The Making of Havant St Faith’s Church and West Street circa 1910. Volume 2 of 5 Havant History Booklet No. 41 View all booklets, comment, and order on line at hhbkt.com £5 The Roman Catholic Church and Presbetery in West Street. The wedding of Canon Scott’s daughter was a great attraction. 2 Contents The Churches of Havant – Ian Watson 5 St Faith’s Church 5 The Reverend Canon Samuel Gilbert Scott 11 John Julius Angerstein 13 The Bells of St Faith’s Church 13 The Roman Catholic Church – Christine Houseley 16 The Methodists 19 The Reverend George Standing 22 Dissenters 26 Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Fitzwygram 31 Havant’s Bricks – Their Time and Place – Ian Watson 37 Local Volunteers and Territorials 49 Law and Order – Pat Dann 61 The Agricultural Uprising 69 Education 71 Private Schools 78 Most of the articles contained in these five The Making of Havant booklets are the original work of the Havant Local History Group, which were written in the late 1970s. They have been edited by Ralph Cousins and John Pile and have only been amended where further information has become available or where landmark locations have changed. Our grateful thanks should be extended to the members of the group for their hard work in putting together this reminder of Havant’s past history. Ralph Cousins – August 2014 023 9248 4024
[email protected] 3 Overhaul of the bells at St Faith’s Church in 1973. This bell weighs 15½ cwt (800kg). From the right Michael Johnson and Morgan Marshall.