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Churches Festival 2023 Visitors Statistics week 2 - 20th & 21st MayNo of visitors from each postcode area v
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Income 2023Income 2022more or less than 2022Visitor Numbers 2023Visitor Numbers 2022Volunteers 2023Volunteers 2022Comments by publicOrganisers Comments/Suggestions for 2024LN PEDNOtherComments
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Apley - St Andrew£275.35£159.19More9011254Loved the flower meadow arrangement; wonderful atmosphere; a real gem in a beautiful setting; thank you for being open; absolutely beautiful; we were thanked for being welcoming; most enjoyableAlthough we are only a few we managed to put on a display for the King's coronation, selling plants which we haven't done before boosted funds. We had our cross stolen last year and now keep the door locked, so it was good to welcome visitors for the weekend.733104B14; S80; Finland
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Bardney - St Lawrence£1,100.00£862.64More1841661212Plenty to look at. There's a lot going on here. We really do like the plant stall. People said they enjoyed the harp and organ music. Very warm welcomeVery good comments from visitors1577812S-7; NG-5
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Brocklesby - All Saints£30.00£35.00Less625510A lovely place; very historic; more signage from gate at main roadImprove signage at main road gate into estate private driveway. 'book the same weather'152387IE25; NG24; WF4; BL4
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Brookenby St Michael & All Angels£0.00£0.0001600
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Buslingthorpe - St Michael£11.00£30.00Less41380not givenStats from visitors book so not accurate4131NG22
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Cabourne - St Nicholas£29.25£44.80Less338111Well kept church; Good restorationPeople were far more generous this year! We ony have 2 notice areas, so do not need all the posters, could we ask for how many we need?112182BL4; HU18
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Caistor - St Peter & St Paul£420.00£435.00Less2201561515NoneNone1505020no breakdown
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Caistor - Methodist£475.15£24.00More264405Enjoyed their visit and interested about the changes that have been made, but wished more people would just come in and see that they are always more than welcome!!Christian Aid coffee, lunch & stall in the Market Place raised £464.151016
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Claxby - St Mary£0.00£50.0008709
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Clixby - All Hallows£6.00£30.00Less26390not givenStats from visitors book so not accurate4157BL4; BS13; LE9; NG24; S61; WF12; HU17
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Cuxwold - St Nicholas£0.00£67.0004602
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Faldingworth - All Saintsin sealed box732
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Friesthorpe - St Peter£30.00£95.00Less435624Lovely tranquility, thank you for being open. Well worth a visit, came to look at Beechey window.None205105OX9; S81; S81; LE15; NG24
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Gautby - All Saints£215.00564
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Great Limber - St Peter's£422.00£270.00More1017777Beautiful church, lovely welcome, enjoyed ringing the bells, organ's lovely and should be tuned annually. Great plant sale.People appreciate being able to see the building clearly without the obstructions of tea tables and stalls down the aisles. Organ music goes down well, so does the opportunity to ring bells.308594no beakdown
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Grasby - All Saints£0.00£112.0009008
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Hainton, St Mary£150.00£210.00Less858020Very interesting monument of great historical importance; lovely welcome and thank you for having the family chapel open; interesting that part of the church is Saxon and this is not mentioned in the Building of England - amended in the latest one! Beautiful church so great to see it open - lovely people taking such care of it.One visitor felt that the weekends need a broader publicity as you need to know where to look to find details of the weekends19106DL8; NG7-2; NG32; HU7; WF4
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Holton cum Beckering - All Saints£0.00400
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Keelby, St Bartholomews£245.00£240.00More65701014Beautiful church, loved and well cared forClashes with Christian Aid week which creates problems with volunteers.93483NG; NR; BL
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Kingerby - St Peter£8.00£30.00Less37390not givenStats from visitors book so not accurate3042S80; S81
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Kirkby cum Osgodby - St Andrew£200.71£82.00More315558Beautiful, friendly church; lovely welcome back; beautiful artwork; happy memories; my favourite church; beautiful, peaceful and uniqueWe had a display of artwork produced by pupils from Osgodby Primary School as part of what was on offer. Hopefully next year we will be included in the book!274no breakdown
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Langton by Wragby - St Giles£0.00400
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Legsby - St Thomas the Apostle£400.00805
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Linwood - St Cornelius£111.20£84.00More475632Lovely church in peaceful surroundings. Nice refreshments served in china cups!None141248UB-2; LE-2; NG-2; S81-2
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Market Rasen - New Life Church£0.00£61.09020013
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Market Rasen - St Thomas£53.00Did not participateMore1750190Comments were made on our floral & musical instruments on display. Booklets on our church history. A warm welcome from cadet volunteers.None8554520NG-6; S65-2; HU-5; UB-2; NE-2; S81-2; CO4-1
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Market Rasen - Holy Rood£186.50£170.00More89872112Nice churchVery sunny, slow but steady number of visitors. Suggestions to do an North/South split rather than East/West.452393NG; UB. S
