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Parish Details for Kingston

Archdeaconry: Totnes
Deanery: Woodleigh
Benefice: Modbury, Bigbury, Ringmore, Kingston and Aveton Gifford
Mission Community: Modbury

Clergy in the parish

The Rev Matt Rowland
Vicar of Modbury, Bigbury, Ringmore, Kingston, Aveton Gifford

The Vicarage, Modbury, Ivybridge, PL21 0QN
Tel: 01548 830260
Email The Rev Matt Rowland

Churches in the parish

St. James The Less (Parish Church)
Kingston
TQ7 4QB

Parish officers

Churchwardens

Prof Brian Alloway
Tel: 01548 810692
Email Prof Brian Alloway

Mr Robert Beard
Tel: 01548 810500
Email Mr Robert Beard

PCC Secretary

Prof Brian Alloway
Tel: 01548 810692
Email Prof Brian Alloway

PCC Treasurer

Not listed

Readers

Mr Gilbert Snook
Tel: 07563 663410
Email Mr Gilbert Snook

Mrs Joyce Howitt
Tel: 01626 305646
Email Mrs Joyce Howitt

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