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.
Forthcoming events and news:
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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Restoration of a sculpture at St Martin’s church
While the winter storms are raging outside, a sculpture conservationist is at work in St Martin’s, cleaning and restoring a relief sculpture of St Christopher in plaster. This is the latest project promoted by the St Martin’s Heritage Trust.
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Saturday 1 February 2025, 2.30 – 4.00 with tea.
Admission free, donations welcome.
In November 2019 three scholars, Richard Fletcher, Barry Clark and Stephanie Boydell, told us how they had started research into the Northern Art Workers’ Guild, which flourished in Manchester in the years when St Martin’s was created. Five years later, they have published a book, and return to tell us about their quest to rediscover the almost forgotten NAWG.
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