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Forthcoming Events at @lampallib
Lambeth Palace Garden Tours
Taking place on 17 and 24 June, and 1, 15, and 22 July, starting and ending at the Library.
and lots more here:
lambethpalacelibrary.info/
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The Council of the Church Monuments Society offers a biennial prize of £500, to be awarded for the best essay submitted in the relevant year. For a copy of the rules and the guidelines to contributors, see churchmonumentssociety.org/g…
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A exhibition in Norwich, "Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval", is complemented by the book, "Living by the Rule: Contemporary Art & the Medieval Monastery", by the curators Dr Jessica Barker & Dr Ed Krčma, published by @LHArtBooks.
ecclsoc.org.uk/news/living-r…
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Rejoice...
📣 New funding announcement!
Through the new Places of Worship Renewal Fund and the continued Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, we're helping safeguard some of our most valued heritage, while supporting the communities that rely on them.
@DCMS
ALT A Gothic Revival style church under renovation, surrounded by scaffolding and bright graffiti-covered hoardings.
ALT A historic brick building with three floors of large, grid-patterned windows and wooden beams.
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Read about @SAVEtoReuse and the @friendschurches joint nomination of the vacant grade II*-listed Church of St John the Evangelist in rural Lancashire for inclusion on @WorldMonuments Watch list.
ecclsoc.org.uk/news/heritage…
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Thursday 25 June online
Don't forget our Annual Lecture (after the AGM), given by @MorleyRA Rachel Morley, Director of @friendschurches: “Blessed be the Bureaucrats for theirs is the kingdom of spreadsheets. Does it matter if another church closes?”
ecclsoc.org.uk/events/annual…
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"English Churches in Europe: An architectural and social history" by @JamesBettley will be published later this year. The advance subscription is £70, compared with £90, To subscribe please email john@johnhudsonpublishing.com
GE Street's design for the Anglican Church in Rome
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Cambridge Chapels Study Day
Saturday, 12th September 2026
We shall visit four outstanding examples of college chapels in Cambridge. We are very grateful to each of the colleges for making this day possible.
Book here:
ecclsoc.org.uk/events/cambri…
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AGM & Lecture 2026
Thursday 25 June online
The Annual Lecture will be given by @MorleyRA Rachel Morley, Director @friendschurches : “Blessed be the Bureaucrats for theirs is the kingdom of spreadsheets. Does it matter if another church closes?”
Book here:
ecclsoc.org.uk/events/annual…
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Ninian Comper in Algeria: Archaeology and 20th Century Church Planning
Book below for Harry Spain's lecture at the Society of Antiquaries of London at Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BE on Thursday 16 April at 5pm, it will also be live streamed.
sal.org.uk/event/ninian-comp…
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Hot off the press: @Ecclsoc Ecclesiology Today with articles by colleagues @JamesBettley on Anglican churches in Europe, Diane Conrad on a Swiss tin tabernacle, @AdrianDaffern, and a version of my 2025 Bond Lecture on 550 years of St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle 📸@fotofacade
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Fears for future of church organs amid neglect
Pipe Up for Pipe Organs has published a disturbing report: Silencing the King? The future of Britain's pipe organs.
Download the report here:
ecclsoc.org.uk/news/fears-fu…
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There're a few tickets still available for our Wren Watching: Wren Churches Walk in the City of London on Wednesday, 15th April 2026.
Please book here:
tickettailor.com/events/thee…
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Police investigating the theft of valuable silver from St Margaret of Antioch Church in Barley, Hertfordshire have made an appeal for information. The Rev Mark Bridgen described the theft of the pieces, with a value of about £25,000, as "a sacrilege".
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg2…
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The man who built Surrey’s churches
From 10.30 to 12 noon on Saturday 23 May at Woodyer's church of St Andrew, Grafham, Guildford (GU5 0LJ), Robin Stannard will examine the remarkable career of Henry Woodyer (1816–1896).
Book here:
ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/…
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So glad to see another Teulon church rescued, following last year’s good news about Holy Trinity, Hastings.
Birch Inspire, campaigners for St Peter & St Paul, Essex, have had a great step forward in preventing parts of the Church from demolition. We placed the building on our Top Ten Endangered Buildings list in 2012. 🧵
📷 Dan Sceats
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The results of the brilliant #DivineLight campaign by @engcathedrals to find the Nation’s favourite stained glass window are being revealed every day this week:
englishcathedrals.co.uk/late…
Our "Stained Glass Revivals" is still available:
ecclsoc.org.uk/news/stained-…
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Wren Watching: Wren Churches Walk: Wednesday 15 April
The City of London rose like a phoenix from the ashes of the Great Fire and one man rose with it – Christopher Wren. Alexandra Epps and Jill Finch will introduce three of his churches.
Book here: ecclsoc.org.uk/events/wren-w…
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And here's another review - many thanks to the Revd Dr William Whyte
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
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