WHEN WILL BRIGG GET A NEW VICAR? CLERGY'S HOUSE 'TO BE PUT UP FOR SALE'

Brigg Town Council will be writing to the Church of England's Lincoln Diocese "to request when a new vicar will be in place."
This course of action - agreed at the latest meeting held on Tuesday, May 25 - comes 16 months after Father Owain Mitchell's 15-year stay at St John's Church, ended. He moved to take charge of the New Mills parish in the Peak District.
With a replacement still to be announced, Coun Carl Sherwood, the Deputy Town Mayor, suggested that the council should contact church authorities "to find out what the current situation is."
The meeting then heard that, during a recent service at St John's, it had been stated that Brigg's Vicarage, home to the local incumbent for many years, is being put up for sale. It is a sizeable detached property.
The Vicar of Brigg also looks after the spiritual needs of people living in Wrawby, Cadney & Howsham, Bonby and Worlaby.
Brigg is a relatively new parish in Church of England terms. Although some in Lincolnshire have existed for centuries, it was not until the Victorian era that Brigg became a parish in its own right. For many years, much of the town remained part of Wrawby, in ecclesiastical boundary terms, with other areas within the parishes of Broughton, Scawby and Bigby.
St John's Church, pictured, was constructed on the site of a former chapel of ease in 1843; the parish of Brigg was not created until 1872.