The Ecclesiological Society

About our conferences . . .


Conference in 2009 - DETAILS AND HOW TO BOOK

Our conference in 2009 will be on CHURCH TOWERS. It will be held in central London, on Saturday 3 October 2009.
It is open to everyone. You can reserve a place by post or by email. All the details you need are here (pdf file) or here (Word file).
For queries, please email conference @ ecclsoc.org (without the spaces around the '@' sign)

Speakers:
Stephen Heywood North European round-towered churches
Keith Lovell Spires, squires and scutcheons: some spires in the Nene Valley
Chris Pickford Let Steeple bells be swungen: an introduction to towers, bells and bellringing
Jerry Sampson Some church towers in Somerset
Dominic Summers ‘Liturgical processions and Norfolk church towers of the late Middle Ages’
Robert Shaw Church Towers: a quinquennianl inspector's view

About our conferences . . .

Our conferences combine serious intent with an enthusiastic and friendly atmosphere, and lively discussion.

We have been fortunate in attracting top-rate speakers, and we work hard to create an occasion which both experts and those who are new to the subject can enjoy.

You do not have to be a member to attend.

Previous conferences - programs

Or you can browse through our recent conference programmes for the last few years, some including pictures and short introductory essays.

2003: The creation of the Anglican church interior, 1660 - 1700 (pdf format; 4 MB file)

2004: The late-medieval parish church: a place for the Mass (pdf format; 4 Mb file)
 
2005: Private chapels in England after the Reformation (pdf format; 2 Mb file)

2006: no conference

2007: The rural church in its place (pdf format, 1.2 Mb file)

2008: Welsh churches

Publicatons

Conference proceedings are not normally published.


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