Church Recording
Do you enjoy looking at Churches? Would you like to improve your own knowledge and at the same time contribute to the preservation of some of our most important and valuable national treasures?
If the answer to both of these questions is yes, why not join the Church Recording Group here in Ross. No previous experience is necessary - on the job training given!
Church recorders produce records of the contents of places of worship, describing items accurately and researching their history whenever possible. These items include memorials, metalwork, stonework, woodwork, textiles, paintings, libraries, windows and miscellaneous items, the latter even covering the contents of the broom cupboard!
The findings are put together with photographs where helpful and then bound into book form. When completed, copies of the book are distributed to the Church, Diocesan or County Records Office, Victoria & Albert Museum, Council for the Care of Churches and the National Monuments Records Centre.
The reputation for church recording by NADFAS Societies is very high and for this reason great care is taken to ensure our work is accurate and of the highest standard. Having said that, we are a friendly group who have fun together and the Church in which we are working is often filled with our members' irreverent laughter. Why not come along and see for yourself?
We are currently working at Hope Mansell Church and meet at 10 am on the first Monday of each month. In fact the fieldwork at this church is coming to an end, so if you are interested please contact Christopher Nicholson (churchrecording@rossdfas.org.uk) for further information.
The last record we completed was at St Tysilio's Church at Sellack and a copy of this book is available for inspection.
Do come along, make some new friends and contribute to a rewarding and worthwhile enterprise.