Events in 2022
Tickets for events are currently not available to buy online.
Members of the Friends are sent event information twice a year through the Spring Newsletter (March) and the Annual Report (August).
If you are not a member you are welcome to join our events
HOW TO BOOK
- Download and print the booking form here >
- Complete the form
- Write a cheque for the total amount
- Post the cheque and booking form to: The Friends’ Programme Secretary, 85, Ancaster Avenue, Hull, HU5 4QR
Receipt of your order will be confirmed.
To make enquiries e-mail >
PROGRAMME
STUDY DAY
Friday 22 April 10.00 – 16.30
Venue: Peter Harrison Room, Beverley Minster, Minster Yard North, HU17 0DP
‘Architecture and the Arts in Churches and Cathedrals in the 20th century’
Speaker: Roger Willson
- ‘What happened to Gothic?’ The architectural setting: church and cathedral buildings of the 20th century but seen against the background of previous styles.
- The Arts and Crafts Movement in church buildings and furnishings from the late Victorian period to well into the 20th
- The arts in our churches in the post-1945 decades.
- Recent decades and the contemporary scene.
Includes morning coffee/tea, a buffet lunch on the premises and tea/coffee in the afternoon.
Cost per person: £20 (*£15 for Friends)
EVENING TOURS IN JUNE
All commencing 19.15 – 21.00 approx.
Monday 6 June 2022
‘New Discoveries at Beverley Minster – Trees and Stones’
Guide: John Phillips (Minster Historian)
Cost per person £6 (£5 for Friends)
Meet at the Highgate door of the Minster
Thursday 16 June 2022
Visit to St Mary’s Parish Church, Beverley
Guide: Jennie England (St Mary’s Heritage Learning Officer)
Cost per person £6 (£5 for Friends)
Meet at the side (south) door of St Mary’s Church
Monday 20 June 2022
‘Anecdotes and History’
Speaker: Mike Robson (Captain of the Tower and Keeper of the Steeple)
Cost per person £6 (£5 for Friends)
Meet at the Highgate door of the Minster
COACH TOUR
Friday 29 July 2022 (08.15 for 08.30 start)
Visit to the Knights Templar Hall at Foulbridge (nr Snainton) and Gisborough Priory
Guide: Dr Stuart Harrison and the Nutt family at Foulbridge Farmhouse
Cost per person £60 (£55 for Friends)
Includes Guided Tours of both venues, Morning Coffee, Buffet Lunch (Hutton le Hole) and Afternoon Tea and Cake (Gisborough Hall Hotel)
Meet on Eastgate near the junction with Minster Yard North
Return home approximately 19.15
Parking available in Beverley Minster Car Park opposite the Highgate entrance.
OCTOBER WEEKEND
Saturday 8 October 2022
14.00
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Venue: Parish Hall, Minster Yard North, HU17 0DP
ST JOHN LECTURE
15.15 approx.
‘The Minster Precinct from the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century’
Speaker: Dr Susan Neave
Venue: Peter Harrison Room, Beverley Minster, Minster Yard North, HU17 0DP
Followed by Afternoon Tea in the Parish Hall
St John Lecture – Cost per person: £5 (no charge for Friends)
The Annual Dinner – is currently under discussion.
Sunday 9 October
An afternoon lecture to be decided, followed by buffet afternoon tea.
Full details will be published with the booking form, in the Annual Report later this year.
EPIPHANY ORGAN RECITAL
Saturday 7 January 2023
18.00
Venue: Beverley Minster
‘Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur’
Robert Poyser (Director of Music, Beverley Minster)
A free event with refreshments (sponsored by the Friends).