CHURCH MONUMENTS SOCIETY

The Church Monuments Society is for everyone who is interested in the art of commemoration - early incised stones, medieval effigies, ledgerstones, brasses, modern gravestones. The Society was founded in 1979 to encourage the appreciation, study and conservation of church monuments both in the UK and abroad... The Church Monuments Society was established to encourage the appreciation, study and conservation of church monuments both in the UK and abroad. We are greatly concerned at the possibility of the removal of funeral monuments from churches. The Archbishop seems unaware that the ownership of funerary monuments is vested not in the Church, but in the heirs of the commissioner or commemorated, or, failing that, in the Crown. If a monument is removed, it is the parish's responsibility to fund this and its storage... We organise a range of study days and excursions and a biennial symposium in which we can explore in more detail these fascinating relics of the past. We publish an..

Registration numbers: 279597 (W), CE028005 (CH)

Primary location: London United Kingdom