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
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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
31 March to 15 June 2008 The Temple Church, 1185 - 2008: History, Architecture and Effigies
At the Temple Church, London. Including casts of the effigies taken before war damage - details here.
30 May to 12 July 2008 Treasures of the English Church: Sacred Gold and Silver 800 - 2000
More than 330 objects. Admission free. At Goldsmiths' Hall, London.
30 July - 27 Sep 2008
Held in Trust'
An exhibition of medieval and later religious
artefacts preserved over the centuries by Stonyhurst College.
It is being held at St Francis
Xavier church, in Liverpool. Details here
Events during 2008 (June onwards)
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)
Saturday 14 June 'In despight of the devouring flame': the Temple Church in London Conference at and about the Temple Church, London, in celebration
of the 400th anniversary of the grant of the Temple's charter by James
I. Details here. An exhibition runs from 31 March to 15 June, including casts of the effigies taken before war damage - details here.
<>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.
29 June
The house that Nugent built: Hackney churches by N. F. Cachemaille-Day Lecture by Elaine Harwood at St John-at-Hackney church, to mark the
fiftieth anniversary of its consecration after a serious fire in
1955.7.30pm in the Hurdman Hall in St John-at-Hackney Church, Lower
Clapton Road, E5 0PD (opposite Somerfields and Clapton Square). The
lecture will be preceeded by choral evensong at 6.30pm. A glass of wine
will be served. The event is free of charge. For more information
contact Laura Moffatt on 07966 599247.www.stjohn-at-hackneychurch.org.uk
Wednesday 2 July
City of London Churches Walk - guided or independent walks, with many, many churches opened and welcoming Organised by the Friends of City Churches
Monday 7 July Sacred and preserved Study day organised by the V&A on aspects of church silver,
including private view of the exhibition at the Goldsmith's Hall.
Detaile here. Thursday 10 July John Vigar church tours
Excursion: Churches around Gravesend
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
Thursday 17 July
Lecture: The King's Glass
by Dr Carola Hicks
The untold story of the stained glass of Kings' College, Cambridge. 17 July 5.00 pm St Ethelburga's Church Bishopsgate, London. Cost £5.00. Details here.
31 July - 1 August Aspects of twentieth-century stained glass
Conference organised by the British Society of Master Glass Painters. Details 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
8 - 9 September
Worship, Music and Liturgy in early modern England Conference, organised by the Early Modern Worship Network 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.)
Saturday 13 September Seminar on recent research work at Deerhurst church (led by Michael Hare)
7.30 pm at Deerhurst Church, Glocs. Entrance charge payable at door: £4.50
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 Monday 22 Sep - Weds 24 Sep 2008 The Perils of the Beauty of Homeliness
(The Church Buildings Council conference for Diocesan Advisory Committees) To be held in Durham. Details from Doug Snapp on 0207 898 1866 Friday 26 September Norfolk Churches: Building Opportunities
A one-day conference in Norwich, focussing on the promotion, management
and sustainable development of Norfolk's Historic Church Buildings.
Details here. Saturday 27 September Mausolea and Monuments Trust
Visit to West Norwood Cemetery Saturday 4 October
Ecclesiological Society annual conference - subject: Welsh Churches Click here for further details.
Wednesday 15 October
The Life and Work of Sir George Gilbert Scott Junior, the architect of St Agnes, Kennington Lecture by Gavin Stamp, 7.30 for 8.00 at St Agnes, Kennington Park,
London, SE 11. Cost: £10. Further info here
Thursday 16 October Loyd Grossman will be talking about the work of the Churches
Conservation Trust, at 6.00 for 6.30 on Thursday 16 October in London.
Details here. Friday 17 October Consultation on Sanctuary, at Christchurch, Spitalfields, with speaker Sir Roy Strong, on Friday 17 October. Details here. Saturday 18 October Church Monuments Society
Excursion: Middlesex Saturday 25 October Building a temple for the third millennium: new directions in church architecture
Two lectures: Dr Peter Doll: Immanence, transcendence and the future of
liturgical space // Fr Peter Newby: Reordering the reorderings 2.30 - 5.00 in Basingstoke. Details here
Saturday 25 October Conference on 'Monumental Industry: carved tomb production in the fourteenth
century’. 25 October, in York. Details here. 25 - 26 November York Minster's Great East Window. An important
two-day conference in York exploring John Thornton's great medieval
window, undergoing restoration. A one-off opportunity. 25 - 26
November. Details here 24 - 26 November
Sacred Britain - New Horizons The Churches Tourism Association 2008 Convention. Click here for details.
Friday 9 Jan - Sun 11 Jan
'In the beginning . . .' Architectures of religious introduction in Britain, 597 - 2009 Weekend course. It will examine the ways in which the early
adherents to particular faiths or kinds of faith adapted and created
buildings for their rites in Britain. Rewley House, Oxford. Details here
Friday 13 February
Supporting people, sustaining buildings One day course on how support officers can help congregations keep historic places of worship in use.
Rewley House, Oxford. Details here
6 - 8 April 2009
Conference on The Early Modern Parish Church
At Worcester College, Oxford. Details and calls for papers here
Saturday 25 April
Annual lecture arranged by the Friends of Deerhurst Church, given by Heather Gilderdale Scott
7.30 at Deerhurst Church, Glocs.
Saturday 3 October
Ecclesiological Society annual conference - subject: Church towers Details to follow
Events during 2010
Friday 8 Jan - Sun 10 Jan
Buildings for worship in Britain: Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Weekend course. It will examine the nature of early medieval Christian sites and
buildings in Britain. Rewley House, Oxford. Details here
Saturday 13 September