Trinity's redundancy
A rapidly dwindling congregation and cost of repair meant the Church began to explore options
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- Trinity's redundancy
- 1968-07-12T15:40:00+00:00
- 1968-07-12T17:40:00+00:00
- A rapidly dwindling congregation and cost of repair meant the Church began to explore options
- What holy trinity church activities archive
- When 12 Jul, 1968 from 03:40 PM to 05:40 PM (UTC / UTC0)
- Where Holy Trinity Church
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The 60s saw Trinity's decline as a church.
The 1961 Bristol census shows that the population of the parish of Holy Trinity has fallen dramatically to 3,354 , from 5,182 in 1951 (allowing for changes to the parish boundaries). The Bristol Diocesan Finance Board use this as an example of a reduced need to support the Church.
A series of expensive repair works were identified during the period, including cleaning to stonework anessential repairs to roof timbers. In 1964 repairs to steelwork were carried out, but costs of upkeep quickly became too costly for the church to bear.
In 1968, a rapidly dwindling congregation and lack of money led to the church to explore avenues for redundancy.