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Our Rector
Revd. Christopher Wood
The United Benefice of Hunstanton St Mary with Ringstead Parva St Andrew, Holme-next-the-Sea St Mary the Virgin and Thornham All Saints, with Brancaster St Mary the Virgin, with Burnham Deepdale St Mary and Titchwell St Mary, with Choseley, is the official name of this Benefice, which is rather a mouthful and so the name The Saxon Shore Benefice was chosen for these churches on the north west Norfolk Coast
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August Parish Letter from Christopher Wood
"Summer has arrived” is a rough translation of the title of the oldest English musical round. In fact it is the oldest example of counterpoint. You may be familiar
with its real title in the Wessex dialect of about 1260; “Sumer is Icumen In.” The original manuscript is rather beautiful and can be found in the British Library,
a long way from its origins in Reading Abbey where it was written as a six part round for the monks, probably by William de Wycombe. Christopher Wood, Rector. OPEN CHURCHES WEEK
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