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Churches more than 50 years old within the UK of any denomination: their history, preservation, study and presentation to the public.

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Resources in This Category

• A Thousand Years of English Churches

  http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/
  The Churches Conservation Trust cares for over 325 Church of England churches no longer needed for parish use. Details of churches, events, publications, all in full version or text only.

• Britannia: Parish Churches

  http://britannia.com/church/studies/
  Britannia's guide to the Parish Churches of England, Wales and Scotland. Provides a great deal of historical and architectural information.

• Church of England's Built Heritage

  http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/builtheritage/
  The official Church of England site. Organization, history, built heritage.

• Church Tours

  http://www.churchtours.org.uk/
  Coach tours of English country churches on behalf of several charitable organisations. Tour diary, book list and related links.

• Churches in Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex

  http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/churches/
  For each church of his selection, John Owen Smith offers a photograph and verse. For some there is a history extracted from the guidebook.

• Churches in the Yorkshire Dales

  http://www.daelnet.co.uk/features/churches/
  Attractive presentation from Daelnet of 44 parish churches: a line drawing and brief history of each.

• Churches on the Isle of Wight

  http://www.wightonline.co.uk/churches/churches.html
  Guide to the churches, with illustrations and varying notes.

• Devon Historic Churches Trust

  http://www.devonhistoricchurches.co.uk/
  A registered charity that assists Devon churches and chapels, of all denominations, with grants and loans for repairs, maintenance and restoration work.

• Diocese of Southwark

  http://www.southwark.anglican.org/
  Access is available to a short history and description of each of the parish churches of the South London Diocese.

• Ecclesiological Society

  http://www.ecclsoc.org/
  History of Society which was founded in 1879, events, publications, membership details. Also monthly articles and images of church features.

• Enfield, St Mary Magdalene

  http://www.stmarymagdalene.church/
  This prominent Butterfield Church of the early 1880s is portrayed in detail using many photos along with the details of its history. There is also a page with a photograph and brief details of all churches in the Enfield Deanery.

• Essex Churches

  http://www.essexchurches.info/
  Exterior and interior photographs of churches in Essex with brief descriptions by John Whitworth. In some cases there are also historic images from postcards. Includes a short bibliography.

• Friends of Friendless Churches

  http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/
  Cares for nearly 30 historic and redundant places of worship in England and Wales. Details of properties and joint membership with Ancient Monuments Society.

• Highgate, St Augustine

  http://www.saintaugustine.org.uk/
  The architect of this N London church was J D Sedding, work started in 1887 but was not completed for many years. Includes photos and some history.

• J31 Churches

  http://www.j31.co.uk/parichu.htm
  Photographs and brief histories of about a dozen churches between Sheffield, Rotherham and Worksop (around J31 of the M1 motorway).

• Kent Churches

  http://www.kentchurches.info/
  Historian John Vigar's collection of old postcards, together with modern interior photographs by John Salmon of the parish churches of Kent. Includes some brief descriptions.

• Kentish Town, Saint Silas the Martyr

  http://www.saintsilas.org.uk/
  Photos and information on this church designed for this inner London area by Ernest Shearman and consecrated in 1912.

• London Churches

  http://www.londonancestor.com/views/vc-all.htm
  London Ancestor provides engravings - mainly early 19th-century - of churches in London.

• London Docks, St Peter

  http://www.stpeterslondondocks.org.uk/
  Many photos and details on this comprehensive site of St Peter London Docks, a church built in one of the poorest districts in London, and consecrated in 1866.

• Medieval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church

  http://www.paintedchurch.org/
  An illustrated catalogue by Anne Marshall, Open University. Includes an introduction to the topic, bibliography, location list and access details.

• North West Kent Parish Gazetteer

  http://www.nwkfhs.org.uk/parindex.htm
  The North West Kent Family History Society include church photographs in their coverage of parish information useful to genealogists.

• Regents Park, London NW1, St Mark's Church

  http://www.stmarksregentspark.org.uk/
  Often known as the Zoo Church, St Mark's was built by Thomas Little in 1851-2. The site details changes made in 1890 and 1957, and shows pictures including many of the stained glass.

• Round Tower Churches Society

  http://www.roundtowers.org.uk/
  Works for the preservation of churches with round towers, mostly found in East Anglia, and investigates their history. Council members, application to join, churches to visit, tour programme.

• Shropshire's Nonconformist Chapels

  http://www.users.waitrose.com/~coxfamily/index.html
  Pictures of, and historical notes on many of the various nonconformist chapels in Shropshire, by Janice Cox.

• Simon's Suffolk Churches

  http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/
  County-wide overview and historical background. Entries for individual churches have large, clear photographs and colourful descriptions by Simon Knott.

• Southend-on-Sea, St Erkenwald's Church

  http://www.st-erkenwalds.co.uk/
  John Whitworth celebrates this now demolished Edwardian church: history, newspaper articles and photographs.

• Southwell DAC Church History Project

  http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/
  Project by the Diocesan Advisory Committee to supply histories for all the churches in the Diocese of Southwell. A few are already available.

• St Martin in the Fields Church

  http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/
  Official website for this famous church in Trafalgar Square, London, designed by James Gibbs, and consecrated in 1726. Brief information about the history of the building.

• St Vincent Street Church, Glasgow

  http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/images_agt_stv.html
  Gallery of expandable photographs from the Glasgow Guide of the eclectic church designed (1859) by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson.

• Sussex Churches

  http://www.sussexchurches.co.uk/
  Martin Snow provides photographs, history, bibliography and two maps: one of parishes and the other showing the position of churches and monasteries.

• The Churches of Britain and Ireland

  http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/
  Steve Bulman provides thousands of photographs of churches of all types in the British Isles, with brief notes. There is also a discussion forum.

• The Friends of Christ Church Spitalfields

  http://www.christchurchspitalfields.org/
  The charity leading the restoration of Nicholas Hawksmoor's masterpiece. Includes a biography, history, description and photographs and details of the restoration.

• The Historic Churches in Wales Survey

  http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/idxall.htm
  This database from the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust provides a photograph, history and description for all historic churches so far covered, accessed by list or map.

• The Society for Church Archaeology

  http://www.britarch.ac.uk/socchurcharchaeol/
  Promotes the study of churches and other places of worship in Britain and Ireland. Aims, committee, list of contents of its journal, news and conference.

• Tin Tabernacles

  http://www.tintabernacles.com/
  Information and photographs of many of the tin churches, chapels and mission halls that were built since 1870. As temporary buildings most have long disappeared, but a surprising number do still survive.

• West Gallery Churches

  http://www.westgallerychurches.com/
  An illustrated directory of churches in England and Wales which preserve galleries and other pre-Victorian features.

• Whittington, Worcester

  http://www.whittingtonchurch.co.uk/
  History of the church of St Philip and St James, particularly of its complete rebuilding in the Early English style between 1842 and 1844.

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