Christ Church, Bulkington © Gerry Lynch
Christ Church is a friendly little congregation in a friendly little village. We worship together every Sunday.
On the third Sunday of the month, we have tea and coffee together after our Morning Praise service. This is the most informal of our services over the course of a month; at Evensong on the First Sunday of the month, we use the timeless language of the Book of Common Prayer, while our Communion services use the modern Church of England service book, Common Worship.
Visitors are always welcome, and it’s OK to pop in for a look if you just want to try church.
The church is open for private prayer and reflection every day.
Normal Pattern of Services
First Sunday of the Month
Evensong – 4 pm (winter time) or 6 pm (summer time)
Second Sunday of the Month
11 am Holy Communion
Third Sunday of the Month
9.30 am Morning Praise
Fourth Sunday of the Month
11 am Holy Communion
Services for the coming Sunday are here.
Getting Here
Address – High Street, Bulkington, SN10 1TB.
What3Words – ///hurt.attaching.beard; Google Maps link; latitude and longitude 51.3246, -2.0869.
Support Us
To buy tickets for our fundraising concert with the Warminster Military Wives’ Choir on Friday 9 May at 7 pm in Holy Cross, Seend, click here.
History
The youngest of the five churches in the Wellsprings Benefice, Christ Church in Bulkington (pop. 285) was built in 1860 to the designs of Thomas Cundy III of the three-generations succession of church architects of the same name. It was aimed to relieve villagers of the burden of walking just under 2 miles to St Leonard’s in nearby Keevil. This early Victorian preaching box still has almost perfectly intact original pews, chancel seating, and pulpit. Christ Church is Grade II listed.
The Incorporated Society for Building and Churches contributed £100 towards its construction, on the condition that all seats in the nave be reserved for “the poorer inhabitants of the parish” – this being a time when pew rents remained a significant part of church income, but were increasingly being challenged as un-Christian, so Christ Church was at the forefront of inclusive practice at the time of its construction.