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Our beautiful and unique church, All Saints, will celebrate its 900th anniversary in 2020. Below is a list of celebratory events and is a programme designed to include as much of the Village and wider community as possible. Please put these dates in your diary and come to as many as you would like.
| Saturday 11.04.20 - 7pm | Celebrations begin with an Easter Vigil at the Church, led by Bishop Laurie Green |
| A Saturday in May | Village Hall Quiz |
| Sunday 07.06.20 - 10am | A special church service for pets |
| Saturday 27.06.20 - 2pm | Village cricket match and picnic during the afternoon, followed by Songs of Praise at 6pm in the Church, led by Archdeacon Edward Dowler |
| Saturday 04.07.20 - 7.30pm | The Wealden Consort Choir performing "Music Across the Ages" in the Church |
| Saturday 05.09.20 | Village Day - an exhibition in the Church, an Open Day at the Walled Garden, Mountfield Court and a Community Gathering in the Village Hall 10am a 5-hour ramble through the parishes of Mountfield, Brightling and Netherfield |
| Sunday 13.09.20 | Mountfield Ride and Walk |
| Sunday 04.10.20 | The Primrose Quartet Concert in the Church - part of Battle Festival |
| Thursday 15.10.20 | An evening of storytelling about the history of Mountfield, in the Church |
| Sunday 01.11.20 | All Saints Day service, marking the official 900th birthay of the Church, led by Bishop Martin of Chichester |
| Dates to be confirmed | Concert with the children of Vinehall School Village Hall Quiz |
A very special part of Village Day will be an exhibition of photographs and memorabilia covering the history of All Saints and the village of Mountfield. It will include church photographs of weddings, christenings, funerals, vicars of the past and village activities. Posters and flyers, drawings of the church, paintings, and the Tithe Map circa 1830.
Do you have any photographs or memorabilia which you would allow to be copied or scanned and then exhibited in the Church, also photographs of friends or family who are buried or remembered in the Church Yard? If so, do please contact –
Trish Jones T: 01580 880431, email: trish.mountfield@hotmail.co.uk
