St Martin's Low Marple Heritage Trust Archive
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Archived articles and older news:
A heritage of Morris Glass
Autumn trip: Saturday 22 October
half-day excursion to St Michael and All Angels church, Macclesfield, to see stained glass by Morris & Co.
Approaching Christmas:
Saturday 19 November 2022
Seasonal celebration, religious and secular. Brief presentations, with afternoon tea.
William Morris Stained Glass
Friday 20 May 2022
Illustrated lecture in church at 7.30 pm
Anthony Burton explains why stained glass made by William Morris’s firm came to be regarded as the best in Victorian stained glass. He surveys the wide range of the firm’s work, and shows where our St Martin’s windows fit in.
The Tears Wept by our Windows
Friday 24 June 2022
Illustrated lecture in church at 7.30 pm
Alison Gilchrist, conservation specialist since 2011 at Barley Studio, York (one of Britain’s leaders in ‘design and mastery in stained glass’), describes her work restoring Victorian stained glass.
The Ghent Altarpiece
Friday 25 February 2022
Illustrated lecture in church at 7.30pm
Among the decorative items in St Martin’s is a reproduction of the famous altarpiece in Ghent cathedral, Belgium, The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Barbara Hodskinson interprets the meanings of this masterpiece of Christian art.