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Parish Details for Stokeinteignhead

Stokeinteignhead Website

Archdeaconry: Totnes
Deanery: Newton Abbot
Benefice: Shaldon, Stokeinteignhead, Combeinteignhead and Haccombe
Mission Community: Shaldon

Clergy in the parish

Churches in the parish

St. Andrew (Parish Church)
Stokeinteignhead
TQ12 4QA

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Gill Drake
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Mrs Melissa McGladdery
Tel: 01626 871344
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PCC Secretary

Mrs Gill Drake
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PCC Treasurer

Dr Rodney Horder
Tel: 01803 310383
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Readers

Mrs Ruth Bettesworth
Tel: 01803 214357
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Mr Hugh McCormick
Tel: 01803 269623
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