Reverend Anthony Dickson : Priest In Charge of the United Parish of Postlebury and the Benefices of Stoke St Michael and Leigh on Mendip, with Downhead.

I was ordained 1988 and have served in parishes in Portsmouth, Shropshire and HerefordshIre. Before this I served in HM Forces- Army, with tours of duty in Germany, Canada, the Faulkland Islands, and the UK. Latterly, I worked at Monkton Senior School, Bath, in a technical capacity, with Permission to Officiate in Frome Deanery, serving as Assistant Priest at Christchurch in Frome.

I am married to Jane, who is a Primary School teacher at Springmead School in Beckington, and of our six chilrdren we have Hetty and Sophie remaining with us. I enjoy cycling, gardening, sailing, music (of most varieties), and playing the guitar and violin.

I have a passion for rural ministry, and a strong sense that, in an increasingly artificial world, the rhythm of the seasons and an attentive sensitivity to the riches of our natural surroudings continue to reveal the character and qualities of God to us.

I very much look forward to serving as priest of these parishes in a time of great chage for the diocese, and for the Church of England as a whole.