All Saints is part of the Chipstable with Raddington parish which contains 3 churches – All Saints Chipstable, St. Michael’s Raddington and Waterrow Church and Community Hall. For more information on the parish please visit their parish website.
Historians understand that the first Church dates to pre-1239, but there is also a mention of a church of ‘Cipestable’, as the village was known then, setting tithes in the Doomsday Book of 1085. Unfortunately, there are no original pre-norman remains, and it is assumed the ‘new’ Church was re-built on the same site in Victorian times replicating many original features including the 15th century arches decorated with angels, arcade pillars and carved bench ends. The prominent elaborately decorated square Tower, remaining from the first medieval Church, has the unusual feature of ‘hunkypunks’ carved on its corners and houses six bells which are still regularly rung today by visiting bellringers who frequently herald our services each month.
The Lych Gate, which was built using local wood and erected in 1921 as a memorial to the local men who died in the Great War, creates a welcoming entranceway to the path which meanders through the churchyard to the main Church entrance door. The ‘Gate’ looks especially hospitable when decorated for weddings, christenings and special services. The Church itself has a seating capacity of 100+ including choir stalls.