Helping preserve the churches of Romney Marsh for future generations.
Since being founded in 1982, over £1.5m has been raised and invested in the restoration of the churches of Romney Marsh.
There are 14 medieval churches on Romney Marsh and four ruined churches. Each is unique in architecture and character.
Our Highlights Tour provides an overview of the history of the churches and has an interactive map. It is also available as a downloadable app on Izi Travel.
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The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust has joined thousands of other charities on the Give As you Live fundraising platform. This means anybody with a free Give As You Live account can now opt to donate a small amount to the Trust every time they shop online - with over 6,000 stores involved.
The Trust is recruiting a new Secretary, as our current post-holder is stepping down after many years of dedicated service. The Secretary role is vital to supporting the work of the charity.
Our annual tour of the churches, for members of the Trust, will take place on Saturday 7th September 2024, hosted by Joan Campbell. We will be visiting the churches at Brookland, Snargate and Fairfield.
The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust is delighted to announce the 2024 AGM, to be held at St Dunstan’s Snargate on Saturday 18th May.
The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust is delighted to be supporting an exciting new project which involves nine churches in the local region, including four on Romney Marsh.
Our grants have supported a wide range of projects.
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New West Window Ivychurch
Placed on Heritage England’s “At Risk” register, the 550 year old west window has required complete restoration. Such a restoration is an unprecedented undertaking within the Diocese of Canterbury.
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Restoration of tomb-chests at Brookland
The project to restore eight, mainly 18th century, tombs in the churchyard at St Augustine’s, Brookland was completed successfully in 2018.
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Re-Roofing Lydd
Essentially this work consisted of re-tiling the complete south aisle, routing the rainwater drains away from the building and rebuilding the west window of the south aisle.
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Maintaining the church at Snave
St Augustine's at Snave was declared redundant in 1983 after which the Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust intervened to stop a change to secular use. It is the only redundant church on the Marsh. The church is now entirely maintained by the Trust.