Return of the Stainburn Bible Stand
Early in 2014 my attention was drawn to an inscribed brass ‘memorial plaque’ being sold in Belfast on a well-known auction website. The first to bring this to my attention
Category: Heritage Crime
21st-Century Iconoclasm?
Heritage Crime… Little Cawthorpe, Lincolnshire, St. Helen’s Church Constructed in 1859 to replace a medieval church, this is the third building on this site, the earliest church having been founded
The Case of the Cowthorpe Brass
19th-century metal theft Churches have been a target for thieves since time immemorial. On Saturday 9th June 1860, the York Herald reported on such a crime, with the headline, “Sacrilege