Church Recording at St. Nicolas

“There is a long, long trail a-winding………..”
There are times when, as a group of us as BDFAS members carry on with our task of completing a record of our Church of St. Nicolas, we feel this could well be the most appropriate sentiment to sum up our continuing efforts.

The work is however, progressing well and we are I believe at last getting to the point where “silver linings” and “dreams” can perhaps also come into our thoughts.
You may recall that some three years ago we undertook, as part of a nationwide NADFAS initiative, to compile a detailed record of everything which is in the Church- from memorials to stonework, paintings to windows, textiles to woodwork-even down to listing items under a miscellaneous category.

This is a time consuming and meticulous task where accuracy is of the essence. Having completed the descriptive work we then put together the background and history of each item. I am pleased to report that we can now realistically see a finishing point for the first part of our assignment and are beginning to work consistently on the second. Even then there will still be more to do-putting our work into an agreed format and including plans and photographs. The NADFAS Area colleagues will then check our draft before it can be printed in final form.

We are very fortunate that in Bookham we have a dedicated and still (most of the time!) enthusiastic band of 20 or so Members who are working on the completion of this worthwhile and lasting record of St. Nicolas, a precious part our local heritage.

Why not come and join us? If you are interested please have a word with John Tiffney, Angela Stevens or Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson