Redundant Churches Fund

The Redundant Churches Fund was approached and the church restored.

At this point, the trustees decided that the future of the church would be best secured by vesting it in the Redundant Churches Fund.

Redundant Churches Fund.

A small booklet from the Redundant Churches Fund tells us that the population in 1865 was only 96 so a benefactor was essential.

The outcome of the inquiry was a triumphant acceptance of our case and a recommendation that the church go to the Redundant Churches Fund.

According to a booklet from the Redundant Churches Fund, the population of the surrounding parish numbered just 96 in 1865 meaning a benefactor was essential.

And there is no Redundant Churches Fund to take on responsibility for outstanding churches that need to be preserved intact, complete with their furnishings.

Failing continued worship by the Americans, St Mark's should have been vested in the Redundant Churches Fund once it was closed.

It is maintained by The Churches Conservation Trust (previously the Redundant Churches Fund).

By creating the Redundant Churches Fund, the Church of England has ensured the preservation of some of its very finest buildings.

In 1971 the church passed into the care of the Redundant Churches Fund, the predecessor of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The church was vested in the Redundant Churches Fund, the forerunner of the Churches Conservation Trust in 1972.

Since 1983 it has been vested in the Redundant Churches Fund and is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The church was declared redundant in 1975 and passed to the Redundant Churches Fund in 1979 which later became the Churches Conservation Trust.

If it is of exceptional quality, there is a chance that it may be vested - either immediately or at a later date - in the Redundant Churches Fund.

When a pastoral scheme for its demolition was issued, SAVE immediately objected, recommending that it should be vested with the Redundant Churches Fund.

If the building is of architectural or historical importance, or contains fine built-in furnishings, the Advisory Board may recommend vesting the church in the Redundant Churches Fund.

Since 1970, the Church has been redundant but remains consecrated; since 1974 it has been maintained by the Redundant Churches Fund and the donations of visitors.

The 1968 Pastoral Measure established the Redundant Churches Fund (now called the Churches Conservation Trust), which it was thought would obviate the need for the Friends.

Attendance at the church dwindled and it closed and was declared redundant, then being taken over by the Redundant Churches Fund (now The Churches Conservation Trust in 1978.

The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a UK charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk in England.

After it was taken over by the Redundant Churches Fund (the forerunner of the Churches Conservation Trust), the church was made weatherproof, and limited services were held in the summer months.

In 1969 Bulmer-Thomas was made the first Chairman of the Redundant Churches Fund, known today as The Churches Conservation Trust, the national charity protecting historic churches at risk.

HMSO, London A useful gazetteer, albeit a little out of date now, to churches in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, formerly the Redundant Churches Fund.

After the church was closed in 1967, it was vested in the Redundant Churches Fund (the forerunners of the Churches Conservation Trust) in 1975, and repairs have since been carried out.