MDFAS

CHURCH RECORDING
Jane Stone is responsible for the information on this Page.

We started recording at St. Mary's Priory Church in Monmouth in February 2007 at the request of the church. It is a large Victorian building with a great deal of things to record. We were all raw recruits and so it has been a huge learning curve, albeit on the whole, pleasureable and we have had a lot of fun. We have now practically finished the recording and have started the long and difficult process of compiling our report.... NADFAS have very strict guidelines!

Meanwhile we are starting to record a much smaller church!! St. Bartholomew's at Llanover. We would be delighted to welcome new recruits!

CHURCH RECORDING ON HOLD PENDING COMPLETION OF CHURCH ROOF REPAIRS
We start again
on Mondays at 10am. at St. Bartholomew's on alternate weeks

Feb 13th 2012
Feb 27th
March 12th
March 27th.

Click the pictures below
to see our work at St Marys

If you would like to contribute, please come to the church and introduce yourself to Jane Stone.

Working as a pair, but part of a larger team, we will record details & history on different aspects of the church's furnishings: memorials, metalwork, stonework, woodwork, textiles, paintings, library, windows and miscellaneous.

Training is given by experienced recorders and help is available from a wide range of experts.

It takes about three years to complete a church record and the sense of achievement when the finished volume is presented is matched by the delight with which it is received.

Copies of the final report are lodged with:
• the Church
• the diocesan or other local church authorities
• Council for the Care of Churches
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• National Monuments Record Centre

For further information, contact Jane Stone if you like to become involved.