1825 Consecration of St. John's

Report in the Bucks Free Press in 1925, giving details of the 1825 consecration events in 1825.

"The Church of St. John the Evangelist, Lacey Green was consecrated by the Bishop of Lincoln on Sunday, July 3rd 1825, as a Chapel of Ease to Princes Risborough.

On the evening of July 2nd, there was a Preparation Service at which the Rev. A M Berry preached.

On July 3rd there were three celebrations of the Holy Communion at 6,8 and 10.20 am; the third of these was choral (Merbecke being sung); and the sermon was preached by the Rev. F C Burgess, son of the first vicar. Several neighbourhood clergy took part in the service.

At evensong the Bishop of Buckingham preached in place of the late Bishop of Oxford.

Festival services were continued on Sunday. At Sunday evensong Bishop of E.A. Copleston, formerly of Colombo, was the preacher. The choir, trained by Miss Hawes (the organist) sang Jackson's "Te Deum" at the two evening services as a special act of praise and thanksgiving.

On Saturday afternoon there was a cricket match (played in the field kindly lent by Mr. F Floyd), between the boys of Speen and Lacey Green with Loosley Row. The former were no match for the latter, suffering defeat by an innings, but played a sporting game. At 3.30 tea was given to 137 children of the parish. The tea for adults followed

1825 Consecration of St. John's
Year	1825
Village	Lacey Green
Author	Bucks Free Press
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Theme	Consecration of St John's Chapel of Ease
Social Period	Category:1800's