This page lists events organised both by the Ecclesiological Society (underlined)
and other Societies.
In one way or another all events are related to churches, their furnishings
and use.
For events of other Societies, details have been extracted from their
published programmes,
and enquiries should be addressed to the organisation in question,
not to us.
Addresses, phone numbers and email addresses will be found in the Organisations
page of this website, though we are now making a more systematic attempt
to put a link into each of the entries below, thus saving you a precious
five seconds.
If you know of any other events which we should add to this site, send
us an e-mail.
Long courses and lecture series
English Medieval Churches Three year part-time Continuing Education Certificate offered by School
of Continuing Education, Leeds University
Contact 0113 233 3222
Exhibitions during 2008
1 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008 'The Holiness of Beauty: G. F. Bodley (1827-1907) and his circle' Exhibition of drawings by Bodley and his office in the Architecture Gallery of the V&A
7 Nov 2007 - 17 February 2008
The art of light: German Renaissance stained glass At the National Gallery Exhibition of stained glass and paintings of the same period, with explanatory section on the making of stained glass.
16 Feb 2008 - 30 March 2008 Italian Cemetery Monuments - photographic exhibition
To be held at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Events during 2008
Wednesday 6 Feb 2008 The 'Muiredach Master' and the sculpture of the Irish high crosses
by Professor Roger Stalley
British Archaeological Association lecture
5.00pm, Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
Non-members are welcome to attend occasional lectures, making
themselves known to the Hon. Director, and signing the visitor's book.
Friday 8 Feb 2008 Taking Stock: The rapid assessment of historic church buildings - methods and approaches
Course at Rewley House, Oxford
Wednesday 5 March The archaeology of Leicester Abbey
by Richard Buckley
British Archaeological Association lecture
5.00pm, Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London
Non-members are welcome to attend occasional lectures, making
themselves known to the Hon. Director, and signing the visitor's book.
26th - 28th March Salisbury Cathedral 750: the building and its life
A two-day conference to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the dedication of Salisbury Cathedral
Wednesday 16 April The re-ordering and restoration of St George’s, Bloomsbury
Organised by the Ecclesiological Society
6.30 pm in St
George’sChurch,
Bloomsbury
Way, London WC1 (nearest tube: Holborn).
This is the tenth Stephen Dykes Bower Memorial
lecture, given by Colin Kerr, RIBA, the architect for the recently completed
project for the conservation and re-planning of Hawksmoor’s masterpiece. To be
followed by a tour of the church and an informal reception. Prior booking
essential.Tickets £15 per person (including reception) from Paul Velluet, 9 Bridge Road, St Margarets, Twickenham, TW1 1RE enclosing sae, or email info@ecclsoc.org
Sunday 27 April Ketteringham, Norfolk - ceremony to hand over to the Mausolea and Monuments Trust the newly-restored Boileau Mausoleum
Saturday 3 May Church Monuments Society
Excursion: Liverpool churches Wednesday 7 May
Victorian 'High' Churches of Leeds (including choral evensong) (coach tour)
Organised by the Ecclesiological Society Meet at Leeds Railway Station at 11.00am. Evensong – a BCP service without sermon – will be
over by 6.00 and will enable attendees to catch the 6.30 train to London.
Prior booking essential before 1 April. Fee: £18.00. Free time for pub
lunch or bring your own.
Churches to be visited include some of the city’s best
interiors: St Anne’s Cathedral (RC), 1901–4, Eastwood and Greenslade, recently
the subject of an extensive and very successful internal restoration; St
Bartholomew, Armley, 1872–8, Walker and Athron, fine Tractarian interior; All
Souls, Blackman Lane, 1876–80, G G Scott; St Hilda’s, 1876–82, Micklethwaite;
St Saviours, 1842–5, J M Derick; Leeds Parish Church, 1837–41, R D Chantrell,
important pre-Camdenian design. To book, telephone ChristopherWebster 0113 393 5165 or email chris@webster4945.fsnet.co.uk
Saturday 10 May Norwich City Churches (walking tour) Organised by the Ecclesiological Society Saturday 10 May 2008, meet at 10.30 at the tower arches of St
Peter Mancroft. Prior booking
essential. Fee: £5.00 to cover
donations to churches visited. Free time for lunch.
