Rev. Alice Goodman has been our Rector since September 2011, and has general oversight for the three parishes of Fulbourn, Great and Little Wilbraham with Six Mile Bottom. She originally comes from Minnesota, U.S.A., and studied literature both at Harvard and then here in Cambridge. Alice has an established literary reputation both as a poet and an opera librettist. Her late husband was Sir Geoffrey Hill, the Professor of Poetry at Oxford. She has one daughter, Alberta, and four grown-up step-children.

Having been brought up in a Jewish family, Alice converted in adult life to Christianity, and later became ordained in the Church of England. She joined us from Trinity College, Cambridge, where she served for 5 years as Chaplain. Before that, her first job in the Church of England was as Assistant Curate to the Kidderminster Parish Church Team. She blesses same-sex marriages, welcomes children of all ages, and cares about good music, and things that happen outside the churchyard wall

She can be contacted at the Fulbourn Rectory on 01223 880337, or  by email

Mr. Steve Mashford has been our Licensed Lay Minister since 2003. Steve is responsible for sharing in the general ministry of the churches. He is married to Jenny and has two married daughters and a son. They have lived in Fulbourn for the last 12 years. In his spare time he enjoys watching sport, including football and cricket.

He can be contacted on 01223 882163 or via email.

David Poulter was appointed Fulbourn Director of Church and Community music in September 2023. In this post, he is responsible for the oversight and development of the Parish and Community choirs, and for the nurture of music across the benefice.

David was born and educated in Kent. "On becoming a cathedral chorister at the age of 8, I decided I wanted to be an organist! After gaining a scholarship to study at The Royal College of Music, I taught at secondary schools in Cranbrook and Tunbridge Wells, and then became Director of Music at the cathedrals of Coventry, Chester and Liverpool. My family and I relocated to East Anglia six years ago when my wife took up a post as an Equine Vet in Newmarket and I became organist at the Royal Hospital School and at Fordham church. We have a daughter who attends Bottisham Village College, two whippets, and I have two adult children who live in the North West.

Having recently started as Director of Music at St Vigor’s, I am keen to recruit more singers to both the church and the community choirs. My emphasis is on making sure that everyone has a lot of fun and enjoys using their singing voices".

He can be contacted by email.

Ben Hewitson was appointed as Pastoral Assistant of Fulbourn and the Wilbrahams in September 2025. He grew up in a small town by the 'coaly' Tyne, south of the river, to which he owes his fascination with history as embedded in landscape - the artificial chalk hills offered views of rolling hills to the north and a toilet paper factor to the south. He came up to Cambridge to read English, was lured back for another degree in Theology, before he gave up on his determination to flee back north and took up the role of pastoral assistant here. He does not have a plan. But he cares about community, and he is thrilled to invest himself in the thick of village life, being formed by its liturgical rhythms, straddling the border-line within and without the church.

His academic research involved modernist poetry and theology of language. But he spent most of his time at university neglecting the required reading lists for the sake of pursuing his own interests. Most intractable of these interests is music, especially the avant-garde of the 20th century, from the twelve-tone compositions of the Vienna School to the northern magical realism of post-punk band The Fall. Besides this, Ben keeps himself occupied with his amateur engagement in architecture, the Fens, and snooker.

He can be contacted by email.

Sian Hornby was appointed as Parish and Choir Administrator in September 2022. She assists the Rector and the Director of Music with the administration of the Parish, Twelve, St Vigor's Parish Choir and the Fulbourn Community Choir.

Sian is also a professional musician and music teacher, combining her admin roles with freelance singing (including with the St Vigor's Parish Choir and with local choir, Cambridge Chorale) and teaching.

She lives in Soham with her husband and two sons, all of whom also sing at St Vigor's, and enjoys reading, boardgames with her family and cooking.

She can be contacted by email.