Woodville, SA - Uniting
Year Built: 1884
Denomination: Uniting
Address: 44 Woodville Road, Woodville, South Australia, 5011
Previous Denomination: Methodist
Architect: Messrs Bayer and Withall
Traditional Owners: Kaurna people
Last Updated: 13/02/2023
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History and Architecture:
The Woodville Wesleyan Mission was organised in 1876 as part of the Port Adelaide Circuit. Services were initially held in the York (now Kilkenny) Rechabite Hall. Local landowner, Captain Henry Simpson, donated a portion of his land of Woodville Road so that a church could be built.
The first church was constructed in 1877 using iron salvaged from the ‘Iron King’, a ship that wrecked on Troubridge Shoal en route from London to Port Adelaide in 1873. Newspaper reports described the church as being very substantial, yet compact.
In 1883 it was decided to replace the church with a stone one and plans were drawn up by Messrs Bayer and Withall. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs W Crocks in December 1883. The new church opened in April 1884.
Clergy:
These names are now in the Database and can be searched individually.
| Years | Name | Annotation | D.o.B | D.o.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 - 1915 | Rev Harry Alvey | M | ||
| 1915 - 1916 | Rev Harrold J. Pointon | M | ||
| 1917 - 1918 | Rev Edgar Miller | M | ||
| 1919 - 1922 | Rev Glen W. Clarke | M | ||
| 1924 - 1927 | Rev Percy C. Eckersley | M | ||
| 1931 - 1933 | Rev Arthur B. Lloyd | M | ||
| 1935 - 1937 | Rev Ernest H. Woollacott | M | ||
| 1937 - 1941 | Rev Victor H. Goldney | M | ||
| 1941 - 1944 | Rev John J. Kilmartin | M | ||
| 1945 - 1949 | Rev Jasper Gilding | M | ||
| 1948 - 1952 | Rev Cyril John Davis | M | ||
| 1952 - 1957 | Rev Mervyn C. Morris | M | ||
| 1957 - 1962 | Rev Douglas Urban Mack | M | 1919 | 2009 |
| 1960 - | Rev Reginald S. Rayner | M | ||
| 1962 - | Rev James Firth | M | ||
| 1977 - 1984 | Rev James Dawes | U | ||
| 2010 - | Rev Graham Pitman | U | ||
| 2020 - | Rev Alan Biglow | U | ||
| 2023 - | Rev Ann Phillips | U |
Organ:
No information currently available. Submissions welcomed.
Contributions:
1. Robyn Fry. (tried to reply but email address bounced)
Source:
1. SourcesCity of Woodville Heritage Survey, Danvers Architects, 1994
2. City of Charles Sturt
3. Methodist Church of Australasia Ministerial Index