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St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust News and Events

This section of the web site is for details of future events, reports on past events and news concerning St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust and other matters relating to the church's history and heritage.

St Martin's Heritage Trust News

Forthcoming events and news:

Programme: July to December 2025

Meetings are free, all welcome, donations welcome.
If you propose to attend any of the meetings, it will help if you let Ann Sayer know please: 07821 272 242.

Arduous Church Architecture

Saturday 19 July 2025

In the Hall, 2.30-4.00, with tea

In the run-up to Heritage Open Days, at which this year’s theme is ‘Architecture’, this talk by Anthony Burton offers a virtual tour of some of the most weirdly inaccessible churches ever built. Not quite so remote are some more local examples, which are still ‘in the middle of nowhere’.

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Heritage Open Days

Friday 12 & Saturday 13 September 2025

Once again we join in with the national festival in which lesser-known heritage buildings welcome visitors. St Martin’s will open on the Friday (2.00 till 6.00) and the Saturday (10.00 till 3.00), with conducted tours and various special displays including a small exhibition ‘Church Architecture: Form Follows Function?’

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In Memory of John Rylands – A Library

Saturday 11 October 2025

In the Hall, 2.30-4.00, with tea

Textile historian Lesley C. Bull reflects on Manchester’s great library. This was built after the death (1888) of businessman Rylands by his wife, who pared down the grandiose statement to Rylands the philanthropist.

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The secret language of art

Saturday 15 November 2025

In the Hall, 2.30-4.00, with tea

Pictorial images are not just what catches the eye. They hold meanings that lie behind the images. This talk on symbolism by Barbara Hodskinson touches on well-codified symbolic systems, such as the attributes of saints, and then ranges more widely in art history to reveal other hidden messages in many well-known paintings.

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