For those interested in knowing when the Church services occur in Great Coxwell and other villages of this Benefice, details are printed on the back page of the recent Church Newsletter. An electronic version is attached and the last page with the calendar is shown below.

Link to Newsletter.
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The Church has been beautifully decorated. With many thanks to Mandy for organising and all those who helped.

Many thanks also to Andrew Liddiard who donated the Christmas tree.😀

The Church is open daily so do pop in and take a look.
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The current incarnation of the nativity scene up at the Great Barn started in 1999, and even with one pause in 2020 its been running for more than 25 years.

Jennifer has kindly shared some photos with us so I am adding them here.

You can read about the history of the nativity scene in an older post here. In it Ian Beckwith talks about finding some small ceramic nativity figures in the vestry, Joy Lee talks about being inspired by seeing life-size figures of the Nativity in Prague and Jennifer Norman talks about how the current incarnation came about with help from Geoff Lee, John Rounce, Richard May, Peter Turner and Helen Anderson and others no doubt.

The nativity scene and figures have had running repairs over the years, but apart from the Angel and sheep, are broadly the same as they were 26 years ago - a testament to the creativity, ingenuity and hard work of the original barn team and the tenacity of the current team to keep them going.

There were also some Christmas cards produced in the past to help with fund raising, one from 2011 and one from 2015 - both from photos by John Rounce.

Click on an image below to see it full-size, it may take a while to load as the images are quite big.
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For those that were not able to attend the Remembrance Sunday Service at the War Memorial on Sunday 9th November 2025, you can find the words spoken about James Wearn on his page here, along with a more detailed biography and links to relevant artefacts and further information.

I've also taken the time to update the information about Tom Titcombe, who was spoken about back in 2018 on the 100th anniversary of The Armistice, you can find that information on Tom's page here. With much help from a distant relative of Tom's (Richard Titcombe) we've been able to fill in the gaps, I think it's a fascinating tale of Great Coxwell life from the late 19th into the 20th century.

If you have any more stories or information on these 2 soldiers, or any of the soldiers commemorated on the memorial (you can find a list here) please email me.

For those new to the village you might like to know that in remembrance of the soldiers of Great Coxwell the streets on the development on land of Steeds Farm were named for them. The land formed part of the Parish of Great Coxwell before the development and the Parish Council were asked to name the streets, now called Fern Hill Gardens, James H Wearn and James L Wearn were commemorated with a road name (Wearn Road) on the opposite side of the Coxwell Road.

Many thanks,

Gavin Anderson - biographical research
Robbie Burns - militrary research

I would like to thank everyone who attended the special Remembrance Service on Sunday 9th November and to the village committee who organized the drinks and nibbles in the Reading Room afterwards.

The donations amounted to £95 which were given to the Church towards roof repairs.

Thank you for this generous donation.

Regards all,
Reverend Maureen (on behalf of St Giles' Church).

The Christmas decoration of the Great Coxwell St Giles Church will take place on Wednesday 10th December starting at 2.30 pm. The Flower Ladies would welcome anyone who would like to join them to assist in the decoration.
 
Also, any greenery from your garden such as Cypress, Ivy, Rosemary, Holly (wonderful if it has berries as well), eucalyptus etc. Flowers are welcome but not essential. This can be left outside the Church or we can collect.

Please let Mandy know if you can assist and/or have greenery we can collect on 07968 439408.

Please join us for this wonderful milestone. 19 years ago we had our first concert at Stonevale, never thinking that we might do it again. However, it was so successful that we decided to try it a few more times, and now we are at number 200, 19 years later. And we have our original musician coming back for this concert, Christopher Terepin, now an established cellist. 

Please book your tickets or let me know if you want to reserve seats.  

Full details in the attached.

Best wishes,
Lynette

The Remembrance Sunday Service on 9th November will begin at 12 noon at the Village War Memorial. This will be followed by drinks in the Reading Room, sponsored by the Community Fund.

Donations to the Church roof will be most welcome. 

Reverend Maureen Turner (Vicar)
[email protected]
01367 240875
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Dear all,
 
Our next season of concerts will start on the 12th of October with German pianist, Max Mostovetski on the piano.  All the concerts are on the website now, and tickets can be booked already.  I hope you can join us for what is going to be an excellent season with a variety of musicians, coming from all parts of the world, as well as different instruments and genres. 
 
For a quick glance:
12 October -  Piano recital with Max Mostovetski
23 November - Tessera Viol Consort
25 January - Winterreise with mezzo-soprano Hera Protopapas
15 March - Soprano and Piano recital with Betty Makharinsky and Pavel Timofeyefksy
26 April - Cello recital with Derek de la Bernardie
7 June - Piano recital with Ukrainian pianist Ivan Hovorun
 
For more information or to book tickets online please click here
 
I hope you can join us.  As always, tickets/donations can also be made at the door.  I am trying to get as many people in the audience as possible, not only because the standard of these concerts will be extremely high, but also so that I can pay the musicians properly, and some of the funds can go towards the Church Roof Fund.
 
Included is a glass of wine or soft drink, and great company!
 
Best wishes,
Lynette