Heath Lane Stroxton Grantham
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At ALL Saints Church we offer traditional services using the Book of Common Prayer.

We are a very rural church being several hundred yards across a field.

Churches don't come much more rural than ours!!

As a result we only open when the weather is drier.

We Open on Easter Sunday at 3.00pm each year and we have a 6.00pm BCP Evensong

on every first Sunday of the month. We close again after Harvest Festival.

We re-open at Christmas for our annual Carols and Lessons Service.

Dallygate Great Ponton Grantham
01476 860630

The Church of Holy Cross, Great Ponton, was built in the 13th century, and is an example of fine Gothic architecture. The 80ft tower, was built in 1519 by Anthony Ellys. He was also responsible for its neighbouring house, Ellys Manor, which is a genuine English treasure, with its beautiful Renaissance wall paintings.

At the top of the tower, there is a distinctive gold weather vane. This is a copy of one donated by a 17th century musician, who played his fiddle for the Great Ponton villagers. He did this to raise money for his passage to America, and when he made his fortune in the New World; he donated the weather vane to the people of Great Ponton, to express his appreciation.

The traditions of the Church are traditional and the congregation maintain a commitment to the Book of Common Prayer, the foundation of Anglican worship. The annual harvest and carol services are  reasonably well attended. The congregation of Holy Cross works to build bridges in that relationship between Church and people. 

A small congregation, and limited finances, has meant that it is difficult to prevent the natural deterioration of the building. On the east end of the south aisle there is a wonderful window which shows Christ as the Good Shepherd, seeking out the lost sheep. It is in front of this window, that one can reflect on the ministry of the Church, and the grace of God, who never abandons anybody.