by editor | Sep 12, 2023 | event
Flamstead Heritage is pleased to provide further details of the “expert” lecture series, taking place in St Leonard’s Church, Flamstead between October 2023 and June 2024. Individual lectures are listed in the events calendar or you can view or...
by editor | Jul 18, 2023 | press & social media
Article by Carol Gibson first published on social media, 2023 The recent detailed study of the graffiti inside St Leonard’s has proved even more exciting than was anticipated. The leading archaeologist and historian Matthew Champion, who carried out the survey, has...
by editor | Jul 18, 2023 | press & social media
Article by Carol Gibson first published in Church and Village News, November 2022 Flamstead has had a great deal of press coverage recently due to the wonderful news that St Leonard’s church has been officially removed from the ‘Heritage at Risk’ register which is...
by editor | Jul 9, 2023 | Blog
Story telling competition in 500 words – summer 2023 A story telling competition about local history and the things that may or may not have happened at St Leonard’s church … Visit St Leonard’s Educational Resource to find out about the real...
by editor | Jun 23, 2023 | Blog, volunteering
A reminder that next Saturday (1st July) there’s a Community Archaeology Day at St Leonard’s. You can join professional archaeologists to carry out a geophysical survey of the churchyard. You’ll be shown how to use ground penetrating radar to uncover...
by editor | May 16, 2023 | Blog, volunteering
Planning is underway for a community archaeology project in Flamstead. Dr Kris Lockyear senior lecturer at University College London has visited St Leonard’s church to assess its potential for a geophys survey. Watch out for a volunteer call later in the year....
by editor | Oct 18, 2022 | Blog, volunteering
If you were unable to attend the Heritage Project’s Open Evening on 13th October – or want to see them again – you can download them here (a low resolution version to keep the file size down). To register interest as a volunteer, just download the...
by editor | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog
Come and find out about the year long building works that repaired the nave roof and much more besides. Along with all the other work carried out before and since, St Leonard’s has indeed been saved. This will be explained in a talk, together with the plans for...
by editor | Mar 16, 2022 | Blog
It has been wonderful seeing St Leonard’s being used for community events again. Last week it was the Young Person’s Puppet Theatre and “The Spirit of St Leonards”. It told the story of a young girl who travelled through nine centuries of church and village history....
by editor | Feb 9, 2022 | Uncategorised
Following the all the hard work of Andrew Lambourne and all of the volunteers and workers, the first phase of the project is nearing completion. With our fantastic church now fully open again, we are looking forward to the next phase of the project. This will involve...