All Saints Church

The Church of All Saints was dedicated between 1189 and 1193 by Hubert, Bishop of Salisbury. Because some previous chaplains are known, it is clear that there was a building prior to these dates but it is not known when. In 1849, the then churchwardens said in a legal document that two old Saxon arches divided the chancel from the vestry. These cannot be traced and indeed little is now visible of the Norman Church. The old arch built into the south doorway of the nave and the bases of the nave pillars seem all that is left above the ground.

Sometime before the middle of the fifteenth century the church was rebuilt in the perpendicular style. It may be a co-incidence that a chantry of St Mary was founded between 1441 and 1445. By the 19thC the church was in considerable need of repair and extensive restoration was carried out, to such a degree that the perpendicular architecture was virtually erased.

Recently a major project was undertaken, the pews in the nave being removed, the floor entirely repaved and the resulting space being made available for community use as well as for worship.

Picture from 1812.
 

The Wokingham Walk