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Published: 7:00 AM March 3, 2021    The Royston church restoration is continuing - and from December the community is encouraged to tie a ribbon in memory of a loved one on the gates. Picture: Lance McDonald - Credit: Archant Vital grants have been awarded to the refurbishment scheme for Royston’s cherished parish church, which was devastated by fire in 2018.  St John the Baptist Church, an important cultural and community asset in town, has stood charred and empty since December 2018. The full cost of the restoration and refurbishment is well over £1 million and insurance will meet s...

A SOMERSET church has received a £2,000 grant from the Allchurches Trust to help pay for works to repair it. St. Mary & All Saints Church in Broomfield has been at the centre of village worship and community events for nearly 800 years and is in need of urgent works if its to continue to open to congregations and hundreds of visitors to neighbouring Fyne Court. A £50,000 conservation and repair project to repair the church is underway. Tasks include repairing loose and broken masonry, preserve and mend stained glass windows, replace rotting woodwork, attend to slate roof areas to th...