CHURCHES
ANGLICAN CHURCH BARENEED
As was the case in Port de Grave, in the early years, the work of the Anglican missionaries of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Lands (SPG) in Bareneed, was carried on by a local layman by the name of Mr. John Sarelle who held services in the community.
ANGLICAN BN
In 1816 the first Anglican church on the Port de Grave peninsula was built in Bareneed and then later around 1850 a new much larger church was built which served to local people for the next seventy five years. A third church was built and completed in 1930 and this is the St Marks Church that the members of Bareneed parish worship in today. This church was known as the “Free Labour” church because it was built with free labour.
Two local natives of Bareneed became ministers in the Anglican community, Rev Harris Batten and Rev Canon John T. Richards who was also awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1945.
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