Bury Parish Church
04.12.2025
It’s been a while since we’ve updated you, but there’s a lot happening behind the scenes… conversations with schools, artists, historians, contractors and volunteers. Everything is coming together brilliantly, and we’re pleased to let you know that contractors will start work at the Bury Church site in May, 2026!
We’ll keep you posted about all community activities and capital works on this webpage – so do keep checking back for details 🌳
01.09.2025
Great news… thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Bury Council and the Bury Parish Church the historic 400-year-old ledger stones will be safely preserved and re-sited within the church grounds so they can be protected for the future!
Just a reminder that, as well as restoring the historic ledger stones, the project will include activities such as working with local schools and Bury residents to research the people who are named on the stones and photographing and documenting the details, so the church has a permanent record.
Other planned works includes repairs to the stone steps and walls within the grounds, improved drainage, a new stone mounting for the sundial, and planting in the church gardens. New historical and environmental interpretation panels will also be installed allowing visitors to learn more about the heritage of the site☀️🌳🌼
05.01.2025
Happy New Year! Just an update to let you know that we’re still working on funding options for the project. Looking for funding can take some time. We’ll continue to work on this over the coming months, and we’ll more share details with you when we can 🙂
05.10.2023
Funding applications are in, and we hope to have news by the end of this year. Fundraising can be a long process, and we do appreciate your patience and continued support as we work on the applications. When we have more information, we’ll update you here – so do check back for details again soon.
08.08.2023
Thanks to everyone for their patience as we move forward with the Bury Parish Church project. We’ve now submitted some funding applications and we hope to get news about them soon. As soon as we find out if the funding has been secured, we’ll let you know 🙂
25.02.2020
Really great to see that this project has been covered locally by The Bury Times – full article available here.
Thanks to everyone for their support and feedback so far – we’ll update you again soon.
20.01.2020
A sketch and brief questionnaire outlining some plans for the church area are now ready for everyone to take a look at. If you could take a few minutes to let us know your thoughts and feedback, we’d be really grateful. You can click to enlarge the sketch design below and answer the survey questions by clicking this link to the Bury Parish Church Survey
Thank you for your help – we’ll keep you updated as the project moves forward.
20.06.2019
Proffitts are delighted to be working with Bury Borough Council and the parishioners of Bury Parish Church
Access ways to the site have deteriorated over time and need to be improved so that further accidents can be avoided and all visitors can access the church safely, and also to allow disabled visitors to safely reach the church. The group offer activities and facilities for all section of the community, not just church goers. There are regular concerts, the church supports its choir, scouting and guiding, and toddler groups and there is a café open to all across the week. The approach that cars use at the moment is damaging historical ledger stones which have been part of the grounds for hundreds of years. As part of the project we hope to improve safety and access as this is the only route for wheelchair and pram access, but, crucially, we want to protect the heritage and conserve the names and stones in danger of being damaged beyond repair.
