To mark our 50th Anniversary in 2026, the Norfolk Churches Trust is delighted to announce the launch of The Annual Lady Harrod Lecture, honouring Billa Harrod’s role in the founding the Trust.
Our speaker for the inaugural lecture, Parish Churches the Fight for Survival, will be John Goodall.
England’s parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel, their architecture and fittings constituting a palimpsest of our social, political and religious history over the last millennium and more. The oldest of these buildings have been lucky survivors many times. At the present moment, however, they face multiple new threats. This talk will consider what issues lie at the heart of these existential problems and suggest ways in which it may be possible to save them, their contents, and their character for future generations.
