Priest in Charge

The Revd Mike Leverton

The Rectory,

Warren Lane,

Cottered,

Buntingford

Hertfordshire

SG9 9QA

Tel:         01763 281 218

E-mail:    Michael Leverton

Day off:   Saturday

Wife:       Carol

Times of church services

11.00 am         Morning Prayer (1st Sunday)

11.00 am         Holy Communion (3rd Sunday)

Services held each week in the other two churches (St. Lawrence, Ardeley and St. John the Baptist, Cottered) and on the fifth Sunday there is a Group Service in one of the parishes (contact Mike Leverton, Parish Priest).

Church History

The oldest part of the church is the lowest part of the tower, which dates back to the early 13^th century.  Most of the building, however, is 15^th century. 

The upper portion of the tower was rebuilt in 1660 by Sir Thomas Soame, whose father was Lord Mayor of London.  Sir Thomas was patron and lord of the manor, and he was also prominent in the City of London, being Sheriff of London in 1635 and an alderman.  He and his wife, Joan, who came from Aspenden, are buried in a vault beneath the nave floor.  A floor slab marks the location. 

The church suffered some disrepair in the early part of the 19^th century.  When the Reverend William Adams became rector in 1841, he found the font lying broken in the tower and numerous repairs required to the building itself.  At his own expense he re-roofed the church, repaired the pews and built others to match the 17^th century design.  There is a monument to Robert and Martha Elwes, the work of Michael Rysbrack (1693-1770).  On the walls are consecration crosses painted red.  The tower once housed three bells, but by 1700 only one remained.  This was re-cast in 1855 and is still in use.

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