The churches to be visited will be announced nearer the time. However,
it should be noted that this will be the seventh annual tour given by Nicholas
and these have proved to be very popular with members. To book, telephone
Nicholas Groves 01603 764090, mobile 07944 974775 or email n.groves@uea.ac.uk
Wednesday 11 June
Ecclesiological Society AGM and Annual Lecture Lecture: A cathedral thrice rebuilt: Llandaff cathedral through the centuries by
Dr Donald Buttress, President of the Society
<>Wednesday 11 June 2008, at the Artworkers Guild, Queen
Square, London, WC1 (just south of junction of Guilford
St with Russell Square;
nearest tube station is Russell Square).
Doors open 6.00, lecture 6.30 followed by the AGM at about 7.45, and an
informal reception at about 8.15.
Later in the year (October) the
Society’s annual conference will focus on Welsh churches. This lecture should
whet our appetite, dealing as it does with one of Wales’s most important churches,
rebuilt in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and containing
significant works of art such as Rossetti’s ‘Seed of David’ altarpiece. Dr
Buttress was Architect to the Cathedral and is well placed to introduce us to
its special qualities.
Free to members and their guests (no booking required)
<>Thursday 19 June ‘Versions of Gothic’: a wealth of buildings in a short
distance around Chancery Lane,
London (walking
tour)
Thursday 19 June
2008, 2.00pm–c.5.30/6.00pm. Meet at Inner Temple Gateway
(under Prince Henry’s Room) west end of Fleet Street,
south side. Prior
booking essential.
Buildings to be
visited include: Temple Church (c. 1180 and c. 1230); St Dunstan
in the West (John Shaw sen and jun., 1830–3); Royal Courts of Justice (Street, 1871–82); Lincoln’s Inn Chapel (1619–33); St Alban, Holborn (Butterfield, 1856–62 and Adrian Scott after war damage); St Etheldreda, Ely Place [RC]
(former chapel of the Bishops of Ely, c. 1285 and c. 1875). To book, telephone Mark Ockelton 020 7073 4002.
Saturday 12 July
Conference: Benedict XVI and the Sacred Liturgy
Organised by St Colman's Society for Catholic Liturgy
To be held at Fota Island, Ireland. For details, click here
Saturday 6 September London City Churches (walking tour) Organised by the Ecclesiological Society Saturday
6 September 2008, 1.30–c.5.00pm. Prior booking essential. Fee: five pounds.
The tour will considering the ways in which some
of the City churches have been adapted in the years following their
construction to reflect changing patterns of liturgy, architectural styles,
finance and especially the question of repairs following WWIIbomb damage. The tour leader, Andrew Derrick,
has researched these aspects of the City churches for many years. Churches to be visited will include some of the following: St
Margaret, Lothbury; St Michael, Cornhill; St Edmund the King; St Mary,
Woolnoth; St Stephen, Walbrook; St Mary le Bow; St Vedast, Foster Lane.To book, telephone
Andrew Derrick 01473 422727
Tuesday 9 September John Vigar church tours
Excursion: East Kent Churches Saturday 13 September Two plus two: Suburban Churches in Newcastle (coach tour) Saturday 13 September 2008, 12.00–5.30. Meet at Newcastle Central Station. Prior booking essential, before 31 July. Fee:
£18.00. Free time for pub lunch or bring own.
The tour is being led by Neil
Moat, who gave the well-received lecture on St George’s, Jesmond at the Society’s AGM in 2007:
<>The first 2 churches, by Newcastle’s
most eminent Victorian church architect R J Johnson illustrate the impact of
Bodley’s HighChurch
doctrine of ‘refinement’. These are St Matthew’s, Summerhill, 1877 and All
Saints, North Gosforth, 1885. The other two churches
reveal the reaction to Bodley’s philosophy. These are St George’s Jesmond,
1886–90, T R Spence, demonstrating Arts and Crafts principles, and Sts James
& Basil, Fenham, 1928–34, E E Lofting, best described as ‘Temple Moore
crossed with Arts and Crafts’. To book, telephone Neil Moat 0191 257 2859 (leave a
message if answer phone activated.)
12 - 14 September 2008 The Archaeology of Post-medieval religion A conference to be held at Norwich, organised jointly by the Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and the Society for Church Archaeology Saturday 27 September Mausolea and Monuments Trust
Visit to West Norwood Cemetery Saturday 4 October
Ecclesiological Society annual conference - subject: Welsh Churches Further details will be posted on the website when available.