St. Anne, Bewdley, Worcestershire

Description

The church of St. Anne, erected in 1748, at a cost of £2,200, is a spacious building of stone in the semi-classic style of the 17th century, and consists of chancel, nave and aisles, with galleries on the north, south and west, and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 8 bells: in 1879 a memorial window was erected in the chancel in memory of the Rev. John Fortescue, a former vicar. In 1892 the whole of the windows in the nave were re-glazed as a memorial to the Rev. Philip Alfred Pughe, a former vicar. The organ was restored in 1894 at a cost of £75. There are 750 sittings, 500 being free.

Church Records

The Bewdley parish register dates from the year 1853; earlier entries are found in the Ribbesford register.