by editor | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog, event, press & social media
From October 23rd to 25th, St Leonard’s bells were removed from their tower for the first time in 100 years. This event was newsworthy enough to be covered by both the BBC and ITV. ITV Anglia covered the story in their evening news broadcasts on October 24th....
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...
