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Parish Details for Kentisbeare

Archdeaconry: Exeter
Deanery: Tiverton and Cullompton
Benefice: Willand, Uffculme, Kentisbeare and Blackborough
Mission Community: Culm Valley

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Simon Talbot
Rector of Willand, Uffculme, Kentisbeare and Blackborough

The Rectory, Willand, Cullompton, EX15 2RH
Tel: 01884 562570

The Rev Jill Purser
Assistant Curate

Churchside, Fore Street, Uffculme, Cullompton, EX15 3AN
Tel: 01884 840432

Churches in the parish

St. Mary (Parish Church)
High Street
EX15 2AA

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Elizabeth Ann Hoar
Tel: 01884 33164
Email Mrs Elizabeth Ann Hoar

Mrs Charmian Anne Lewis-Jones
Tel: 01884 266498
Email Mrs Charmian Anne Lewis-Jones

PCC Secretary

Mrs Elizabeth Ann Hoar
Tel: 01884 33164
Email Mrs Elizabeth Ann Hoar

PCC Treasurer

Mrs Clare Benson
Tel: EX-DIRECTORY
Email Mrs Clare Benson

Readers

Not listed

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