Work Starts on the Transept Roof – October 2020
Bostock Scaffolding erecting the scaffolding Briefing from Phil Parker of Philip Parker Associates Ltd acting as our bat consultant and…
Graffiti on the Roof
Last year, a lot of the lead on the roof was stolen, as you know. There was quite a lot…
The Lead Theft
As you probably know by now, a good part of the lead was stolen from the roof of the church…
Willows Family, Covenham
The window in the East end of St Bartholomew’s Church says that it was fitted “in memory of George Willows,…
Grade 2* Listing – A discovery
Whilst going through a lot of the paperwork for the church, the graveyard, and other old documents – we have…
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St Bartholomew's Covenham
Trees
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With Apologies
It’s been a while since our last post, but things have been going on behind the scenes. First of all,…
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…
St Barts – Sold to America?
In early 1986, there was a proposal to move the whole of St Bartholomew’s church to Newport Beach California. We…
The Covenham – Fulstow Bus
This is the original Covenham to Fulstow bus. It’s a Model T Bus, by Ford. It carried children to school…
A murder at Covenham – April 1859
Spotlight on Covenham – April 1859 was not a good year……. Note that the inquest was held at the Plough…