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Category Archives: News
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
A time for renewal!
The Chapels Society would like to wish a Happy New Year to all of our members and to remind you that subscriptions are due at the start of each year. The current rate is £15 for one person and £20 … Continue reading
Yorkshire Methodism
Chapels Society member Ted Royle has brought a forthcoming publication to our attention: Yorkshire Methodism: Essays to Commemorate the Jubilee Year of the Wesley Historical Society (Yorkshire). Edited by Edward Royle ~ Wesley Historical Society (Yorkshire) 2013. This collection of … Continue reading
South Gloucestershire Trail
Chapels Society member David Dawson has reminded us that the Nonconformist Trail Booklet he wrote for South Gloucestershire Council is still available online. It includes details of 68 sites to visit along with a useful map and some general background … Continue reading
Books
We thought you might like to hear about a couple of books written by our members: Downside Abbey ~ An Architectural History Edited by Dom Aidan Bellenger and available from Merrell Publishers. Described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘the most … Continue reading
Chapels Society responds to ‘heritage tax’
The Chapels Society has written to HMRC outlining its concerns about the potentially damaging effect of the Government’s proposal to apply the standard rate of VAT to approved alterations to listed places of worship. A copy of our letter is … Continue reading
Heritage Tax
You may be aware that many of those who help to care for places of worship are concerned about a measure that has been dubbed the ‘heritage tax‘. This is the Government’s proposal to require building owners to pay VAT … Continue reading
New community grant scheme
Time for some good news… DCMS is providing a one-off grant in 2012-13 for capital works in listed places of worship. The National Churches Trust is administering a share of money in the form of an open grants programme for … Continue reading
Digital Atlas / 335665 Photographs
January saw the fifteenth anniversary of the Digital Atlas of England project to photograph all the rural churches in Britain – providing a set of digital images of each one, inside and out. This heroic endeavour is now about 70% completed … Continue reading
Discovering Places
The Chapels Society was recently asked to contribute to the Discovering Places blog. Discovering Places is London 2012’s Cultural Olympiad Campaign to inspire communities across the UK to discover their local environment – with all its hidden places, extraordinary spaces … Continue reading