Librarians' Christian Fellowship

Christians in Library, Information
and Archive Work

 

Visits

 

From time to time visits, to places of interest to members are arranged. These may be to libraries, research centres or Christian organisations, normally with an information or research connection of some kind. Recent visits include Lambeth Palace, Christian Research, the Evangelical Alliance, the British Museum and Tearfund.

2013

Dr. William's Library, 14 Gordon Square, London, WC1H OAR

Date: 22nd May 2013
Time: 5:30 pm

Dr. William's Library is the pre-eminent research library of English Protestant non-conformity. It was established in the 18th centuryby the will of Dr. Daniel Williams, a leading London non-conformist minister. Dr. Williams's original benefaction of about 7600 books now forms only a small part of the modern library which consists of about 300,000 titles from the earliest years of printing to the present, and many thousands of manuscripts from the thirteenth to the twenty-fist century. Some printed works and manuscripts of national and even international significance are included.

For further details and to reserve a place please contact Graham Hedges .

No further visits have been arranged for 2013. If you would like to suggest places to visit, we would be hapy to hear from you.

Contact our Secretary Graham Hedges in the first instance. In some cases your regional representative might also be willing to organise a visit within their area.


Previous visits

Hodder and Stoughton
On Thursday, 6th September 2012 a group of LCF members and others visited Hodder Faith where we had the opportunity to meet Ian Metcalfe, Director of Publishing at, and learn more about this well known Christian publishing department and its place within a leading mainstream publishing company. A report will follow later.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sue Rugg reports on a visit to the stage production in Kensington Gardens, London on Saturday 16th June.

"Something to irritate everyone"
On Thursday 17th May 2012 a group of LCF members and friends visited the East London offices of the Church Times Paul Handley showed us round and talked about the publishing and bookselling activities of the Hymns Ancient and Modern group, which include: Third Way , SCM-Canterbury Press, Church House Publishing, Church House Bookshop.

Visit report from Graham Hedges

Museum of the Book, Limehouse

On 24th May 201 LCF members visited the Museum of the Book to view the unique collection of rare copies and editions of the Bible in over 20 languages, including the Gutenberg Bible of 1455, first edition Bibles of the Reformation such as Erasmus' Greek New Testament, Luther's Bible, Coverdale's Bible, the Geneva Bible and, of course, the King James Bible of 1611 as well as copies of the Bible once owned by luminaries such as John Bunyan, Elizabeth Fry, Florence Nightingale, Charles Spurgeon, William Wilberforce, Reginald Kray, and Elvis Presley.

The Evangelical Library
OnTuesday 21st September 2010, a group of LCF members and friends visited the Library which moved to Bounds Green in 2009.

Visit report

Wesley's Chapel
On Tuesday 18th May 2010, LCF members visited Wesley's chapel opposite the famous Bunhill Row burial ground where John Bunyan, Daniel Defoe, William Blake, Isaac Watts and others are buried.The visit included a tour of Wesley's house and the Museum of Methodism next door.

St. Paul's Cathedral Library
On Tuesday 22nd September 2009 a group of LCF members and friends visited the library of St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

Bible World Experience
On Saturday 1st August 2009, our Scottish members visited the Scottish Bible Society's Bible World Experience in Edinburgh.

Westminster Central Hall
On Tuesday 19th May 2009 a group of LCF members visited WCH where Richard Ratcliffe, guest speaker at our 2008 annual gave them a tour of the building and an introduction to the Methodist archives.

Visit report....

The Bible Society
On Tuesday 16th September 2008 members of LCF visited the Bible Society in Swindon

Church of England Record Centre
On Tuesday 20 May 2008 a dozen LCF members visited the Church of England Record Centre in Bermondsey, south London.

LCF visit to Church of England Record Centre, Bermondsey

This was a great opportunity to see behind the scenes and learn more about the work of the Centre which maintains archives for the various national institutions of the Anglican Church.

Rosslyn Chapel

On Saturday 12th July, 2007 a small party of Scottish LCF members visited the chapel...

Visit report...

 

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