The parish church of St Michael and All Angels in Waterford was built in 1872 of Kentish rag-stone in the decorated style.
In 1908 Waterford ecclesiastical parish was formed from parts of Bengeo (Rural) and Bramfield. The children of Waterford School attended a service held in the church at 3.30 p.m. on 13th January 1909 when the Lord Bishop of St. Albans instituted the Rev. A. A. Mayhew as the Vicar of the Parish. Rev. Mayhew resigned his post on 25th March 1912. He was succeeded by Rev. Humphrey Richard Humphreys who left the area in late February, 1915. Rev. R.H. Sharpe became the vicar of Waterford in April, 1915.
Previously Waterford was in the parish of Bengeo and the rectors of Bengeo had taken a great interest in the school. The rectors whose visits are often mentioned in the school logbook were:
1848 – 1876 Charles Deedes (1808 – 1875)
1876 – 1882 George Ruthven Thornton (1845 – 1905)
1882 – 1895 John Colvil Morton Mansel-Playdell (1852 – 1938)
1895 – 1901 Herbert Edward Selwyn
1901 – 1914 Richard Coad Pryor
A curate often lived in Waterford parsonage, tended to be the correspondent (secretary) of the managers of the school and also often visited the school. These were:
1873 – 1875 Rev. P Deedes
1876 – 1882 Unclear although Rev. John Mansell-Playdell & Rev. W.H. Green curates at Holy Trinity Bengeo often visited the school
1883 – 1890 Herbert Langston Wright
1890 – 1893 H.L. Somers-Cocks
1894 – 1895 Walter Crick
1895 – 1898 F.E.A. Jamieson
1898 – 1901 Henry Brown-Gold
1901 – 1903 Dr. James Russell Wood
1903 – 1908 Harry Charles Orpwood
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