Below is a list of priests and lay people who have particular jobs, together with their contact details. There are now six parishes in the benefice each of which has officers including churchwardens and PCC secretaries. Please select priests or individual parishes from the links below.
- Priest-in-Charge: Rev Rona Stuart-Bourne 01963 845278
- Website: www.milborneportchurches.org.uk
- Email: milborneportchurch@gmail.com
- Administrator: Helen Solomon 01963 250248
Priests and Readers
We are fortunate in having several retired priests living in the benefice and who assist Revd Rona in taking some of the services.
Milborne Port Parish
Below is a list of officers for Milborne Port Parish, which includes St John's Church and Milborne Wick Mission Church.
Charlton Horethorne
The Parish of Charlton Horethorne includes Charlton Horethorne church and Stowell church.
Goathill Parish
Goathill Parish is the only parish in the Bath & Wells Diocese that is located in Dorset just across the border with Somerset and one mile south of Milborne Port. There is one church in Goathill parish, St Peter, Goathill.
Blackford
St Michael’s Church lies at the heart of this small village, whose population is a third of what it was at the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign. It’s beautifully simple nave, chancel, and tower date from Norman times in the 12th century, when it was a chapel dependant on Maperton. The south doorway, font and some masonry are Norman, though the church is substantially perpendicular dating from the 15th century when the tower was finished, the chancel and north wall rebuilt to include the rood staircase, and south porch added. Pews and a musician’s gallery were added in the 18th century; the wagon ceiling was restored and the gallery removed in the 19th century; and the Rood screen added in the 20th century.
Compton Pauncefoot
The parish of Compton Pauncefoot is one of three parishes that joined the benefice in April 2025. There is only one church in this parish, St Mary’s, Compton Pauncefoot. Below are contact details for officers including churchwardens.
Maperton
The parish of Maperton is one of three parishes that joined the benefice in April 2025. There is only one church in this parish, St Peter and St Paul, Maperton. Below are contact details for officers including churchwardens.