Editing Devizes (section)

=== Church of England ===
The two 12th-century churches, St. John's and St. Mary's, are Grade I listed buildings. They serve the parish of St. John with St. Mary which has always had one rector.<ref name="vch-relig" />

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St. John's stands close to [[Devizes Castle]] and may have begun as its chapel. The oldest parts of the building are from 1130, shortly after [[Roger, Bishop of Salisbury]] rebuilt the castle.<ref>{{cite web|website=Wiltshire Community History|title=Church of St. John the Baptist, Devizes|url=https://apps.wiltshire.gov.uk/communityhistory/Church/Details/451|publisher=Wiltshire Council|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> Pevsner writes "A major Norman church, dominated by a mighty crossing tower ...".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pevsner |first1=Nikolaus |author-link1=Nikolaus Pevsner |last2=Cherry |first2=Bridget (revision) |year=1975 |orig-year=1963 |title=Wiltshire |series=[[Pevsner Architectural Guides#Buildings of England|The Buildings of England]] |edition=2nd |place=Harmondsworth |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=0-14-0710-26-4 |pages=205–6}}</ref> The western part of the church was rebuilt in the 15th century. [[Victorian restoration|restoration]] was carried out in 1844 and 1862–3, including the west front designed by [[William Slater (architect)|Slater]]. The ornate Beauchamp south chapel is similar to the 1492 Beauchamp and Tocotes chapel at [[Bromham, Wiltshire|Bromham]]; the north Lamb chapel has a fine panelled ceiling. The organ case is late 17th century.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1262359|desc=Church of St John the Baptist|access-date=2 June 2016|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>

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St. Mary's was built in the 12th century to serve the town outside the castle walls. Only the chancel survives, the rest being rebuilt in the 15th century, including the fine west tower. The east window is from 1852, and there was restoration in 1854 ([[Richard Carpenter (architect)|Carpenter]] and Slater) and 1875–6. Since c. 2010, St. Mary's Parochial Church Council have been exploring conversion of the church into a performance and community venue.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Mary Devizes Trust|url=http://www.stmarydevizestrust.org.uk/|access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref>

[[File:St James Church in Devizes (geograph 1845713).jpg|thumb|The church of St. James]]
The church of St. James, Southbroom, stands on the edge of the green, next to the pond known as the Crammer. It was a [[chapelry]] of St Mary's, [[Bishops Cannings]] until 1832. The civil parish of Bishops Cannings extended as far as the church until 1835, when the boundaries of Devizes borough were expanded.<ref name="vch" /> St. James's is first recorded in 1461. The tower is 15th-century while the body of the church was rebuilt in 1831–2; the east window is by [[William Wailes|Wailes]]. After completion of the [[Le Marchant Barracks]] in 1878, St. James's became the garrison church of the [[Wiltshire Regiment]].<ref name="vch-relig" /> The building is Grade II* listed<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1263715|desc=Church of St James|access-date=1 June 2016|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> and underwent an internal re-ordering in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=History of St James|url=http://www.st-james-devizes.org.uk/index.php/history-of-st-james/history-of-st-james|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813214022/http://www.st-james-devizes.org.uk/index.php/history-of-st-james/history-of-st-james|archive-date=13 August 2015|website=St James' Church|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> Today the church is [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] in style.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ST JAMES|url=https://www.stjamesdevizes.org/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-01|website=|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905085337/http://stjamesdevizes.org/ |archive-date=5 September 2011 }}</ref>

[[File:St. Peters Church, Devizes (geograph 5086124).jpg|thumb|St Peter's Church]]
St. Peter's Church, west of the town centre, was built in 1865–6 to designs of [[William Slater (architect)|Slater]] & [[Richard Carpenter (architect)|Carpenter]]; the south aisle was added in 1884.<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1263777|desc=Church of St Peter|access-date=1 June 2016|fewer-links=yes}}</ref> St Peter's is [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]], with episcopal oversight by the [[Bishop of Ebbsfleet]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Saint Peter's Church, Devizes|url=http://www.stpeters-devizes.org.uk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324070551/http://www.stpeters-devizes.org.uk/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 March 2008|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>