Coming Events
Lastingham Benefice Events
An 1878 plan of the graveyard has recently been conserved by NYCRO (North Yorkshire County Record Office) and a copy is being framed to put up in church. The gravestones in Lastingham churchyard have recently been documented. A folder of the gravestones with the MI's and photos is now in church. There is also a plan of the numbered graves in the churchyard and an index.
HARVEST FESTIVAL Please bring any flowers or produce to decorate the church on Friday 20th or Saturday 21st. We are accepting any goods suitable for the FOOD BANK. tinned or dried goods will be welcome.
Saturday 28th October 2023 St Mary's Church Lastingham 11.00am The Friends of Lastingham Church 'Why Lichfield Cathedral re-established the shrine of St Chad' The Very Reverend Adrian Dorber Dean of Lichfield from 2005-2023, who oversaw the re-instatement of the shrine of St Chad, Lichfield's fist Bishop, who was also brother of St Cedd of Lastingham. Saturday 28th October 2023, 11.00am St Mary's Church, Lastingham Admission £10 (Lecture only) For advance tickets including lecture and lunch £15 served in the Darley Memorial Hall To book please contact Penelope Dawson-Brown 01751 417251
The Darley Memorial Hall, Lastingham
Many people enjoy reading the inscriptions on gravestones, and most have been recorded by family and local history societies, but the material aspects of these monuments are largely ignored. This talk will encourage you to see the many ways in which the monuments can tell us more about the culture and beliefs of those who commissioned and made them. They comprise an irreplaceable resource of local heritage value that should be recorded, managed, protected, and interpreted.
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