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Parish Details for Buckfastleigh

Buckfastleigh Website

Archdeaconry: Totnes
Deanery: Totnes
Benefice: Staverton with Landscove, Littlehempston, Buckfastleigh and Dean Prior
Mission Community: Dart Valley

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Tom Benson
Rector

The Vicarage, Glebelands, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0BH
Tel: 01364 644875
Email The Rev Tom Benson

The Rev Fiona Wimsett
Curate

The Vicarage, Parade, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot, TQ13 0JF
Tel: 01626 853241

Churches in the parish

Holy Trinity
Church Cross Road
TQ11 0EZ

St. Luke (Parish Church)
Plymouth Road
TQ11 0DA

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Mrs Celia Lebbon
Tel: 01364 388046
Email Mrs Celia Lebbon

Mrs Linda Thorn
Tel: 01364 73213

PCC Secretary

The Rev George Day
Tel: 01364 643912
Email The Rev George Day

PCC Treasurer

Mrs Janet Elizabeth McLellan
Tel: EXDIRECTORY

Readers

Mr John Vinton
Tel: 01364 643482
Email Mr John Vinton

Dr David Harwood
Tel: 01803 867129H 01752 584564W
Email Dr David Harwood

Mrs Jenny Holton
Tel: 01364 388047
Email Mrs Jenny Holton

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