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The Ecclesiological Society - for those who love churches. Sign up for our free newsletter via https://t.co/OFJgv2vYBZ…
Joined June 2013
RT @PhilipRutnam: There are huge risks to the future of our historic churches - now is not the time to weaken legal protections. See this p…
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This is alarming, please read and disseminate...
A proposal to deregulate the disposal process for church buildings is on the @churchofengland Synod agenda this week. Here is our joint statement on the new Mission and Pastoral Measure and Regulations to be debated at this week's #GeneralSynod
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Clothed in Glory - Ely Cathedral Wednesday 12 February - Sunday 16 March 2025 An exhibition of exquisite embroidery from 1876 to the 1960s, from the archives of the Community of the Sisters of the Church.
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• 21 hours ago Happy 12th night - was it on 5th or 6th? It's an eternal debate!
The Twelfth Day of Christmas is the Feast of the Epiphany, which principally commemorates the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. We purchased and rehomed this Victorian depiction of the Epiphany over a decade ago using funds from the Cottam Will Trust. 1/4
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Records of Care: informing approaches to the conservation of Britain’s wall paintings Friday 31 January 2025 The @TheCourtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2 - book here:
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Medieval myth-busting Come to our second, annual Geoff Brandwood Lecture on Tuesday 26 Nov to hear buildings archaeologist James Wright @jpwarchaeology unpick the development of historic buildings myths and investigate the underlying truths behind them.
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Reviewed in yesterday's @thetimes, "Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles" by Andrew Ziminski published by @ProfileBooks
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Geoff Brandwood Memorial Lecture: Historic building mythbusting – investigating mediaeval parish churches given by Dr James Wright @jpwarchaeology Tues 26 November at 6pm St Botolph-without-Bishopsgate Parish Hall London EC2M 3TL Please book here:
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Just completed is the 10 volume series Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland edited by P. S. Barnwell. It explores how different kinds of worship have been accommodated from the Mesolithic to the present. Further details and ordering information:
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Places of Worship in Britain and Ireland, 1990–2021 edited by Council member Paul Barnwell has just been published. The first comparative study of contemporary religious buildings, available from shaun@shauntyas.myzen.co.uk.
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Sat 28 Sept: Competing Churches and Chapels 1829–1939 … Abstract 6: Keeping up with the Joneses: Inter- and Extra-Denominational Rivalry in Chapel Building in Wales - Christian Tucker-Williams
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We have a vacancy for the role of Treasurer (honorary), one of the most critical roles on the Society's Council. Full details here:
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Sat 28 Sept: Competing Churches and Chapels 1829–1939 Abstract 5: Mission to the 'Godless suburbs': The CoE and Inter-Denominational Rivalry in Interwar Church Building - Clare Price L: St Michael (CoE), Mill Hill, NW7 R: Union Church, Mill Hill, NW7
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Sat 28 Sept: Competing Churches and Chapels 1829–1939 Abstract 4: Cultivating the beautiful as much as the churchmen, design & identity in C19 Irish ecclesiastical architecture: Niamh NicGhabhann (Limerick University) Church of All Saints, Raheny, Dublin
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Sat 28 Sept: Competing Churches and Chapels 1829–1939 Abstract 3: Citius, Altius, Fortius: Post-Emancipation Catholic Church-building in the North of England Stephen Withnell (University of Oxford) Below: St Peter's Collegiate Church at Stonyhurst
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Sat 28 Sept: Competing Churches and Chapels 1829–1939 Abstract 2: Free Trade, Competition, or Professional Amour Propre? A Chapel Perspective - Clyde Binfield Photo: The King's Weigh House, Waterhouse brought City Congregationalists to Grosvenor Square
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Sat 28 Sept: Competing Churches and Chapels 1829–1939 Abstract 1: Building for the Emerging Market in Religion - Paul Barnwell In the century following the Roman Catholic Relief Act of 1829, Christians of all persuasions could worship freely.
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A Study Day at St Mary, Bourne Street, @SMBSLondon Saturday 14 September 2024: celebrating the art and architecture of St Mary’s and marking the 150th anniversary of its consecration
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St James the Less, Pimlico @stjamestheless, in association with @thevicsoc presents a series of events celebrating the life of G E Street 1824-1881 For further information and ticket prices see:
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