Saint Wilfrid Church Heritage CHURCH HISTORY SAINT WILFRID’S LEGACY CLERGY OF THE PARISH MEMORIALS THE WAR YEARS IN SEARCH OF SAINT WILFRID A brief history by Peter Green and John Hawkins Clergy of the parish of bognorThe Parish of Bognor has had three Parish churches. The first being St John the Baptist (Steyne), which was formerly St John’s Chapel (Steyne). Upon its demolition, a new Parish church was built, namely, St John the Baptist, London Road. When this church was closed (later demolished) in 1971, Saint Wilfrid church (Ellasdale Road) became the Parish church of Bognor. 1822 Frederick Gauntlett 1834 Charles Lane 1838 Edward Miller 1878 Robert B. Tritton 1893 John F. Scobell 1897 William Boden Bladon 1905 Reginald J. Lea 1913 John J Priestley 1915 Walter Farrar 1917 Henry J. Clayton 1923 Kenneth Clarke 1936 Lewis E. Meredith 1947 Vernon K. Lippiett 1952 William George Sinclair Snow 1976 Harold Embleton 1986 John H. Nicholl 1998 Roger P. Calder 2007 Andrew Wadsworth