All Saints, Wokingham, Berkshire

Description

The parish church of All Saints is an ancient and handsome building of stone, principally in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of 5 bays, aisles, transepts, south porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 8 bells, recast in 1903 at a cost of about £328: it was partly restored by public subscription in the year 1864, and the tower in 1880, at a cost of £1,600: there is a flat stone to the memory of Dr. Thomas Goodwin, Bishop of Bath and Wells (1584-90), who was a native of this town (1517) and died here 19th November, 1590: the tower, nave and font all date from about 1450: the windows, with one exception, are all stained: in 1897 a new organ was provided at a cost of £1,450: there are 850 sittings.

Church Records

The register of All Saints' dates from the year 1674.