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feature — 3 Rev Kate keeps things in the family The Parish Magazine - October 2023 19 Rev Kate Indy Buddulph Earley St Peter's Church Michael Ford, Wikipedia Commons On Sunday 29 October St Andrew's Church Sonning will be saying thank you and goodbye to Rev Kate as she leaves to prepare for her new role as Vicar of Earley St Peter's. As such, she will be keeping things in the family because she will be moving to what was originally a daughter church of St Andrew's. Earley St Peter’s Church was consecrated on 14 May 1844, the land having been donated by Lord Sidmouth, of Erleigh Court, in memory of his wife Marianne. The building work was paid for by the Palmer family of Holme Park, Sonning. Robert Palmer, MP (31 January 1793 – 24 November 1872) was, according to Wikipedia, 'an English gentleman from Berkshire and Tory/ Conservative Member of Parliament'. When Robert Palmer entered Parliament in 1825, Lord Liverpool was Prime Minister, and he took his seat on the Government side of the House. At the next General Election in 1826, Robert Palmer was returned unopposed. This Parliament continued through the successive ministries of Canning, Lord Goderich, and the Duke of Wellington, till 1830, when the death of King George IV brought it to an end. LIBERTIES Originally, the ecclesiastical parish of Sonning consisted of four 'Liberties' or districts — Sonning Town; Woodley & Sandford; and Earley, in Berkshire; and Eye & Dunsden, in Oxfordshire. It was unusual, as it still is today, for a church parish to span the River Thames and to be in more than one county. The four Liberties were really four separate parishes, each having a St Andrew's churchwarden assigned to them. HUNDREDS Sonning and Woodley were in the Hundred of Sonning, Earley in the Hundred of Charlton, Eye and Dunsden in the Hundred of Binfield and Longtree. 'Eye' means island, hence today we have Sonning Eye. A hundred was an area within a shire created for administrative, military and judicial purposes under the common law. When they were introduced by the Saxons, between 613 and 1017, a hundred had enough land to sustain approximately 100 households. FLOWN THE NEST By Victorian times the population was growing in the four 'Liberties' with the result that daughter churches in Woodley, Earley, Wokingham, and Dunsden were created with the financial support of the Palmer family — St John's Woodley, Earley St Peter's, All Saints in Eye and Dunsden. Today each of the daughter churches have 'flown the nest' and operate as parish churches in their own right and Earley St Peter's is now part of Reading Deanery. REMINDER Earley St Peter’s is a Grade II Listed Building, in the Early English cruciform style with a distinctive 76ft tower designed by John Turner, who also donated a stained glass window depicting St Andrew in the south wall of the sanctuary. The window was in recognition of the mother church in Sonning, so Rev Kate will have a constant reminder of her time at Sonning. GOODBYE At St Andrew's Sonning we will be saying goodbye to Rev Kate and her family during the 10.30am service on Sunday 29 October. Her induction as Vicar of Earley St Peter's will be on Sunday 3 January at 7pm to which everyone is invited. Parishioners who wish to contribute towards a leaving gift for Kate are invited to either do this by bank transfer or by sending a cheque or cash to The Ark Parish Office, St Andrew’s Church, Sonning, RG4 6UR.
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