Friends of St Peters Winchcombe

After two years of quite exceptional activity, 2007 reverted to the more usual pattern of fund-raising and expenditure on projects in St Peter's.  Typically each year the Friends' income from donations and fund raising events amounts to between £7,000 and £9,000:  despite the exceptionally wet weather, this year was at the top end of the normal range. The £32,000 raised in 2005 was quite exceptional and is unlikely to be repeated in a hurry.  Since the Friends' inception, just on £200,000 gross has been raised.

Our regular meetings and social occasions fell into their familiar pattern as the celebration of Winchcombe Abbey's 1200^th Anniversary faded, living on in plans being drawn up for the inclusion of some of the displays in the re-ordering of the west-end of St Peter's.  2007 AD was the millennium of the creation of Winchcombeshire, and the Friends were able to help from time to time with their events, as any resulting proceeds were designated to benefit the restoration of the church's long-defunct Chime Machine.

Building work on St Peter's Church in Winchcombe started in around 1454:  Michelangelo was not yet born, and Leonardo da Vinci was just two years old.