Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust
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Programme
of events for
Members
for 2008:
We regret that events are limited to members and their
guests and places may be limited for some events.
Past events held during the year are listed at the
bottom of this page so
that visitors to our website can see the sort of events we
provide.
The list is edited periodically.
If you are not a member, we hope this interesting
and varied programme will encourage you to become
a member.
The Trust organizes a variety of events during the year which
usually include a visit to a cathedral within a day's reach of Oxford,
two visits to churches, a summer lecture or a visit to a country
house. There is an annual lecture and a reception at Blenheim
Palace, usually given by a nationally known speaker. In addition
the Trust's Annual General Meeting held at the end of July includes a
guided tour of churches.
Application forms for all events
are sent to members
Members of the Trust and
their friends are welcome to join these activities. Details are
available from the Chairman or Secretary, whose contact details are
given on our index page.
Membership
application
forms are also available via the index page of
this
web-site.
Planned events for 2008 (revised
at January meeting)
| 24 April |
Cathedral Tour |
Bury St Edmunds &
Thaxted |
| 6 May |
Church Tour
|
Woodstock area
|
| 12 June |
Church and garden
tour |
including Abbotswood |
| 1 July |
Wolfson Midsummer
Lecture |
To be given by Sir Roy
Strong |
2 August
|
AGM and Church Tour
|
Kidlington
|
13 September
|
Sponsored StRide Day
|
|
22 October
|
Blenheim Lecture
|
To be given by Marcus Binney
|
2009
|
date to be fixed
|
Possible visit to Canterbury Cathedral
|
Past events during
2007:
- Monday
23 April:
Cathedral Tour.
- Wells
Cathedral; stopping en route
at Downside Abbey.
Supper in the medieval Bishop's Palace at Wells.
- Tuesday
8 May: Church
Tour.
- Four
churches in the
south-east of Oxfordshire
including Ryecote, St Michael.
- Wednesday
13 June:
Church and garden visit.
- Visiting
the 25-acre garden
at Broughton Grange,
followed by visits to South Newington and Barford
St Michael.
- Monday
25 June:
Midsummer Lecture at Wolfson
College.
- Dr
Ian Bradley (author,
broadcaster and authority on hymns):
Craftsman's
Art and Music's Measure: Hymns down the Ages. With piano
accompaniment by Daniel Turner (former organ scholar, The Queens
College, Oxford).
- Saturday
28 July:
Annual General Meeting.
- held
at Great Tew, St
Michael and All Angels
and followed by a leisurely church walk.
- Saturday
8 September:
Sponsored Ride or Stride Day.
- this
event was successful
as ever. Results will be published
as soon as possible.
- Wednesday
24 October:
The Blenheim Lecture.
- Dr
Alan Borg CBE FSA
(former
Director of the
Victoria and Albert Museum and the Imperial War Museum)
spoke on The Knights
Hospitaller and their Churches.
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Church Hanborough - SS Peter and Paul The Norman tympanum over the north door
The church received £5000 for repairs in 2008/9
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Index
approvals and
disbursements - chronological
approvals and disbursements -
alphabetical by Parish