Devizes, Wiltshire - St. John's church - Plastichrome postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Devizes, Wiltshire [shows St. John's Church]
• Publisher: Plastichrome (USA) / colour photo by W.R. Bawden - c.1960s
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• Notes / condition: near mint 

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Devizes /dɪˈvaɪzɪz/ is a market town and civil parish in the centre of Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle,[2] and received a charter in 1141 permitting regular markets, which are held weekly in an open market place. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between Stephen of England and Empress Matilda, and again during the English Civil War when the Cavaliers (Royalists) lifted the siege during the Battle of Roundway Down. Devizes remained under Royalist control until 1645, when Oliver Cromwell attacked and forced the Royalists to surrender. The castle was destroyed in 1648 on the orders of Parliament, and today little remains of it.

From the 16th century Devizes became known for its textiles, and by the early 18th century it held the largest corn market in the West Country, constructing the Corn Exchange in 1857. In the 18th century, brewing, curing of tobacco, and snuff-making were established. The Wadworth Brewery was founded in the town in 1875.

Standing at the west edge of the Vale of Pewsey, the town is about 10.5 miles (16.9 km) southeast of Chippenham and 11 miles (18 km) east-north-east of the county town of Trowbridge. It has nearly five hundred listed buildings, some notable churches, a town hall and a green in the centre of the town.

Devizes has four Church of England parish churches, and has had nonconformist congregations since the 17th century.[5] The two 12th-century churches, St. John's and St. Mary's, are Grade I listed buildings. They serve a parish called "St. John with St. Mary" which has always had one rector.[5]

St. John's stands close to Devizes Castle and may have begun as its chapel. The oldest parts of the building are from 1130, shortly after Roger, Bishop of Salisbury rebuilt the castle.[42] Pevsner writes "A major Norman church, dominated by a mighty crossing tower ...".[43] The western part of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century. restoration was carried out in 1844 and 1862–3, including the west front designed by Slater. The ornate Beauchamp south chapel is similar to the 1492 Beauchamp and Tocotes chapel at Bromham; the north Lamb chapel has a fine panelled ceiling. The organ case is late 17th century.[44]

St. Mary's was built in the 12th century to serve the town outside the castle walls. Only the chancel survives, the rest being rebuilt in the 15th century, including the fine west tower. The east window is from 1852, and there was restoration in 1854 (Carpenter and Slater) and 1875–6. Since c. 2010, St. Mary's Parochial Church Council have been exploring conversion of the church into a performance and community venue.[45]

The church of St. James

The church of St. James, Southbroom, stands on the edge of the green, next to the pond known as the Crammer. It was a chapelry of St Mary's, Bishops Cannings until 1832. The civil parish of Bishops Cannings extended as far as the church until 1835, when the boundaries of Devizes borough were expanded.[27] St. James's is first recorded in 1461. The tower is 15th-century while the body of the church was rebuilt in 1831–2; the east window is by Wailes. After completion of the Le Marchant Barracks in 1878, St. James's became the garrison church of the Wiltshire Regiment.[5] The building is Grade II* listed[46] and underwent an internal re-ordering in 2008.[47] Today the church is evangelical in style.

St Peter's Church

St. Peter's Church, west of the town centre, was built in 1865–6 to designs of Slater & Carpenter; the south aisle was added in 1884.[48] St Peter's is Anglo-Catholic, with episcopal oversight by the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.[49]

The Catholic church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception was opened in 1865 and extended in 1909.[5] St. Joseph's Catholic Primary School is adjacent to the church.

Maryport Street Baptist Chapel, which was built in 1780 and extended in 1785, 1818, 1864 and 1922,[5] continues in use.[50]

Salem Chapel, New Park Street, was built in 1838 by a pastor and followers from Maryport Street, who had left because of divisions in the congregation.[5] They rejoined the parent body in 1895 and the building was used by the Open Brethren, later by Devizes Christian Fellowship and (since the mid 1980s) Rock Community Church.[51]

The New Baptist Church was opened in 1852 during the pastorship of Charles Stanford. It replaced an adjacent Presbyterian chapel of 1791, which had been shared with disenchanted Baptist members from Maryport Street.[5] The church continues in use as Sheep Street Baptist Church.[52]

St. Andrew's Church, Long Street, was built as a Methodist chapel in 1898, replacing an earlier chapel at New Park Street.[5] It is now a combined Methodist and United Reformed Church.[53]

A chapel was built at Northgate Street in 1776, at first for Calvinist Methodist worship, soon becoming Congregationalists. The building was enlarged in 1790 and extended in Early English style in the mid-19th century, becoming known as St Mary's Congregational Church;[54] from 1842 Devizes was the head of the Wiltshire and East Somerset Congregational Union.[5] The congregation joined St. Andrew's around 1987 and the building is now in residential use.[55]

Quakers have a meeting room at Sussex Wharf, next to the canal.[56]