Community, Parish Council & Village
The Churches Conservation Trust has made great progress on internal redecoration work at the Old Church. Mrs Yvonne Henderson’s legacy provided much of the funding for this work. Workers discovered fragments of 3 mediaeval wall paintings; they called in official conservators to assess the paintings which delayed work.
Work has now resumed and this will leave a lady’s head visible (see right) Continue reading “Mediaeval Wall Paintings Uncovered – Old Church”
Friends Unveil Christmas CardsThe Friends of St Mary’s unveil 2 new Christmas Cards for you to show off the Old Church to your friends and family. The two on top are from last year, the bottom two are new this year. Sold in packs of 6 for just £3.50, you can buy them from: Continue reading “Friends Unveil Christmas Cards”
The Friends of St Mary’s are pleased to report that their regular Christmas events will still go ahead this year.
As you may have noticed, work started a week ago on the redecoration of the Old Church. The Friends’ Keep the Bell Ringing appeal of 2016 raised money towards the repair of the roof and tower to make the structure watertight. The Churches Conservation Trust, of course, also helped a lot with that project. Now the internal redecoration work, using Continue reading “Decorating Won’t Stop Christmas Events”
A couple of recent news updates:
During the recent summer break, the Baby & Toddler Group held a sponsored walk. Their intention was to raise money for the playground on the Lorkin Daniell Field. Gratifyingly they raised Continue reading “Toddlers & Old Church Decoration Snippets”
Art Lovers Help Raise HundredsArt lovers turned out in their hundreds to visit the Art Show in the Old Church. In just 10 hours over the weekend of 15th – 16th June 320 visitors came to enjoy an art exhibition. Local artists had produced 185 works of art for the exhibition. The artists had used a variety of mediums to produce paintings which ranged in size from small to supersize.
The Friends of St Mary’s Old Church received Continue reading “Art Lovers Help Raise Hundreds – 320 visitors!”
Art in the Old ChurchThe Art in the Old Church exhibition is now fully subscribed. Taking place on 15th & 16th of June between 11 am – 4 pm, you can expect to see over 150 exhibits. All exhibits are by 47 local artists and many are for sale.
As well as a panoply of art you can also enjoy Continue reading “Art in the Old Church – 150 Exhibits Confirmed”
Peter Noakes’ recent talk about St Mary’s Through Time, focussing on the Royal Arms and Rev Havard, was very well supported. (Read more below). Progress in setting up the Art Exhibition is well underway but more works would be much appreciated. The Friends of St Mary’s report as follows:
The Friends have had a lot of interest in their forthcoming art exhibition. This takes place over the weekend of 15th-16th June but so far only about 20 people have submitted forms. They welcome budding Continue reading “St Mary’s – Royal Arms, Havard and Art”
Local Historian Peter Noakes will be talking about St Mary’s Through Time on Saturday 18th of May. He will answer puzzles such as:
The talk, which is being held in the Old Church, will start at 2:30 pm. Entry is free and accompanied Continue reading “St Mary’s Through Time”
Mapping our HistoryPeter Noakes, a local historian & Chairman of the Local History Group, shares his first thoughts on using a new mapping tool offered by the National Library of Scotland (yes you read that right, Scotland), to explore West Bergholt. Also, a quick reminder about a talk Peter will give on 18th May.
First of all, thanks to Tom Stevenson for finding this very useful website. You can use it to access Continue reading “Mapping our History – Literally”
Steve Hallam’s Guided 2019 Spring flower walk is fast approaching. These gentle walks guide you from the Old Church into the wonderful Hillhouse Woods in their spring glory where you might be fortunate to see many species of wildlife as well as spring flowers.
The guided walk starts at Continue reading “2019 Spring Flower Walk – Bluebell Heaven”