UPDATED 14th April 2025
Welcome to the website of the Quintet Churches - the five churches found in the basin area of the River Quin in East Hertfordshire.
We have updated our Privacy NoticeSunday 18th May
Easter 5
Sunday 15th | 9.30am | Great Hormead | Holy Communion |
Easter 4 | 11.00am | Anstey | Holy Communion |
| 6.00pm | Wyddial | Evening Worship |
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING and ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING for 2025
Annual Parish Meeting and Annual Parochial Church Meeting is on: Thursday 22nd May, 7pm, Hormead First School and Nursery. FULL NOTICE HERE
Electoral Rolls:
The Church Electoral Rolls are now CLOSED, having been revised from scratch which happens every six years.
NEW ROLLS ARE PIBLISHED IN CHURCH PORCHES FOR INSPECTION. Also online in the APCM pages.
DOCUMENTS, where supplied, have been posted online here on the APCM 2025 dedicated pages for scrutiny ahead of the meetings.
Former members who missed the deadline and wish to be on the
new roll may rejoin after the APCM on 22nd May, but cannot vote at the 2025 APCM.
Roll members must be baptised Christians and there is an expectation that members will attend church regularly.
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Also: March-April 2025
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The Quintet Churches are a group of five Anglican churches who work together and meet for worship in the beautiful Hertfordshire countryside in the Diocese of St Albans. We are located just east of the market town of Buntingford around the basin of the River Quin and are part of the Buntingford Deanery.
Together we seek to serve our communities, worship God and live His values of love, peace and justice.
Christian have worshiped and ministered in this area for over 1,000 years. So it is our privilege to be the latest generation to continue the story of the body of Christ in our villages.
We are delighted you have found our website, we hope you enjoy browsing these pages, and to meet you in person soon.
P.S. Our website name quintetchurches.com references both the river Quin which flows in our midst and the quintet or five churches in our benefice (group of parishes).
If you would like to speak to a member of the ministry team, please call or email us. You can contact the Rector, James Sawyer on 01763 289 258, or email him via this link EMAIL. Please note, James's day of is normally Friday. Calls may be montitored and/or recorded for training and security purposes.
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Join our churches
All are welcome to attend our churches as and when you wish. But sometimes it's good to deepen our reltionship and say we belong. If you are baptised, a member of the Church of England or another Christian church in communion with it, and live locally, you may like to join the Electoral Roll of one of the five churches in the benefice.
Its a first step to getting involved and shaping the church to be relevant for generations to come. To join, complete this form and drop it off or post it to the Vicarage. See also our Electoral Roll privacy notice here.

Contact
The Vicarage
Great Hormead
Buntingford
Hertfordshire
SG9 0NT
01763 289258