Sherborne Deanery

Cattistock, East Chelborough, West Chelborough, Chilfrome, Corscombe, Evershot, Frome St Quintin, Frome Vauchurch, Halstock, Maiden Newton, Melbury Bubb, Melbury Osmond with Melbury Sampford, Rampisham, Toller Fratrum and Wraxall. 

The Melbury Team operates as three clusters of villages which are pastored by a  member of the ministry team. ​

Our focus is on helping people of all ages to encounter God and to grow in a relationship with him, through a variety of styles of worship both old and new.

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We pursue the Glory of God through worship, ministry, giving, and education. We strive to connect with Jesus Christ and to each other, in order to magnify his name.

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At the heart of everything we do, is understanding that we must love God with all our hearts, with all our souls, and with all our minds, and treat our neighbours as we wish to be treated ourselves. 

Benefice website

Team Rector: 

Rev'd Tim Greenslade
Higher Frome Vauchurch,
Dorchester, DT2 0AT 

01300 748675

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Team Vicar: 

Rev'd Daniel Ingles
The Vicarage, Corscombe,
Dorchester, DT2 2 0NU
01935 891858

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Assistant Priest:
Rev'd Linda Wilcock
6 Mulberry Orchard, Cattistock,
Dorchester, DT2 0JA
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Lay Licenced Minister:
Mr Paul Rendell
Chiseldon Cottage, Pine Close, Corscombe,
Dorchester, DT2 0PF
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Melbury Team Office

Administrator

Emma Garner-Jones
Melbury Team Office
Rampisham Village Hall
Rampisham
Dorchester
DT2 0PR
01935 83604
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St. James, 

East Chelborough
"St. James' is one of those Dorset churches which is awkward to find, but well worth the effort. This one is buried away at the end of a very long drive and adjacent to a private house."
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St. Andrew, 

West Chelborough
"This is a delightful little church in an equally charming village."
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HolyTrinity, 

Chilfrome
"Chilfrome is a delightful little hamlet set amidst water meadows. There is no intrusion by modern buildings, almost as if all development ceased in 19c."
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St. Mary, 

Corscombe
"There has been a church in this delightful setting since, at least 1315...."
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St. Osmund, 

Evershot
"Evershot is one of those intriguing settlements that seem too large to be a village yet really too small to be called a town.......At the higher end of the road, overlooking the houses, the church has been placed for all to see."
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St. Mary, 

Frome St. Quintin
"This must be almost unique in Dorset because the church is in the corner of a field with no road access to it."
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St. Francis, 

Frome Vauchurch
"The church is placed end-on to the road so that the little bell turret is the first thing that greets one. It is surrounded by a surprisingly large churchyard containing an impressive sundial."
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St. Mary, 

Halstock
"This is a very interesting country church built from local rubble..... The nave is to the design of the celebrated Victorian architect, Augustus Pugin..... ."
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St. Mary, 

Maiden Newton
"Maiden Newton is hardly a town yet is almost too large to be called a village and its splendid medieval church reflects this slightly superior status."
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St. Mary the Virgin, Melbury Bubb
"The little church lies at the base of Bubb Down next to a splendid 17c manor house and a scattering of other dwellings in this remote, but very beautiful, part of Dorset."
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St. Osmund, 

Melbury Osmond with Melbury Sampford
"This is a very interesting church in a delightful village....... There seems to have been a church here since Domesday."
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St. Michael and All Angels, 

Rampisham

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St. Basil, 

Toller Fratrum
"This is a tiny chapel style building standing in its own graveyard beside a lovely 16c farm house."
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St. Mary, 

Wraxall

"St Mary's is a small, country church situated at the confluence of two water courses.  Wraxall is divided into Higher and Lower Wraxall, comprising 17 households in all.  Congregations vary between 3 and 10 but we have an average of 100 at Christmas!  The church is always opn and sheep eat the grass over the uneven terrain.

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