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Turners Hill
The decision has been made to keep the church unlocked for visitors despite thefts of some moveable items. The church was consecrated in 1895 and from that date Turner's Hill became a parish in its own right. Baptisms had taken place in the Old School Room performed by Rev Cecil Blaker curate of Worth from 1886-1895, marriages and burials for Turners Hill took place at St Nicholas, Worth prior to 1895. The tower was finished in 1924 and also serves as the memorial to the fallen of the Great War. It was funded partly by donations and by Lord Cowdray who lived nearby.
The local Catholic community have used the church, in the early 1970s the Rev Richard Harvey with the approval of the Bishop invited the local Catholics who at that time had no church of their own to use the church for Sunday Mass. Monks from nearby Worth Abbey have served as parish priests for the village of Turners Hill, although there is now a fine modern church for all worshippers at the Abbey. St Leonard's graveyard is well maintained and there is a car park.
