St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust Archive
This section of the web site is for older news, reports and articles we don't want to loose.
Archived articles and older news:
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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Saturday 14 June 2025, 2-4pm
Artist Mair Doyle (based in Mill Brow) leads participants in sketching the flowers that bloom in St Martin’s churchyard.
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Saturday 17 May 2025, 2.30-4pm
Veronika Viková, conservator, describes her work and explains the scientific techniques that she recently applied to bring our St Christopher back to peak condition.
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Read more: St Christopher: how I restored the statue at St Martin’s church
Who was this saint?
Why is there a more than life-size sculpture of him in St Martin’s church?
A talk by Anthony Burton Saturday 8 March 2025, 2.30pm to 4pm, with tea at St. Martin’s Church Hall, Brabyns Brow, Marple.
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Here are couple of photos of St. Martin's Heritage Trust retiring chair Rev. Ann Hyde and incoming chairman David Bush. They were celebrating her long contribution to the Trust since its inception 10 years ago. Everyone at the Trust wishes her well as she relocates and enjoys a happy retirement.
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