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Parish Details for Ashburton with Buckland in the Moor and Bickington

Ashburton with Buckland in the Moor and Bickington Website

Archdeaconry: Totnes
Deanery: Moreton
Benefice: Ashburton, Bickington, Buckland in the Moor, Holne, Leusdon, and WidecombeintheMoor
Mission Community: Ashburton Moorland

Clergy in the parish

The Rt Rev Mark James Rylands
Priest in Charge

The Rectory, Copperwood Close, Ashburton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7JQ
Tel: 01364 716309
Email The Rt Rev Mark James Rylands

The Rev Geoffrey Fenton
Team Vicar of the Ashburton and Moorland Team

The Vicarage, Widecombeinthemoor, Newton Abbot, TQ13 7TF
Tel: 01364 621334
Email The Rev Geoffrey Fenton

Churches in the parish

St. Andrew (Parish Church)
Ashburton
TQ13 7DU

St. Peter Buckland In The Moor
Teignbridge
TQ13 7HP

St. Mary The Virgin Bickington
Teignbridge
TQ12 6JU

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mr William James Shapley
Tel: 01364 652263
Email Mr William James Shapley

Mr William West
Tel: 01364 652666
Email Mr William West

PCC Secretary

Mrs Gillian Sheridan
Tel: 01364 654280
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PCC Treasurer

Mr William West
Tel: 01364 652666
Email Mr William West

Readers

Mrs Marion Kaye
Tel: 01364 643330
Email Mrs Marion Kaye

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