| The Friends of Leatherhead Parish Church |
drawing by the late
Anthony Hill |
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| The Friends' Churchyard Working Parties - see photo report. |
from the January 2008 Parish
magazine
The Friends of Leatherhead Parish Church
The ancient Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Leatherhead, dates
from the 11th century. It is the oldest building in Leatherhead,
with one of the largest churchyards in Surrey and consequential
ongoing costs.
The Parish Church is appreciated in many ways, as a fine example of mediaeval architecture, as a quiet place for reflection and as a place of worship. It belongs to us all. The objective of the Friends is to raise funds for the maintenance of the fabric and grounds of the Church to ensure our beautiful building and its surroundings are preserved for future generations.
After last year's generous support for the
restoration of the 18c Thomas Parker organ, we're looking for
ways to raise funds for more exciting (and some not so exciting
but nevertheless extremely important) projects. If you have any
ideas for fundraising events, we'd love to hear from you. In the
meantime, some dates for your 2008 diary are:
Saturday February 9: It's Quiz Time Again (Bookings - J
Hampton on 01372 376640)
Saturday March 8: Game Shows for a Laugh - we can
guarantee you an evening of great comedy entertainment (Details -
J Hampton)
Friday May 16: Annual General Meeting in the Parish
Church Hall (details later)
Saturday May 17: Coffee Morning and Plant Sale (more
details later)
Thursday October 2: (yes, October) - Bridge with Afternoon
Tea (more details later) J Robinson (01372 376650)
from the January 2008 Parish
magazine
Friends of Leatherhead Parish Church -
Membership Very many thanks to all of you for your
continuing support. With your help the Friends have been able to
contribute significantly to the maintenance of the fabric and
surroundings of the Church and have been delighted to be
associated with the restoration of the Thomas Parker organ.
Existing Friends should have received an
invitation to renew their membership - if you know of anyone,
family, friends or neighbours, who would like to receive details,
please do give them one of the leaflets which are available in
Church.
If you have a Collecting Box to be emptied, this may be given to
the Hon Treasurer, F Haslam (01372 379341)
S Shaw, Membership Secretary (01372 360304)
At our 2007 AGM we welcomed Chris Evans as
our new chairman.
We are grateful to retiring chairman Ron Presley OBE
for all that he has done for us.
Apr 2007 in church - We had an exhibition on the progress on
the restoration of our Thomas Parker Organ and
at our 2007 AGM Dominic Gywnn, one of the
restorers, gave an excellent talk about his work and the project.
In November 2007 this restoration project came
to a glorious conclusion with an Inaugural Concert.
Many Friends contributed to the project either individually or
through their support of the Friends of Leatherhead Parish
Church.
Through the Friends there is an on-line listing of those commemorated in the church and churchyard.