This page lists events organised both by the Ecclesiological Society (in blue)
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.
If you know of any other events which we should add to this site, send
us an e-mail.
Long courses and lecture series
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Exhibitions during 2012
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Events during 2012
Weekend 6 - 8 January
Places of worship in Britain, 1150-1350 A weekend school at Rewley House, Oxford. Details here.
Friday 10 February Lecture: Sacred or superstitious? John Piper and the making of sacred spaces
Lecture by Frances Spalding, in support of Strethall Church. Location: Saffron Walden.
Details here
Friday 2 March Conference: Sitting in chapel: nonconformist contributions to the story of pews, benches and chairs
Organised by the Chapels Society. To be held in Birmingham.
Details here
Friday 9 March Lecture: 'Perhaps the finest specimens of pictorial glass-painting in the world': the Herkenrode windows of Lichfield Cathedral
Lecture by Keith Barley. Organised by the British Society of Master Glass Painters. Central London, evening.
Details here
Saturday 17 March Visit to two South London churches Organised by the Victorian Society. Details from the Society, admin@ victoriansociety.org.uk
Saturday 17 March Sitting in church: past present and future. Day conference on church seating, organised by the Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust, to be held in Cambridge. Details here
Tuesday 20 March Training Day: Buildings for Mission? Organised by C&C
Details here
Wednesday 28 March Church tour: Canterbury Country
Thanington without, Nackington, Canterbury St Mildred,
Hackington
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here
Wednesday 12 April Church tour: Essex Gems
Faulkbourne, White Notley, Rivenhall, Little Braxted
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here
Saturday 14 April Excursion to West Oxfordshire Organised by the Church Monuments Society. Details here.
Saturday 14 April Excursion to look at chapels around Stourbridge and Kidderminster
Organised by the Chapels Society.
Details here
Thursday 19 April The Ecclesiological Society Annual Lecture and AGM
Our distinguished lecturer is Dr Paul Barnwell, who
will be speaking on the early medieval parish church.
This lecture will be a precursor
to the Society’s annual conference (6 October) which is looking at worship
in the later medieval parish church.
Central London, venue to be confirmed. Doors open
18.00, lecture 18.30, AGM 19.45. Refreshments at the beginning and end of the
evening. Members and their guests welcome.
No charge or prior booking.
Papers for the AGM, with
full details of the evening, will be sent to members nearer the time.
The venue
will be confirmed here soon.
Enquiries to info@ecclsoc.org
Friday 27 April Day conference: Building the future: widening community use and appreciation of our church buildings
Organised by Gloucester diocese.
Details here
Friday / Saturday 27/28 April Conference: The art and science of medieval church screens
To be held in Cambridge
Details here
Thursday 10 May Church Tour: Border Stunners
Wadhurst, Ticehurst, Hawkhurst, Etchingham
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here
Weekend 11 - 13 May Seventeenth -century painted glass in Oxford A weekend school at Rewley House, Oxford, in association with the Ecclesiological Society. Details here.
Saturday 19 May
Study Day on church monuments at Exeter Cathedral.
Details here.
Thursday 24 May to Sunday 27 May Visit to Paley & Austin buildings in Lancashire Organised by the Victorian Society. Details from the Society, admin@ victoriansociety.org.uk Saturday 2 June FOCUS DAY: Henry Woodyer in Surrey
Day led by Dr Geoff Brandwood
A small group day focusing on one topic, led by an expert
Meet minibus at Woking station at 9.45. Return to
Woking by 5.30.
Fee (which includes pre-booked pub lunch, entrance to Cranleigh
School and a donation to the churches): £42.50.
To book or for enquiries, contact visits@ecclsoc.org
Tuesday 12 - Friday 15 June Norfolk Churches Tour
Organised by John Vigar.
Details here Tuesday 19 June
Church Tour: Churches of the Weald
Staplehurst, Frittenden, Biddenden, Headcorn
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here
Saturday 23 June Excursion to South Yorkshire Organised by the Church Monuments Society. Details here.
Saturday 7 July Excursion to north-west London to look at nonconformist and other places of worship
Organised by the Chapels Society.
Details here Wednesday 25 July
Church Tour: More Romney Marsh Churches Burmarsh, Newchurch, Old Romney, Lydd
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Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here Thursday 16 August
Church Tour: East Sussex unknowns Salehurst, Mountfield, Ashburnham, Penhurst
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here
Weekend 17-19 August
Church Monuments Society Symposium, in Cardiff Details here. Thursday 23 August After work visit: Temple Moore's Church of All Saints, Tooting
A tour and lecture at Temple Moore’s great church, led by
Dr Geoff Brandwood,
author of Temple
Moore: An Architect of the Late
Gothic Revival. Meet at 17.30 at the church. Refreshments will be
available. Fee: £10.
To book or for enquiries, contact visits@ecclsoc.org 30 August - 2 September ‘Town and Coast - West of Scotland stained glass’ Guided by Peter Cormack & Iain Galbraith
Organised by the British Society of Master Glass Painters
Details here Thursday 13 September
Church Tour: Essex Miscellany Great Warley, Great Burstead, Mountnessing,
South Weald
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here Saturday 22 September Walking tour of Cambridge churches
Led by architect Nigel Walter.
Details to follow.
To register an interest, contact visits@ecclsoc.org
Saturday 14 April Excursion to look at chapels in Harrogate and Nidderdale
Organised by the Chapels Society.
Details here Wednesday 3 October
Church Tour: East Sussex surprises
Fairwarp, Buxted, Little Horsted, Isfield
Organised by John Vigar. Cost: £25.00
Details here
Saturday 6 October 20
Ecclesiological Society annual conference
Details here
Friday 10 February