Priest in Charge 

The Reverend Sarah Hillman

The Rectory, 135 High Street

Barkway

Royston

Herts SG8 8ED. 

Tel: 01763 848077 

E-mail: Sarah Hillman

Times of church services 

6.00 p.m BCP Evensong (1^st Sunday of the Month)

10.30 a.m. United Benefice Sung Eucharist (2^nd Sunday of the Month)*

9.00 a.m. Parish Communion (3^rd Sunday of the Month)

10.30 a.m. Parish Communion (4^th Sunday of the Month)

*this service alternates between Barley and Barkway

BCP - Book of Common Prayer. These services use traditional language. All other services use modern language

This pattern is subject to change at certain times of year e.g. harvest, Remembrance Sunday, so please also check the current week's calendar.

Church History

There has been a church here since Norman and possibly since Saxon times.  During the 13^th century the chancel was rebuilt, and traces of windows from that period are still visible on the north side.  In the 15^th century the nave was widened, the aisles and clerestory added and the tower rebuilt.  The church was largely restored in 1861, when the tower was rebuilt and enlarged.

The east window in the south aisle comprises a jumble of glass and includes the remains of a 15^th century window, the glass of which was removed and buried to save it from destruction during the civil war.  The tower contains a peal of eight bells.  Six of these were recast in 1787 and two more were added in 1914.  The turret bell on which the clock strikes is pre 1660.  At the back of the tower stands a monument by the famous sculptor Rysbrack.  There is a fine stained glass window in the north aisle, given by the Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex branch of the Burma Star Association.

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