulties and Linton-Bogle donated a Compton pipe organ. It wasn't until 1994 when the new organist Margaret Thomas donated the Viscount organ which is in use today
Currently there are three bells: The Treble, The Second and The Tenor. The Treble dates from 1530 whilst both The Second and The Tenor are from the seventeenth century. The bells were re-hung in 1988 by Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Ellacombe apparatus was installed, allowing the bells to either be swing chimed or hand chimed. The church bells chime before services, before and/or after weddings and funerals. The bells are usually rung by the churchwardens.
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It is believed that Romans settled in Itchenor in AD43, though the parish name is derived from its Saxon chief Icca. He took hold of the shoreline which became known as Iccanore ‘Icca’s shore’. The Domesday Book (1066) names the village as Icenore. A chapel was built in 1175 by the Lord of West Itchenor manor Hugh Esturmy. The chapel was adjacent to the river Haven, spring tides would cause the chapel to be surrounded by water. This is why in around 1180 the chapel was dedicated to the patron saint of seafarers St Nicholas. We celebrate St Nicholas patronal on the Sunday closest to 6 December.
Itchenor with Birdham parish history
The Black Death reduced the population of West Itchenor, though the village survived. The village of East Itchenor, comprised of one manor only, was unified with Birdham in 1440. In 1935 [West] Itchenor joined with Birdham to make the parish of Birdham with Itchenor. In 1986 the parish of Birdham with Itchnor united with West Wittering parish to form the Benefice of West Wittering with Birdham and Itchenor.
St Nicholas church history
St Nicholas church is a grade I listed building. It sits on a hill and has a unified nave and chancel. It is 13th Century and was widely restored in 1869 by G M Hills, who also restored Birdham, St James church in 1863. The font is an octagonal bowl that dates from C13, it has a thick central steam and four outer shafts. The church contains four post WWII stained glass windows, and one abstract brightly coloured stained glass window.
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