A brief history of Shoreham Church

Part of the Diocese of Rochester, our church dates back to Norman times.

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Shoreham Church is one of some 30 churches in Kent dedicated to St Peter and St. Paul. The church itself is Grade I Listed, with its history stretching through many different eras and parts of the country. You can see one of the few remaining pre-Reformation Rood Screens here in Shoreham Church, still with traditional Tudor ornament. Our pulpit was once the principal pulpit of Westminster Abbey, and was transferred here in 1847 together with  the organ case from the Abbey which was used at the coronation of George II and stood in the Abbey in Purcell's time. This was achieved by the Vicar Canon Edward Repton, a prebendary of the Abbey. Our present tower dates back to 1775 and has a peal of eight bells of which 5 outdate the tower, two dating back to 1635.