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Parish Details for Brixton

Archdeaconry: Plymouth
Deanery: Ivybridge
Benefice: Brixton, Newton Ferrers, Revelstoke, Wembury and Yealmpton
Mission Community: Yealm and Erme

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Kim Lovell
Team Vicar

The Rectory, 8 Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1DL
Tel: 07305 155375
Email The Rev Kim Lovell

The Rev Kim Lovell
Team Vicar

The Rectory, 8 Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth, PL8 1DL
Tel: 07305 155375
Email The Rev Kim Lovell

Churches in the parish

St. Mary (Parish Church)

PL8 2AN

St. Mary (Parish Church)

PL8 2AN

St. Mary (Parish Church)

PL8 2AN

St. Mary (Parish Church)

PL8 2AN

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mr Paul Bassett
Tel: 07768 794866
Email Mr Paul Bassett

Mrs Anne Elizabeth Kay
Tel: 01752 880591
Email Mrs Anne Elizabeth Kay

Mr Paul Bassett
Tel: 07768 794866
Email Mr Paul Bassett

Mrs Anne Elizabeth Kay
Tel: 01752 880591
Email Mrs Anne Elizabeth Kay

PCC Secretary

Mrs Rosemary Filtness
Tel: 07712779485
Email Mrs Rosemary Filtness

PCC Treasurer

Not listed

Readers

Mrs Tricia Stringer
Tel: 01752 873458
Email Mrs Tricia Stringer

Mrs Tricia Stringer
Tel: 01752 873458
Email Mrs Tricia Stringer

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