Prowse Memorial Service
Fri 12 Sept
|St. John the Evangelist Church
A nondenominational service honouring Prowses passed.
Time & Location
12 Sept 2025, 16:00 – 17:30
St. John the Evangelist Church, Bridgetown, Totnes TQ9 5AB, UK
Guests
About the event
The church is a just a 4 minute walk from the Royal Seven Stars Hotel.
The Church of St John the Evangelist, Bridgetown dates from 1832. It was built by the 11th Duke of Somerset for the tenants of his estate and was a Chapel of Ease to Berry Pomeroy. In the early 1970s, St John’s became part of the Parish of Totnes and in 2004 the name of the parish was changed to ‘Totnes with Bridgetown’.
On the morning of July 9th, 1976, fire broke out by arson, gutting the whole inside. Over the next four years, insurance claims and hard work fundraising resulted in the church being rebuilt with a more modern and flexible worship area, with hall and rooms for community use. It was re-consecrated by the Bishop of Exeter in 1980.
Many items in the 1980 restored church were produced locally in South Devon:…