· Fabric
A light that warmed the vestry
After thirty years under a single bulb, the vestry receives its first conservation-grade lighting scheme — a quiet but consequential gift.
News & stories from the parish
A quarterly dispatch, plus the small story behind each line in the accounts.
We do not publish news for its own sake. We do, four times a year, write a quiet letter to the parish telling you what we have mended, restored or learned. The index below collects those dispatches and the longer reflections in between.
Above · The reading-stand at the north transept, Lent 2026.
Recent dispatches and longer pieces
Twelve recent posts.
· Graveyard
The graveyard that remembers
Notes from the Annual Naming, our long-running All Souls' service, when every burial of the previous twelve months is read aloud beneath the south yew.
· Bells
Sunday bells and Tuesday mornings
The tower's beginner band has trebled in eighteen months. Thomas, the captain, explains why a small grant for new sallies was the start of it.
· East window
A second look at the east window
Eighteen years on from the 2008 conservation, the conservator returns for a routine survey. The good news, in short: the lead is holding.
· Music
A January morning with the organ-builder
The annual voicing of the organ went ahead on Plough Monday. A short conversation about why we pay for it, every year, without fail.
· Stewardship
Path clear by 09.00 — a Sunday morning of snow
A note of thanks to the four volunteers who turned out before the Carol Service, with a quiet plea for two more for the rota in 2026.
· Fundraising
The Summer Fete raised £1,420 — thank you
A short report on the summer fete in aid of the Fabric Fund: who came, what was sold, and where the money goes.
· Trustees
Welcoming Alan and Ann Marie
Two new trustees were appointed at the AGM on 20 October — a short introduction and a note on the appointments process for future candidates.
· Accounts
The 2024 accounts, in three paragraphs
The independent examination is complete and the Trustees' Annual Report is filed. A short summary for those who do not read accounts for pleasure.
· Furnishings
A new corporal for Pentecost
The Pentecost frontal returned from conservation in time for Trinity. A note on the maker, the cost and the gentleness of the linen.
· Graveyard
A summer of clearing the south yard
A short report on the July working party: nineteen kerbs righted, fourteen names recovered, four meals at the parish-room table afterwards.
· Parish
The Midsummer Tea: a quiet annual habit
A few words on why the trust pays for the Midsummer Tea each year, even though we do not strictly have to.
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