The Arts Society Wensleydale: Church Recording

One of the more public activities of the Arts Society has always been Church Recording, that is the systematic and consistent recording of the structure and contents of hundreds of our wonderful church buildings. Together with Conservation it represents our most positive input into the wider community. The Wensleydale group had already recorded the magnificent churches at Wensley (in 2005), Bedale (2008) and Hornby (2012) but had for a while been resting. However in January 2014 we decided to resume and several of us met at Masham Church to allocate areas of responsibility and embark on a new record. Some of us had done it before, others were total novices - willing but ignorant. There was a good deal to learn and some dropped by the wayside. Then for a while momentum was lost until it became clear that without some outside help we were never going to finish. So a small group from the southern end of the N Yorks/S Durham group joined us and we have at last completed the Masham record. The end product is going to be handed over to the churchwardens at Masham in the morning service on Sunday November 24th at 10.45am.  It would be good to see other members of the Wensleydale society at Masham that morning as well as those who were directly involved in producing the record. It’s worth having a look at! We are proud of what we have achieved.

Gallery images: courtesy of David Hutton-Squire