Churches

St. Bartholomew's - Naunton Beauchamp

Church Profile:

Dedicated to St Bartholomew. A small Grade II* listed building with a 14th century tower with three bells, a wooden pulpit and a Jacobean communion rail. For further information please contact Gill Jubb on 01386 462156

St. Bartholomew. Feast Day August 24.

St. Bartholomew, 1st. century, one of the 12.
All that is known of him with certainty is that he is mentioned in the synoptic gospels and Acts as one of the twelve apostles. His name, a patronymic, means "son of Tolomai" and scholars believe he is the same as Nathanael mentioned in John, who says he is from Cana and that Jesus called him an "Israelite...incapable of deceit." The Roman Martyrology says he preached in India and Greater Armenia, where he was flayed and beheaded by King Astyages. Tradition has the place as Abanopolis on the west coast of the Caspian Sea and that he also preached in Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt. The Gospel of Bartholomew is apochryphal and was condemned in the decree of Pseudo-Gelasius.

Village Profile

This is a compact village of 63 properties including three working farms and two small businesses. The population has a wide age range and good mix of families with children and teenagers, couples and single people.

The church is used for social events like quiz nights, coffee mornings which are supported by all members of the community. There is an active Women’s Institute within the village.