In the spirit of Betjeman
The statue of St Bertha of Kent in the wall of St Martin’s Church, Canterbury, believed to be the oldest surviving church in the English- speaking world.
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The stories, charming and violent, nostalgic or repulsive, make the book sing...But one gets very little sense of churches as whole buildings.
AS ANGLICAN congregations shrink, the number of books describing their inheritance of old buildings expands. Rachel Morley, director of Friends of Friendless Churches, adds an expert and enthusiastic voice to that number. Her knowledge is astonishing in its range and attention to detail.
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