22nd July 2005, 03:18 PM
There is no double standards in the Church.
What there is a lot of semi-automous bodies and hard pressed church wardens trying to project and preserve the stock of 13000 listed Churches. They are volunteers.
The money for the upkeep comes from collections, jumble sales and small scale fund raising events.
The purpose of the guidelines was to ensure that the parishes know what they are supposed to do. The CofE employ there own archaeologists at a national level and if anybody has a difficulty with a particular parish I suggest you get in contact with them.
Peter
What there is a lot of semi-automous bodies and hard pressed church wardens trying to project and preserve the stock of 13000 listed Churches. They are volunteers.
The money for the upkeep comes from collections, jumble sales and small scale fund raising events.
The purpose of the guidelines was to ensure that the parishes know what they are supposed to do. The CofE employ there own archaeologists at a national level and if anybody has a difficulty with a particular parish I suggest you get in contact with them.
Peter