Last year, a lot of the lead on the roof was stolen, as you know. There was quite a lot that didn’t get taken, and this we removed, when the temporary covering went on. It was stored inside the church,…
Category: Covenham St Bartholomew Village
The Lead Theft
As you probably know by now, a good part of the lead was stolen from the roof of the church in late October 2019. The thieves were disturbed by a neighbour, but not before they had done considerable damage. The…
Willows Family, Covenham
The window in the East end of St Bartholomew’s Church says that it was fitted “in memory of George Willows, and Ann Glover, his wife, who both died in the year 1852, by their son John Glover Willows”. I did…
Tree Removal
Today was tree removal day at St Barts. Two old Ash Trees have had to be removed as they were starting to pose a threat to the structure of the building. All the trees and hedges on the site are…
Sir John Skipwith
The house of Skipwith was an ancient and influential one, deriving its name from the Yorkshire village which was its home for centuries. Over the years, successive generations of the family extended their territorial influence, first by obtaining the manor…
Grade 2* Listing – A discovery
Whilst going through a lot of the paperwork for the church, the graveyard, and other old documents – we have found that the listing for the church extends to the land surrounding our next door neighbour at Haiths Farm. The…
With Apologies
It’s been a while since our last post, but things have been going on behind the scenes. First of all, we have to sadly report the death of John Bowles – one of the founding trustees of St Bartholomew. He…
Planting, planting, planting
We have received a good number of plants free, from the Woodland Trust – and will soon be looking to fill in all the hedge gaps around the St Bart’s site. I attach a few photos I took today, showing…
St Barts In Bloom
Since we cleared all the undergrowth away last Autumn, the spring bulbs have had a chance to appear. We hope to start our working parties again this Spring – and we hope you can join us once again, helping to…
St Bartholomew’s Missing Font
Whilst looking for something else, I stumbled across this image of the missing Font from St B’s…. I’ve never actually seen a photograph of it, and this must date pre 1976 when the church was ‘retired’.. It’s not very clear,…