St Michael and All Angels

The Parish Church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, is built of colourful brick and has an unusual fresco and a fine collection of Pre-Raphaelite windows.

It is thought that there was a church at Lyndhurst from about 980 AD when the village belonged to Amesbury Abbey in Wiltshire.

King Edward I often came to Lyndhurst in the 1200s, His Queen, Eleanor, lived in the 'Queen's House' next door (now owned by the Forestry Commission) while the King was fighting in Wales, The gateway into the churchyard from her house can still be seen.

In 1279 the Rectors of nearby Minstead became Rectors of Lyndhurst. In 1928 Lyndhurst was made a separate parish.

The construction~of the present church began in 1860, enldrging and replacing ~ the smaller grey stone building of 1741. It was designed by William White, a pupil of the architect Sir George Gilbert Scoff. The villagers of Lyndhurst had to find all the money for the rebuilding work.
Today the Church Family of St Michael and All Angels is at the heart of this thriving pqrish. Visitors are welcome to join us and share our church. William the Conqueror's Domesday Book of 1086 mentions that Lyndhurst belonged to Amesbury It was probably then a separate parish.

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