On Friday 16th and Saturday 17th September, St Andrew’s participated for a second year in the Heritage Open Days festival (www.heritageopendays.org.uk/). Heritage Open Days is England’s largest festival of history and culture, which takes place each year at venues across England. This year’s festival theme was ‘Astounding Inventions’ and we decided to […]
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The community were deeply saddened to learn the news of the death of Her Majesty on 8th September, 2022. Many people came into the church to pay their respects in the days of mourning that followed and signed the book of condolence.
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After a glorious, if rather too dry summer, we are heading into winter and rather wish we could have stored some of that lovely heat! Julie has worked hard with others to develop the churchyard as a place for both visitors and wildlife and it has been enjoyable spotting various […]
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Celebrating the Queen’s incredible 70 year reign, the church enjoyed welcoming many visitors over the holiday weekend. All were able to look at the special pictorial display in the church celebrating her life and the jubilee themed flower arrangements. The church and village were strewn with red, white and blue […]
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Following on from COP 26 held in Glasgow last November, this calendar has been launched to hopefully shed some light on what is crucial for the healthy survival of humanity and our planet. Each month a different big subject relating to sustainable living is being examined to provide us with […]
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Sally – The Honeycomb November 2021 It was with great sadness we said goodbye to the Reverend Alun Glyn-Jones at his last celebration of Holy Communion with us on Sunday October 3rd after twenty years loyal service to St Andrew’s church. Over seventy came to wish him well and the […]
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On Saturday 30th October, we rang the bell in St Andrew’s at 6pm. We did this along with hundreds of other churches and cathedrals around the UK. The warning message to the delegates on the eve of the COP 26 summit in Glasgow was an urging for climate justice amid an impending […]
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We enjoyed welcoming people to our Heritage Open Days in September as part of the Heritage Open Days festival across the country. This was an opportunity to showcase our new heritage information sources. The National Trust’s theme this year was Edible England so it was rather serendipitous to have the church […]
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After many hours work, the PCC completed the planned project objectives this summer. This followed the PCC’s successful application for a grant to support St Andrew’s in 2020. Like many others, this need arose as a result of the impact of the pandemic on the future sustainability and accessibility of our […]
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First published 12th October 2020, Diocese of Bristol website. St. Andrew’s Church, Castle Combe is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to the first round of the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help them through the […]
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