by editor | May 9, 2026 | Blog, event
The programme for the 2026 Flamstead Arts Festival is now online (and nearly complete). From there you can find out more about the events, the artists exhibiting, and the heritage crafts on display. You can also book your tickets for the two main events.
by editor | Mar 18, 2026 | new material
The following items have been added to the site in February and March 2026 Full length video recordings of 3 expert lectures – on the New Content page Medieval Graffiti: Flamstead’s hidden history, Matthew Champion The Wall Paintings in Flamstead Church and...
by editor | Feb 10, 2026 | news
Interesting detective story published by Three Counties, the BBC local radio station this morning about the successful return of a panel stolen from St Leonard’s in 1996. The artwork, worth about £3,000, showed the coat of arms of George Cordell, a 17th century...
by editor | Feb 13, 2025 | website
The website has now had a comprehensive make-over. It now fits in with Flamstead Heritage’s house style as used in our print materials, posters etc. The site has also been re-organised to bring it into line with its post-project new life. The record of the...
by editor | Dec 22, 2024 | Blog, new material, website
Scans of the transcripts of the St Leonard’s Parish Registers from 1548 to c. 1781 have now been posted in the Archives section of the website. St Leonard’s has a very good collection of parish registers, dating from 1548. The originals are now stored at HALS....
by editor | Dec 22, 2024 | Blog, new material, website
A complete scan of the Church and Village Scrapbook has now been posted in the Archives section of the website. The Village Scrapbook (or Log-Book) was started in 1923 by the then Vicar of St Leonard’s, Revd Frank Conquest Clare, and was continued until the late 1980s...
by editor | Nov 19, 2024 | Blog, website
The Flamstead Heritage website has been updated now that the formal National Lottery Heritage Fund supported project has concluded (in October 2024). Content has been updated to reflect the formal end of the project and to look back on it. The website has been...
by editor | May 28, 2024 | Blog, event, press & social media
Bill Pither, the chair of the Flamstead Arts Festival committee, was interviewed at length on local radio station Mix 92.6. The interview was broadcast today, May 28th on the Mix Mornings with Elly O‘Meara show, headlined as “Flamstead Arts Festival – what a...
by editor | May 8, 2024 | Blog, event
In the poster for the expert lecture series, there was a final lecture scheduled for June 8th, i.e. during the Flamstead Arts Festival. This has now been superseded by an expert lecture by Matt Champion (time tbd) and the Heritage Crafts Fair, 1000 to 1600, both on...
by editor | Feb 9, 2024 | Blog, event
The initial details of the Flamstead Arts Festival have been announced via our poster. It will take place on 6th to 9th June 2024. The full programme will follow in March and ticket sales will start in April. For now, save the dates.
