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Priest in Charge
The Reverend Sarah Hillman
The Rectory
135 High Street
Barkway
Royston
Herts SG8 8ED.
Tel: 01763 848077
E-mail:
Sarah Hillman
Times of church services
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion and
Junior Church (1st Sunday of the Month)10.30
a.m. United Benefice Sung Eucharist (2nd
Sunday of the Month)*
10.30 a.m. Morning Prayer (3rd
Sunday of the Month)
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion (4th
Sunday of the Month)
*this service
alternates between Barley and Barkway
This pattern is
subject to change at certain times of year e.g. harvest,
Remembrance Sunday, so please also check the current
week's calendar.
Church History
Although the
church has been restored on a number of occasions since
1100, in 1853 the fabric was in such a ruinous condition
that major rebuilding was required. William
Butterfield, the eminent Victorian architect, was
instructed by the Reverend Robert Augustus Gordon
(Rector 1853-91) to draw up plans. As the result of
the Rector's enthusiasm and generosity (he himself
contributed £4,700 towards the total cost of £5,385) we
have the building we see today. The
restoration work is typically Butterfield, with its
lavish use of coloured marbles in arcading and in the reredos
and also in the employment of patterned floor tiles and
coloured banding on the east wall. The font is also to
the design of Butterfield, and the pulpit from the old
church survived and dates from 1626. The south windows
are early 16th century work, and one contains
fragments of early glass and the date 1536. These may
be parts of some glass work in memory of Archbishop
Warham, formerly Rector here. A 17th century
fragment in the south window of the vestry depicts St
Martin of Tours sharing his coat with a beggar. St
Margaret's is fortunate in possessing one of the most
complete lists of Rectors in Hertfordshire, in which
figures a high proportion of distinguished men, no doubt
due to the proximity of the village to the University of
Cambridge.
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