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Parish Details for Farringdon

Archdeaconry: Exeter
Deanery: Aylesbeare
Benefice: Aylesbeare, Clyst Saint George, Clyst Saint Mary, Farringdon, Woodbury with Exton, and Woodbury Salterton
Mission Community: White Cross

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Lewis Eden

The Vicarage, Greenway, Woodbury, Exeter, EX5 1LU
Tel: 07777 597722
Email The Rev Lewis Eden

The Rev Lewis Eden

The Vicarage, Greenway, Woodbury, Exeter, EX5 1LU
Tel: 07777 597722
Email The Rev Lewis Eden

Churches in the parish

St. Petrock St. Barnabas (Parish Church)

EX5 2HY

St. Petrock St. Barnabas (Parish Church)

EX5 2HY

St. Petrock St. Barnabas (Parish Church)

EX5 2HY

St. Petrock St. Barnabas (Parish Church)

EX5 2HY

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Not listed

PCC Secretary

Mrs Vivien Barnes
Email Mrs Vivien Barnes

PCC Treasurer

Not listed

Readers

Mrs Christine Grist
Tel: 01395 232712
Email Mrs Christine Grist

Mrs Christine Grist
Tel: 01395 232712
Email Mrs Christine Grist

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