NEWS FROM ST MARY’S CHURCH 

For up-to-date news on St Mary's Church please go to the website 

www.lintonvillage.com/st-marys-church

 

COMMUNION SERVICES

Communion Services are on the first Sunday of every month. This means 5th July and 2nd August. Hopefully both these services will be preceded by bells.

 

BIBLE BOOK CLUB

Bible Book Club is on Sunday, 12th July and Sunday, 8th August where we meet to discuss a book of the Bible. So far, we have explored a range of books from both the Old and New Testaments, including Matthew’s Gospel, the letters of John and several history books. The morning starts at 10.30am with cake and freshly brewed tea & coffee before moving on at about 11am to discussion and videos. The sessions usually finish about midday. 

 

THIRD SUNDAY WORSHIP FOR 19THST JULY

On the Third Sunday of every month, we try and have a service which picks up on a theme being marked in the larger church family. Since 19th July coincides with the Men’s Football World Cup Final, we may be looking at an international Theme.

 

PATRONAL FESTIVAL

To celebrate our Patronal Festival on Sunday 16th August St Mary’s will be holding a Songs of Praise service. Any readers of The Chimes are welcome to suggest a favourite hymn or worship song along with their reasons. There are forms available in the church to fill in. The most popular will be chosen for the service. We are able to make use of the TV system for any songs which are not suitable to be accompanied by the organ. All suggestions must be received by Charlotte before 1st August to give us time to sort out a programme. The service will start at 4.30pm and be followed by tea and cake. It is also hoped to have a linked display and readings about church music through the ages.

 

CREAM TEA AND DOG SHOW

The annual Cream Tea and Dog Show will take place on the August Bank Holiday Monday 31st August at Linton Village Hall, starting at 3pm. We are planning to welcome a representative from Guide Dogs for the Blind and a speaker on Hydrotherapy Treatment for Dogs. Cream Teas are £5 a head and entry to the Dog Show is £1 a class. Although we will endeavour to find space for everyone who turns up, you can book a table in advance by emailing Charlotte Newton Contact Details on PDF copy on Home Page

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MODERNISATION PROGRAMME

The church has recently obtained permission to have running water piped into the church. We are currently looking into applying for grants. Once we have water it is hoped that we can look at having a WC in the vestry.

 

MUSIC AT LINTON CHURCH

There are two more concerts arranged for Linton Church this year: on July 4th the Cadenza Singers bring a programme of song, instrumentals and readings, and on October 3rd Forest Baroque return with a programme for strings and woodwind.

All events are free to attend (retiring collection) and start at 7pm. Do try to support them because we do depend on donations to pay necessary expenses and hopefully to help with the St Mary’s modernisation programme as well. They can’t continue into 2027 without your loyal support.

 

THE LINTON VILLAGE FOUNTAIN

The inscription on the 1880 village fountain in Linton, Herefordshire, commemorates its installation by vicar Edward Palin, the incumbent of St Mary's Church from 1865 to 1903, and reads:

This fountain and its connecting water supply were erected in 1880 at the expense of Edward Palin, vicar of this parish 1865-1903 RIP. “Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again, but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." The water fountain is located by the stile outside Wren's Nest.

 

For centuries, Linton lacked a clean and reliable water supply in its village centre. When the Rev Edward Pailin arrived in the village as its vicar, he decided something needed to be done. He discovered that some two hundred yards from his home, a spring which flowed into Rudhall Brook might be an appropriate water supply and decided to use it to supply the vicarage.

 

In time, he installed a hydraulic pump to bring the water to his residence. The water was pumped at the rate of a gallon a minute - far more than the vicarage needed - and so in 1880 the surplus water was piped to a newly built water fountain a few yards from the gateway to the vicarage, to the benefit of the wider community. The Rev Pailin had strong philanthropic instincts and paid for the pipe-work himself. There was one day each week, though, when the water didn't flow for the villagers, and that was on the vicarage wash day when more water was needed for domestic purposes by the Palin household. The inscription on the fountain was installed by Edward Palin's wife, Brita, after his death.

 

Mains water arrived in Linton in 1962. A piped water supply, of course, is now commonplace, but in 1880 and again in 1962, the impact these events would have had on the villagers of Linton would have been enormous, and one can only imagine the excitement locally that the coming of clean water brought.