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Book Release – Valley of a Hundred Chapels
A new history book for the Upper Calder Valley offers a fascinating look into how the non-conformists of one Yorkshire valley helped shape the modern world. Former Hebden Bridge Times and Yorkshire Post reporter Amy Binns, of Heptonstall, has researched … Continue reading
Good news for Bradford Reform Synagogue
At its November meeting the Chapels Society’s Council noted an interesting story that had appeared recently in The Huffington Post. The dwindling Jewish community charged with the care of an extravagant Grade II listed Moorish style synagogue in Bradford has recently … Continue reading
New Methodist Church trails
Two new Methodist Church trails have recently been launched: 1. ‘Isaac’s Tea Trail’ is named after a miner turned tea-seller, legendary Methodist evangelist and philanthropist Isaac Holden and is a 36 mile circular walk around the North Pennines. Details of … Continue reading
‘Crossing the Threshold’ toolkit
A new and improved edition of the Diocese of Hereford’s ‘Crossing the Threshold’ toolkit – a community development approach to the use of church buildings – has been published. Trevor Cooper, Chairman of the Historic Religious Buildings Alliance, writes: “Becky … Continue reading
Unidentified Organ
The Chapels Society has been sent this photograph of an unidentified organ by Melvin Hughes, Secretary of the British Institute of Organ Studies (BIOS). BIOS members are trying to identify the organ and its location and are following a lead that … Continue reading
John Rylands Library – Special Collections News
We recently received this news from Peter Nockles, who writes: The Virtual Library System (VLS) is a groundbreaking union catalogue of the holdings and loans of selected dissenting academies in England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: Baptist, Congregational, and Presbyterian/Unitarian. … Continue reading
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The Theological Education of the Ministry
We have been informed that Pickwick Publications has recently released Alan P F Sell’s new book, ‘The Theological Education of the Ministry: Soundings in the British Reformed and Dissenting Traditions.’ ISBN 13: 978-1-62032-593-3 Price: $36 Further information and an extract from the book … Continue reading
Nominations for Council
We are delighted to have received three nominations for election to the Council this year. Each candidate has been asked to prepare a short statement for members to consider before casting their vote at the AGM on 13 July. The candidates … Continue reading
Chapels Heritage Study Day
There will be a Chapels Heritage Study Day held in Merthyr Tydfil on Saturday 06 July 2013 from 10.30am to 3.30pm. A number of interesting talks on Chapels in Merthyr and Wales and the book launch of “The History of … Continue reading
Broad Street Chapel Talk
Geoff Sawers contacted us to share the news that he has been asked to give a talk at Waterstones on Broad Street in Reading as part of the Heritage Open Days weekend. Broad Street Chapel was a Congregationalist (later URC) … Continue reading