The Benefice of the Portway and DaneburyDiocese of Winchester
Six beautiful and
unique churches.
Amport·Grateley·Monxton·Nether Wallop·Over Wallop·Quarley
The Benefice of the Portway and DaneburyDiocese of Winchester
Amport·Grateley·Monxton·Nether Wallop·Over Wallop·Quarley
Benefice noticeboard
Rehearsals at Amport. New members always welcome, and you do not need to read music.
Every Wednesday Bell ringing practiceAt St Peter's, Over Wallop, where Jamie Biles is Tower Captain. If you have ever wondered about ringing, this is the invitation.
A few times a year The whole benefice togetherWhen a month has a fifth Sunday, the six parishes gather for one Communion, taking turns to host. Usually a relaxed and joyful service.
Anyone in the six villages Add a noticeMarkets, concerts, meetings, a working party in the churchyard. If it belongs on a noticeboard, it belongs here.
Join our family and find a favourite to support. Each church is looking forward to welcoming you.
Amport
Fourteenth century, on the site of a much older church. Carpeted, with chairs, a hearing loop, refreshments and a toilet.
Home of the Benefice Choir
Grateley
Roman, Saxon and Early English elements in one building, and glass rescued from Salisbury Cathedral in 1787.
1st Sunday · 9.30am
Monxton
Tucked away among trees by Pill Hill Brook. A hidden gem, especially in spring when the churchyard is a carpet of primroses.
Rebuilt 1853 by Henry Woodyer
Nether Wallop
Eleventh century, with Anglo-Saxon features and some of the most important medieval wall paintings in the country.
2nd & 4th Sundays · 9.30am
Over Wallop
The church nearest The Rectory, and often the first door people knock on.
1st & 3rd Sundays · 9.30am
Quarley
The smallest of our churches, with two historic bells that hang in a cradle. A Palladian window of 1723 at the east end.
Churchyard is a nature reserve
Pictures
Photographs of all six churches, and of the life that goes on in and around them.
See the gallery →Our churchyards are peaceful, tranquil sites, and we invite you to ask us about weddings and other life events. We welcome all to our services and get togethers.
Need anything? →Services
Each church has two services a month, and our worship reflects each parish's own choices: Common Worship Holy Communion, BCP Choral Evensong, and short Family Services with young children in mind.
There is tea, coffee and biscuits after most of our services, and our congregation ready to welcome you.
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We enjoy getting together on the occasional fifth Sunday, and for special events and services through the year. Ascension Day is kept at Danebury Hill Fort with our neighbours in the Anna Benefice, and we join them for Wild Worship every other month.
Between Sundays
An opportunity to meet the community over a cuppa.
Coffee and brunch after the first service of the month, in the church hall.
Third Wednesday of the month, 10.30am, in the Nether Wallop Village Hall.
Second Wednesday of the month, 10.30am, at The Plough Inn.
Second Thursday of the month, 10.30am, at the Hawk Conservancy Trust cafe.
Supporting us
Six medieval and Victorian buildings, six churchyards, and a ministry across eight miles of countryside. None of it is funded by the state, and all of it is paid for by the people who live here.
Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7
Roofs, gutters, bells, heating and the quinquennial inspection every church must pass. Six of them, the oldest Saxon.
Each parish pays its share of the cost of clergy across the diocese, so that villages like ours keep a priest at all.
Churchyards kept open, a hall to hire, a choir, bells rung, and our Church of England primary school supported.
Meet the Rector
"We would love to get to know you better, so do send an email or a text message, give me a phone call, or just wave at me in the street and introduce yourself."
I look after the six parishes of the Portway and Danebury, which means that on any given Sunday I might be in Grateley at half past nine and somewhere quite different the week after. It is a good way to get to know a valley.
If you are thinking about a wedding, a christening, or a funeral, please do ask. You do not need to be a churchgoer, and there is no cost to a conversation.
The Revd Phili Good
More about Phili →All our churches try to be open daily for private prayer, and our churchyards are peaceful, tranquil sites.The Revd Phili Good, Rector
Weddings, baptisms and funerals
You do not need to be a churchgoer to ask, and asking costs nothing.
For babies, children and adults, usually during a Sunday service so the whole congregation can welcome you, or quietly by arrangement.
Christenings →From the calling of banns to choosing the music. If you live in one of our six parishes, or have a qualifying connection, you are entitled to marry here.
Getting married →In church, at the crematorium, or at the graveside, and the burial of ashes in any of our six churchyards.
When someone dies →Safeguarding
The parishes of the Portway and Danebury Benefice are committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officers, PSOs. The Diocese of Winchester's safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Manager (DSM) who advise our PSOs.
If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm, please contact your Parish Safeguarding Officer. Or the DSM, Mrs Jackie Rowlands, at jackie.rowlands@winchester.anglican.org or 01962 737317, or at the out of hours number for Hampshire Children's Services, 0300 555 1373. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police on 999 and your local authority's children or adult social care services.
Our safeguarding officers
Whatever you came here to ask, you can find it here.