Forncett Village Info

For eight days in August, St. Mary's church was transformed into a recording studio by Nick Francis and his folk band 'Quill.'  They were taking advantage of the amazing acoustics in the church to record his compositions for their debut album.  The band said it was 'inspiring' to make music in the church - away from London, in the peace of the Tas Valley.

The Finnish vocal ensemble Versio gave a very stylish concert to a packed St Mary's on Monday evening, 2nd August 2010. It occurred to me to wonder, while I listened to the wonderful sound rising to the beautiful Victorian ceiling, whether the Church of St Mary Forncett had ever, in its 600 years or so of existence, heard such polished and beautiful singing.

To mark the start of the Open Churches Week the Ecclesiastical Classic Car Rally took place on Saturday the 31st July when around 70 cars drove from the Bishop's Palace in Norwich to take lunch at the Whtie Hart in Roydon, calling at Swardeston, Mulbarton, Bracon Ash, Ashwellthorpe, Forncett St. Mary, Forncett St. Peter and Tibenham churches along the way. The lunch was followed by a very brief service at Roydon Church

One of the stops was at Forncett St. Mary where tea was available. These photos were taken at Forncett St Mary Village Hall.

We did the ride last week, and I got home late on Monday evening.  I wanted to tell you something about it, but most of all to thank you again for your donation and kind words of support.

No words are adequate enough to describe what it was like.   It was wonderful.   300 riders took part, backed up by fantastic support teams from H4H itself and Discover Adventure, the company which arranged accommodation; route marking; medical care, and cycle repair support.