Resources & downloads

A small reading room — the documents the trust thinks worth keeping public.

None of these documents is glamorous. Each is, however, useful to someone — a parish historian, a solicitor drafting a legacy, a churchwarden running an autumn meeting, a journalist on deadline. They are downloadable as PDFs and as plain-text courtesy copies.

A quiet still life on the parish-room reading table: three leather-bound ledgers, a folded archival map, a cream linen ribbon-marker, a small green-shaded lamp.

Above · The reading-table in the parish room at St Margaret's.

Twelve documents

Listed alphabetically, with size and date.

DocumentFormatUpdatedAction
A short history of Great Barr Church Lands
A 28-page printed essay by Geoffrey Howell, 1991, updated 2021.
PDF · 1.4 MB14 Feb 2021Download
Burial Records — South Yard, transcribed inscriptions (A–K)
Names, dates and inscriptions for the south churchyard, families A through K.
PDF · 2.8 MB21 Sep 2025Download
Burial Records — South Yard, transcribed inscriptions (L–Z)
Families L through Z; companion to the A–K volume.
PDF · 2.6 MB21 Sep 2025Download
Charitable objects, plain-text version of the 1891 Scheme
For solicitors, researchers and donors who want the exact original wording.
PDF · 320 KB02 Mar 2024Download
Conflicts of interest policy
The trust's formal conflicts policy, last reviewed by the board in April 2025.
PDF · 200 KB04 Apr 2025Download
Gift Aid declaration form
Single-page printable form to accompany a cheque or one-off donation.
PDF · 180 KB12 Jan 2026Download
Grant application form (PCC use)
The annual schedule-of-works template used by the PCC of St Margaret's.
PDF · 240 KB18 Mar 2025Download
Legacy wording — for solicitors
Suggested legacy wording in three forms (residue, pecuniary, specific bequest).
PDF · 220 KB09 Sep 2024Download
Quinquennial inspection — September 2024
The DAC architect's 2024 inspection, with the trust's response to each recommendation.
PDF · 3.6 MB14 Oct 2024Download
Reserves policy, 2025–2030
The trust's five-year reserves policy, reviewed in October each year.
PDF · 220 KB17 Oct 2025Download
Safeguarding policy
Adopted from the Diocesan model and lightly adapted for the trust's grant work.
PDF · 280 KB09 Sep 2025Download
Standing-order mandate
Bank standing-order mandate for monthly giving by direct debit.
PDF · 190 KB03 Jan 2026Download

Cannot find what you are looking for? Write to [email protected] — most archive materials are available on request.

A small ask

Many of these documents were prepared by the volunteer transcribers of the Burial Records project. Would you like to join them?