St Mary’s church, North Tuddenham, between Norwich and Dereham, has just been awarded an exceptional grant of £280,000 to prevent collapse of its medieval tower. Norfolk Churches Trust, which kickstarted the repair fund with one of its largest single grants of £15,000 in March 2019, welcomed Historic England’s support. “St Mary’s tower has been one […]

Norfolk Churches Trust, which stages its biggest fund-raising event on September 12, has now given a total of more than £75,000 to 21 churches this year. The grants, which were made at the Trust’s latest quarterly meeting, will help three churches pay for repairs following storm damage and lead lefts. St Mary, Beachamwell, near Swaffham, […]

During lockdown one of our supporters, Colin de Chair (a Norfolk-based retired professional photographer) has been taking aerial photographs with a drone.  Very kindly he has offered to use these skills to raise much needed money for The Norfolk Churches Trust. The deal is that he will come round and take 6 or 7 photographs […]

A vital opportunity to raise funds to help maintain the county’s rich heritage of churches was highlighted on BBC Radio Norfolk at the weekend. As the final guest on Sunday’s Breakfast programme, Peter Sheppard, chairman of the Norfolk Churches Trust, spoke of the need to raise funds to safeguard places of worship. As a result […]

A new book Burnham Norton Friary: Perspectives on the Carmelites in Norfolk, published in December 2019, draws together recent research on the Friary, covering aspects of archaeology, landscape, history, geography, architectural history and medieval history. The idea for the book developed from the successful workshops brought together during Norfolk Archaeological Trust’s Lottery-funded ‘Imagined Land’ project in […]

The Vicar of All Saints, Hempstead near Holt gave permission for parishioners to ring the bells for the NHS on Thursday, and  75 times for VE day. Please click on the image below to listen.

Sadly our Schools Art Competition which was to be shown at the Stately Car Boot Sale has been postponed this year due to Covid-19. But some children have still managed to produce some lovely pictures, and we thought we would share them with you until next year when we will be holding another competition. So […]

Urgent repair work to a Breckland church prompted a swift response by the Norfolk Churches Trust. In its latest awards  of £65,235 to 16 churches across the county, the Trust was able to step in with a grant worth a total of £10,000 to ensure that on-going repair work could be completed at St Peter’s, […]

A major restoration of a medieval church tower in north Norfolk has been given a welcome boost by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. St Nicholas Church, Wells, has been awarded £39,200 in development funding for an ambitious community programme and to safeguard the 13th century medieval tower, which stands proud over the town. St Nicholas, […]

Key fund-raising events for the Norfolk Churches Trust have inevitably fallen victim to the on-going Covid-19 crisis. The Stately Car Boot Sale will be postponed to May 2021, said trustee and organiser Patrick Lines. There has been enthusiastic support for the event in late May at Sennowe Park, Guist, near Fakenham. It is hoped that […]