We are delighted to announce that from 1 September 2025, Dr Annie Brooks is our new Chair. It was a bittersweet moment, however, taking the picture of our outgoing Chair – Patrick Thomas – handing on the baton. Patrick has had a long association with Edington, the Festival and the Friends. Indeed the Friends would […]
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For links to interesting podcasts by Robert Quinney and Jeremy Summerly and information on when the Evensong will be broadcast …
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As you can’t go into the church while the project progresses, we thought you might like to see some pictures …
Read moreRelaxed Covid-19 restrictions allowed the return of a live ‘mini Festival’ in 2021. Listen to recordings of the services and Festival reminiscences here.
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For the Friends’ talk in 2021, Sam Lane described Bishop Ayscough’s dramatic murder in Edington in 1450.
Read moreSome twenty Friends from as far afield as London, Bournemouth and Bath gathered in Edington for the 2020 Friends’ Annual General Meeting. But, thanks to Covid-19, the occasion was somewhat different this year.
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This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, Edington Priory Church had an Easter Garden with a difference … and more besides.
Read moreMary Cridge died in January this year. She was Secretary of the Friends for a long time. Use the link to read a short tribute to her.
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