The
Ecclesiological Society
EVENTS 2013
Last update: early May 2013
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
Thursday 18 April to Thursday 20 June
Unlocking the gates of heaven: decoding ecclesiastical architecture
Lecture series in Oxford. Details here
Exhibitions during 2013
2 October 2013 to 5 January 2014
Art under attack: histories of iconoclasm in Britain
At Tate Britain, London. Detailes here
Events during 2013
Wednesday 3 April
Lecture: Commemoration and the development of the English parish church
by Professor Nigel Saul
Organised by the British Archaeological Association, 5pm in central London. Details here.
Wednesday 24 April
Visit to churches in the Ho0 Peninsula, Kent
led by John Vigar
Details here
Thursday 25 April 2013
Ecclesiological Society Annual Lecture and AGM
Lecture to be given by the Rt Revd David Stancliffe: 'Setting the font and the theology of baptism in today's church'
Doors open 18.00, lecture 18.30 in central London. All welcome. Details here.
Tuesday 7 May
Guided tour of St James, Piccadilly
Organised by the Friends of the City Churches. Details here
Wednesday 8 May
Evening visit to two Kensington churches. Starts 6.30
Organised by the Victorian Society. Details here
Saturday 11 May 2013
Roman Catholic Churches of the West End of London
Walking tour, led by Andrew Derrick
Assemble at 10.30 at the Church of our Lady of the Assumption on Warwick Strert, London. W1F 9JR. Cost: £25.00
Prior booking essential. Details here
Saturday 11 May
Monuments at Puddletown, Dorset: Study Day
Organised by the Church Monuments Society. Details here
Saturday 11 May
Tour of St Pancras Churchyard, London (5.00pm early evening visit)
Organised by the Mausolea and Monuments Trust. Details here
Saturday 11 May
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Organised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Wednesday 15 May
Visit to churches in Essex
led by John Vigar
Details here
Thursday 16 May
Seminar at Blackburn cathedral:
'Cathedral quarter - hope for the urban landscape: perspectives from
architecture, theology and ecology
Details here
Saturday 18 May
Solemnity and Splendour: A.W.N. Pugin, John Milner, and the medieval city of Winchester
Organised by the Pugin Society
Details here
Sunday 19 May
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Advertised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Tuesday 21 May
Southwell Minster study day
Organised by the British Archaeological Association
Details here
Thursday 23 May
Wakefield cathedral: study day looking in detail at the recent re-ordering
Organised by the Ecclesiastical Architects and Surveyors Association. All welcome.
Details here
Thursday 23 May
Annual conference of the Roman Catholic Church's Historic Churches Committee
To be held in Durham. All welcome.
Details here
Saturday 1 June
Meeting in London at the Museum of London
Talks on the monumental brass collection and the archaeology of St Paul's Cathedral
Organised by the Monumental Brass Society
Details here
Saturday 1 June
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Organised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Tuesday 4 June
Visit to churches in the Downs
led by John Vigar
Details here
Sunday 16 June
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Advertised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Tuesday 25 June to Friday 28 June
Norfolk churches tour
led by John Vigar
Details here
Sunday 30 June to Saturday 6 July
Northern Lights: churches and other buildings in the north of England
led by Robin Millerchip on behalf of the Church Monuments Society. Details here
Saturday 6 July
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Organised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Thursday 11 July
Visit to churches in the 'Surrey Hilltops'
led by John Vigar
Details here
Saturday 13 July
Chapels in Liverpool
To coincide with the AGM of the Chapels Society. Details here
Tuesday 16 July
Afternoon visit to Westminster Cathedral. Starts 2pm
Organised by the Victorian Society. Details here
Sunday 21 July to Friday 26 July
Pugin down the Rhine
Organised by the Pugin Society
Details here
There is a pre-tour available, on 20 and 21 July.
Sunday 21 July
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Advertised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Saturday 3 August
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Organised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Saturday 7 September
The Gothic Revival in Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire: Burges, Butterfield and Comper
Organised by the Pugin Society
Details here
Saturday 7 September
Tour of some round towered churches in East Anglia
Organised by the Round Tower Churches Society
Details here
Saturday 28 September
AGM of the Monumental Brass Society
Details here
16-18 July 2013
Conference on 'Worship Transforming Communities'
The first conference for seven years of the Church of England Liturgical Conference. Details here.
Saturday 3August
Church monuments in Huntindonshire / Northamptonshire
organised by the Church Monuments Society
Details here
Wednesday 21 August
Visit to churches in Sussex
led by John Vigar
Details here
Saturday & Sunday 7 / 8 September
The Romanesque church in Gloucester
Conference organised by the Society for Church Archaeology
Details here
Thursday 19 September
Visit to churches in Surrey
led by John Vigar
Details here
Saturday 21 September 2013
Gloucestershire's rural churches
Meet minibus at Gloucester station
Prior booking essential. Details here
Saturday 28 September
Study day on monumental brasses in St Peter and St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey
Organised by the Monumental Brass Society
Details here
Saturday 5 October 2013
Ecclesiological Society annual conference
Details here
Tuesday 8 October
Visit to churches in Essex
led by John Vigar
Details here
Saturday 12 October
Church monuments in Gloucestershire
organised by the Church Monuments Society
Details here
Saturday 12 October
AGM of the Friends of Friendless Churches
Details here
Thursday 7 November
Conference: Lighting in churches and cathedrals
Central London. Organised by the Cathedrals and Church Buildings Division, Church of England.
Details here
December 2013
Annual Dykes Bower Memorial Lecture
Details to follow
Events during 2014
Saturday
4 October 2014
Ecclesiological Society annual conference
The topic will be twentieth-century churches. Details to follow.