Royal Mail's 1974 commemorative set of Christmas stamps featuring roof bosses including the Adoration of the Magi (York Minster, c 1355) and the Nativity (St Helens Church, Norwich, c 1480). St Mary's Church Beverley boasts an extraordinary collection of 637 medieval and Tudor roof...
The online version of Reform Rebellion Restoration is now open, providing 24-hour virtual access to all of the historical information and images of all of the portraits in the exhibition. Click on the image below to enter the digital exhibition: The exhibition's co-curator, Dr Jennie England Visit...
We are organising a Christmas Cake drop-off to hopefully bring some Christmas cheer after such a difficult year. If you can volunteer to make a cake (prior to Sat 19th December) or help with delivering the cakes (from Tues 22nd December), please get in touch ...
Today, we publish 'Curious Carvings: The Roof Bosses of St Mary's Beverley'. Written by Dr Jennie England, the book provides interpretations of thirty of the Tudor and medieval bosses which adorn the church's ceilings. St Mary's collection of over 600 intricate, colourful and curious roof...
On 21st August 2020, the latest film about St Mary's heritage was released. Written and presented by Dr Jennie England, it focuses on one St Mary's lesser known treasurers, the so-called 'Priests' Rooms'. Watch the short video podcast to find out more about this 'cabinet...
Today we publish the latest edition of our heritage newsletter, The Pilgrim Rabbit. This special edition profiles the troubled genius Augustus Pugin, who was St Mary's architect from 1844 until his death in 1852. A fascinating and hugely influential figure, the article looks at...
On Monday 22nd June, news broke in the media of St Mary's new Narnia carvings being made as part of its Curious Carvings project to restore the stonework of the north nave clerestory. Media outlets which have covered the story include The Church Times,...
St Mary's has a remarkable history stretching across nine centuries, featuring myths and legends, plague and prosperity, ancient stone and noble English oak, kings and queens, merchants, musicians, craftsmen, brewers, beavers and the people of Beverley who have adopted St Mary's as the town's church...
Among the hundreds of carvings on the ceilings of St Mary's are some mythical creatures. In her latest video podcast published today, Jennie England tells the story of two of these strange beasts. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/aj8k83AeCgo We are currently delivering a major restoration project...
Find out more about the heritage of St Mary's and our major proposed programme of works to restore the badly-weathered stonework of the entire church within 10 years, starting with the north nave clerestory in 2020. That initial phase of the restoration focuses on St...
Philip Larkin, one of the greatest English poets of the twentieth century, started visiting Beverley soon after he arrived in Hull in 1955 to take up his position as Librarian at the University of Hull. Philip Pullen's biographical research into Larkin's associations with Beverley and St...
Today, we launch a visual database which enables people to see St Mary's remarkable collection of roof bosses in its entirety for the first time - in close detail....