Redundancy, Community and Heritage in the Modern Church of England, 1945–2000: Closing the Church Door

Acknowledgements
About This Book
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
	Historiography
		Secularisation
		Internal Secularisation
		Community and Belonging
		Heritage
	Sources and Methodology
	The Case Study Counties and Dioceses
	Redundant Churches
	Notes
	References
2 The Church, the State and National Heritage: Contentious Debate
	Early Legislation
	Strengthening the Power of the Church
	Towards a Strategy: Pastoral Measure 1968 (PM1968)
	The 1968 Measure in Action: Tension and Amendment
	Increasing Financial Need
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
3 The Church as an Institution—Finance, Ministry, Repair and Redundancy
	Beginning to Adapt: 1940s and 1950s
	Significant Changes: 1960s and 1970s
	Financial Pressures: 1980s and 1990s
	Issues of Maintenance and Repair
	Bureaucratic Delays and Decay
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
4 Community: Cultural and Demographic Change, Reaction and Response
	Urban Change
	Rural Change
	Responding to Socio-Cultural Change
	Community Response to Church Redundancy
	Reaction to the Alternative Use of Church Buildings
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
5 Personal Religiosity: Belonging, Believing and Behaving
	Religious Choice
	Patterns of Belonging
	Patterns of Behaving
	The Impact of Increasing Religious Diversity
	Attitudes to Non-Christian Purchasers of Redundant Churches
	Churchyard Sales
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
6 Collaboration: Church of England Agencies and the Heritage Movement
	Call for Expert-Led Policy
	Tense Beginnings
	Intervention
	Architectural Value
	Alternative Use and Demolition
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
7 Conclusion
	References
Appendices
Appendix 1: Redundant Anglican Churches in Leicestershire Closed Before the Pastoral Measure 1968 (Where Information Is Available)
Appendix 2: Redundant Anglican Churches in Leicestershire, 1968-2000
Appendix 3: Churches in Lincolnshire Made Redundant Before 1968
Appendix 4: Redundant Anglican Churches in the Lincoln Diocese Since the Pastoral Measure 1968
Appendix 5: Twentieth-Century Pastoral Reorganisation In The Lincoln Diocese—Where Information Is Available
Appendix 6: Flowchart Process for Alternative Use
Appendix 7: Dates of Informal Closure and Formal Redundancy
Appendix 8: Heritage Amenity Societies
Index