Following restoration work by John Taylor Bell Founders in Loughborough, the church bell at Little Gidding has now been returned and reinstalled in the church above the west door. Unlike the old bell, which could be swung in order to
2020 AGM of the Friends of Little Gidding
The 2020 Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Little Gidding was held via teleconference on Saturday 5 December. Some twenty members attended and heard the Treasurer present the financial accounts and the Chair and the Membership Secretary give their
Newsletter Winter 2020
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Restoring the bell
Now that the roof of Little Gidding church has been repaired, the next piece of restoration work is the bell. The bell has been unsafe to ring for several years. It has been removed and taken to John Taylor’s at Loughborough for conservation work. A new headstock has been fitted which will allow it to be safely rehung and chimed.
Online Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2020
This year’s Little Gidding Pilgrimage was held as an online event on Saturday 26 September 2020. This recording follows the Chair of the Friends, Simon Kershaw, walking from George Herbert’s church at Leighton Bromswold to Nicholas Ferrar’s church and tomb
The new roof
Work on the roof of Little Gidding Church has now been completed, and it can be seen in all its glory in these pictures, taken yesterday, together with one picture taken several years ago for comparison, and a couple of
Newsletter Autumn 2020
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2020 Little Gidding Pilgrimage to be online
This year’s Pilgrimage will be held online on Saturday 26 September 2020, starting at 11am. The Pilgrimage celebrates the life of Nicholas Ferrar and his family, and remembering that they first came to Little Gidding to escape the devastating plague
Roof repairs at Little Gidding Church
Little Gidding Church is currently undergoing extensive roof repair work. Scaffolding went up in March with the intention of finishing work by the late summer, but almost as soon as it was up, work had to cease. Now work has
Newsletter Summer 2020
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