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Market Rasen - Methodist£715.00£570.00More106732315Wow! What a lovely well maintained chapel. Never seen pews like those before and everything so clean.This was the best open churches weekend I think we have ever had, both in visitor numbers and income. People came from far and wide and local. One man was from Bournmouth. Because of the coronation we were a week later that normal. Should we continue those same two weekends?4623325SB1; PE12; HU8; HU9; HU12; HU15; CO4; NG6; UB10; BH21; DO35
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Middle Rasen - St Peter & St Paul £601.46£596.44M1661441610Wonderful organ (beautifully restored) and admiration for interesting doorway - lots of photographs taken of itNone835429IG-2; DE-2;HU-5; AG-9; DM-1; LE-4; S-3;NW-3
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Nettleton - St John the Baptist£670.00£1,000.00Less1602063025A lovely church with a warm feel, matched by the warm welcome. Jolly people, interesting history, wonderful music, pretty, colourful, & super windows and tasty cake. None9005416LS; S80; TF; HU; BL4; S81
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Normany le Wold - St Peter£148.00£0.00More1880120Many praised the craft exhibition especially whn taking into account the relatively small population of the parishProbably our best festival yet in terms of visitor numbers?43010WF4; YO1; YO25; HU - sorry incomplete records
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Rand - St Oswald£27.66£21.00More635444Lovely, unique, beautiful churchNone351711DE-2; S80-4; UB-2; NG-3
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Reepham - Methodist£0.00£73.0005305
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Riby - St Edmund£1,954.00£2,050.00Less3283502540Very interesting hatchments, fabulous, beautiful, wonderful atmosphere and sense of community, fabulous church tower. Friendly cared for church, bright lively organ, brings back great memories. Great welcome, fantastic food and great event.Great event - partly due to fantastic weather. Thank you to all festival committee. Still think mixing the areas up would help those of us who would like to visit our local churches.2438118NR15; BL4; NG24; S26; LS10; HU9; HU8; SK6; HU12; NG7; HU6; DL8
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Rothwell - St Mary Magdalene£150.00£150.00Same2101801015NoneNone1782300
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Searby cum Owmby - St Nicholas£260.00£440.00Less1001003022Very welcoming, lovely church, loved the wood carvings, well worth visit to see the bells, which we rang and also allowed to play the organMissed having the pocket sized flyer listing all the open churches! Weather was good, very important. Visitor numbers were good. Having at least 2 stewards changing every hour brought our community togther (as we have no other centre or communal activity in the Parish)40564HU5; WF4; NG24; BL4
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Sixhills - All Saints£200.00760
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Snarford - St Lawrence£91.00£53.13More76520not givenNone4046LE12; S80; NG23; 2 from Norfolk and 1 from Texas USA
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Snelland - All Saints£48.60£67.82Less425828Stats from visitors book so not accurate1431015S81; S80; DE56; NG34; NG23; NG22
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Southery - St John the Divine£197.52£185.00More475356Lovely, friendly, unexpected, uniqueWe struggle to attract visitors because of our position, many visitor commented on not being able to visit more churches over the 2 weekends. We also suffered from lack of visitors because of Woodhall Show. Committee needs to check what other events are going to be on over the same weekends. The DCC will evaluate for next year, but dou t if we shall open all weekend.2855SR6-2; S80-2; WF1;
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South Kelsey - St Mary & St Nicholas£0.00£40.0005205
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Stainfield - St Andrew£505.00£500.00More104133710Beautiful tranquil setting; well cared for bilding; excellent musical event; welcome refreshmentsThe weather made it!! 'pop-up tearoom' at the church on Saturday was well supported. Folks able to sit in sunshine and enjoy Baroque music played in church. Hectic for volunteers - thin on the gound - no local interest in event - no villagers attended except for volunteers!6341313NG34; NG22; E17; NG5; B1; S13; Finland
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Swallow - Holy Trinity£260.00£540.00Less49130110NoneNone20227BL4; S26; NG32; NG7; HU18-2; LS25
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Tealby - All Saints£660.00£0.00More2060180Very welcoming. Good idea of bells for topicAll went well, lovely weekend. Only thing of note was mention of organ trail, but the named contact knew nothing - but he took it well and arranged for someone to play for us. Which was very nice.14524118RG-4; WF-4; HU-6; CM-2; GU-2
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Thoresway - St Mary£631.00£774.81Less100112810Lovely food; vegan & vegetarian options appreciated; made to feel welcome; beautiful church. None3805210no breakdown
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Wickenby - St Peter & St Lawrence£0.00400
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Wragby - All Saints£31.00£0.00More444060Pleased church open, warm welcome, place of peace, signs of hope, interesting display of artefacts, good to see prayers for people of UkraineFewer printed booklets and fliers are needed to save printing costs and paper use6063NG22, UB10, overseas
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Wragby - Methodist £602.89£395.00More139781218We came for the food!, lovely lunch & cakes were so tempting. Lovely comments about the talented organist who really put the organ through its paces.Numbers increased this year as it as organised to coincide with Scarecrow festival in Wragby organised by Heritage Group. Very few visitors early on, mad rush at lunchtime!11221114WA5; UB10; GU17; NG5; NG2; P23; HU12; S81; HU8; HU9; NG22
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TOTALS£11,306.29£11,362.9234833743322320
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Week 2 Total£11,306.29£11,362.9234833743322320
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Week 1 Totals£13,035.72£13,265.8642034193376344
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Overall stats for 2023 festival£24,342.017686698
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Overall stats for 2022 festival£24,628.787936664
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