The Rev. William Jones, Curate of St. James from 1777 to 1800. An eminent author and musician, writer of "The Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity proved from Scripture"; and composer of "St Stephen" the well known hymn-tune still in use today. You can listen to the hymn tune here, being played on the St. James organ by organist Alison Baker: verse one -(170kB), all verses -(1.1MB). A prominent high-Anglican churchman of the day, the Rev. Jones was altogether an outstanding country parson instrumental in erecting the church organ and developing the choir.

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