Ash Wednesday Service

The Gathering We meet In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  All: Amen. Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you  All: And also with you.  First – Forty Days and Forty Nights Forty days and forty nights You … Read more

1st Sunday before Lent 19th February

Hymn – Amazing Grace–   Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.  ‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed!  Through … Read more

2nd before Lent Sunday 12 February

Hymn – Morning Has Broken Preparation The night has passed, and the day lies open before us; let us pray with one heart and mind. Grace mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you All: And also with you. This is the day that the Lord has made. … Read more

Archdeacon’s Announcement

Fillongley & Corley, Ansley & Arley have had a lengthy appointment process without finding a suitable candidate. As a result of this, further consultation with the PCCs around a ‘partnership for mission and ministry’ was explored which sought to offer a creative approach to helping find a sustainable pattern for future ministry. The detail of … Read more

Candlemas Sunday 5th February.

Hymn – Here I Am To Worship Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you All: And also with you Loving Lord, Fill us with your life-giving, joy-givingr peace-giving presence, That we may praise you now with our lips, and all the day long with our lives … Read more

A Brief History of the Parish of Ansley

Ansley is first mentioned in 1086 when it was surveyed, together with Hartshill, in the Domesday Book among the manors held by the then recently deceased Countess Godiva, the wife, mother and grandmother of successive Anglo-Saxon earls of Mercia. Located within the characteristic woodland landscape of the Warwickshire Arden, the place-name is probably derived from … Read more

Church yard Information

Ansley Church like so many village churchyards has been a burying ground for centuries. The former residents of the parish were laid to rest where the then incumbent, probably with the guidance of the parish gravedigger thought fit. A wooden cross would be all that was possible to mark the majority if the graves. It … Read more

Ansley Churchyard Regulations

ANSLEY CHURCH YARD By resolutions of the Parochial Church Council 5/07/2007 and as amended 17/02/16 & 04/11/21. Rights of burial & interment of ashes The following are entitled to burial in Ansley Churchyard: All parishioners and anyone dying within the parish boundary. Anyone who has spent the greater part of his or her life living … Read more

St Laurence or St Lawrence?

The way to spell St Laurence’s or St Lawrence’s has been a point of contention for many centuries. For instance, this is a reproduction of an article first published in the Parish Magazine of January 1894 : – “The Editor has been at some pains to discover the proper way of spelling the name of … Read more

Flower Festival

Each year we hold our annual Flower Festival over the August Bank Holiday Weekend. A report of our most recent festival is here.