The Friends have been supporting St Mary's Church since the 1980s. Some of our more important projects include
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| 2007: |
Contribution towards maintenance and repair work required by quinquennial inspection - £3,442 |
2007: |
Provision of new signage for Church Tower, also for occasional church car park - £100 |
2006: |
Contribution towards refurbishment of the bells - £3,000 |
2003: |
New sound system - £4,000 |
2003: |
Refurbishment of stained glass window - £9,000 |
2002: |
Repainting of clock and repairs to front window - £3,500 |
2001: |
Donation towards new platform for Church Tower - £3,000 |
2000: |
Upgrading electrical switchgear and rewiring - £4,300 |
1998: |
New internal West doors and tower roof repair - £7,000 |
1997: |
Vestry roof repair and new pew cushions - £7,100 |
1995: |
Three new gates to churchyard and new Church carpeting - £3,500 |
1993: |
New curtains to vestry and bell chamber, new bell ropes - £1,350 |
1992: |
Interior stone and woodwork repairs- £1,750 |
1991: |
Electrification of the Church clock winding mechanism - £3,100 |
1989: |
Improvements to path on South side of Church |
1989: |
Removal of two front pews and laying of floor tiles - £2,500 |
1988: |
New lighting in the North and South aisles, also in the Church porch - £4,200 |