Saint Augustine’s Church, Snave, Ashford, Kent.
A Sung Mass (“Missa Cantata”) will be Celebrated here
on Saturday, 26 September 2026, 1200 hrs.
Travel Directions are given, below.
It is possible that a small private Chapel stood on this site before the present building was commenced in the
Late-13th-Century.
The East End is unusual in that the Lady Chapel
(more recently used as a School Room)
vies for importance with the Chancel.
Declared redundant in 1983,
Saint Augustine’s Church is now entirely maintained
by The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust.
Text: © 2014 Joan Campbell.
Photograph: © 2014 John Hendy.
Illustration:
Missa Cantata at Saint Augustine’s,
Snave (near Ashford, Kent), September 2015.
That was the first time in 477 years that a Sung Mass (Missa Cantata) had been Celebrated in this beautiful Mediæval Church on Romney Marsh, Kent, England.
On Saturday, 26 September 2026, 1200 hrs, there will be Celebrated another Missa Cantata in this lovely Church.
Illustration: LATIN MASS SOCIETY
The Latin Mass Society returns to Snave
for a Missa Cantata, at 12 Noon,
Saturday, 26 September 2026.
Saint Augustine’s Church is one of the Mediæval Churches in the care of the Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust, who have given permission for us to Celebrate this Divine Mass.
Light refreshments will be served after Mass.
Missa Cantata.
Saint Augustine’s Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.
Saturday, 26 September 2026,
1200 hrs.
The Missa Cantata Mass on Saturday, 26 September 2026, 1200 hrs, will be offered for the repose of the Soul of Mrs. Marygold Turner (R.I.P.), who instigated this wonderful devotion and worked tirelessly to ensure it continued.
Marygold died on 29 June 2026.
May she rest in peace.
Requiescat in pace.
Travel Directions to Saint Augustine’s Church,
Snave (near Ashford), Kent TN26 2QJ.
By Road.
Leave the M20 at Junction 10.
Follow the A2070 towards Hastings.
After, approx, 9.3 miles, take the Slip Road
to the LEFT (signposted “SNAVE”).
After about 800 metres (half a mile),
at the small Post-Box (on a column) (on your LEFT),
TURN LEFT,
and you have arrived at the Church.
(N.B. Google Maps mark the destination
as “Manor Farm”).
By Rail.
Frequent Trains to ASHFORD INTERNATIONAL.
Then take a Taxi to SNAVE.
Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine’s Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by
Snave Church is one of a group of Mediæval Churches built
to serve very small communities on Romney Marsh, in Kent.
Now redundant, they are in the care of the
who have given permission for us to Celebrate Mass
on Saturday, 26 September 2026, at 1200 hrs.
Missa Cantata.
Saint Augustine’s Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.
Saturday, 26 September 2026, 1200 hrs.
Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine’s Church,
Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by
