Old Stuckton Chapel

Events & People of the Church

Stuckton Congregational Church was at the centre of the community for over 150 years, and during its life drew congregations of greater than 100. You can see from the burial information there were a number of families that transcended the years and generations, and often formed a key part of the backbone of the church.

Through this page we are trying to bring together pictures and information about the people of the church, and where possible their memories. If you have any contributions we would hugely appreciate you sending them to us via the contact page.

Outings

We have collected a number of images from scrapbooks, including of outings that members of the church congregation went on over the years.

The picture directly below is labeled ‘Sunday School outing to Bournemouth’ and the two bottom pictures labeled ‘Stuckton Church Outing Group 1958’.

The man with the dog in the bottom righthand image is William G Gosney with Prince; William was the church secretary for 30 years, and his wife Victoria is behind his left shoulder.

Sunday School

Pictures of the Sunday school, the first is in the school room at the back of the chapel, with Rev. Derek Anderson at the back dating it to the first half of the 60’s. The second is outside the front gate of the chapel – but so far undated.

Carnival Float – 1995

Whilst undated – we believe this the church’s float for the 1995 Fordingbridge Carnival.

The People of Stuckton Congregational Church

We have collected pictures of many people that were members of the church over its life, we would love to get more and add them to the site. We ultimately aim to link records in the burial database where the photographs include individuals buried in the chapelyard..

Donald Wort
Lewis Wort
Hartley & George Wort
John Drew
Bournemouth Army Group 1945, standing outside the porch at the Chapel
1. – ? 5. – ?
2. – Headley Deacon 6. – Les Alcock
3. – ? 7. – ?
4. – ?
Harold Dymott, Shelia Wort & Jennifer Motie – 13th June 2004
Hazel Cheater – on a bench installed for the 2002 Golden Jubilee
Bernard Cheater – 1995 Carnival
Rev. John Baines
George Edmund Baines

George Edmund Baines, pictured to the left, was the son of the Rev. and Mrs Baines. He was sadly lost in World War One at the age of 23.

We have a dedicated page with photographic postcards he sent to Charles & Margret Lewis in Stuckton.

Catherine and John Scammell, with their son Albert
Photo taken at Stuckton Farm
Catherine and John Scammell, with their daughter Victoria (later Gosney)
and son, Albert Scammell.
John Scammell 1872 – 1948
Catherine Scammell (nèe Drew) 1870 – 1950
Victoria Gosney nèe Scammell with daughter Evelyn Burt nèe Gosney

William Gosney (1895- 1989) married Victoria (1900 – 1971) nèe Scammell at Stuckton chapel on 26th December 1923, officiated by Rev. Baines.

William is pictured to the left in India in 1917.

For many years he was well known for his mobile ironmonger and paraffin business, delivering to the surrounding villages. He and his van is pictured below.

Following the death of Victoria, he later remarried Myfanwy.

William and Victoria Gosney with their children,
Evelyn, John and Ruth.
William Gosney with daughter Evelyn Burt (nèe Gosney). We are not sure if they are with Harold Marlow or his brother Ken Marlow from Bickton.
John Gosney and Denis Waterman with dog Prince in the floods on Stuckton Road in-between the Chapel and the Three Lions.
William Gosney with Myfanwy in the back garden of ‘Fairview’, now ‘Willow End’, next door to the Three Lions in Stuckton

We would love to collect any other images of the people of the church, and add as many names as possible to these pictures. If you can identify anyone in any of the photographs, or can help with other pictures we would hugely appreciate you connecting via the contact page. As we get more information and pictures we will update this page.