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On Saturday 30th May, members of the Tyndale Society joined others for a Tudor walking tour of Amersham in Buckinghamshire, which started and ended at Amersham Museum.
The tour was led by volunteers who dressed in Tudor costume and explained the history and practicalities of Tudor life, food, trade, buildings, clothing, health, work and religion.
The tour went into the parish church to explain about Tudor religion and faith and the local Lollards. We then walked up the hill to visit the Lollard Memorial at the site where Lollards were martyred in the early 1500s.
The tour lasted about three hours. It was a very hot day but it was brought alive by knowledgeable and humourous guides dressed in period costume.
Report by Neil Rees
Tyndale House in Cambridge is an evangelical educational and study centre. They produce a free magazine, formerly called 'TH ink', and now called "World of the Bible". The spring 2026 edition is thirty-four pages long and is focused on "William Tyndale's life, work and legacy".
You can obtain copies of the magazine from the Tyndale House website, using the link below.
Anne Hayward was interviewed on Premier Christian Radio on Wednesday 28th May from 12:30 to 12:45 in the afternoon and talked about the Gloucestershire Tyndale Trail. She explained how she started the project, which places are included and how to find information about it.
Anne has provided a website (called 'Pilgrim Street') where further information about the Tyndale Trail is available. Click on the link below to go to the website.
William Tyndale may never have visited Scarborough but St Mary’s Church in Scarborough recently had a great time learning all about him as part of the "Big Ideas by the Sea" festival.
Children from local schools spent time learning about William Tyndale, trying out AI Tyndale and designing and printing their own Bible front cover. They loved all the gruesome parts of the story of his life as well as finding out about printing and smuggling.
Many of the children were able to share stories of their experiences of arriving in school not being able to understand the language of lessons until they learnt English, and how important it is hearing lessons and worship in their own languages.
The adults then had their turn. A packed church heard an entertaining and informative talk by Dr Harry Spillane entitled ‘When God spoke English’. Dr Harry was most kind in staying and preaching the following morning – appropriately on Pentecost Sunday.
This was, for the most part, a forgotten part of church history for the folks here in Scarborough until prompted by church members to find out more. A big thank you to the Tyndale Society for all the help they gave us with this, as well as Dr Harry Spillane for making his way to the wilds of North Yorkshire to speak to us.
The Tyndale exhibition in St Mary’s Church continues until September 2026.
Report by Revd Samantha Treadwell
Amersham Museum, St Mary’s Church and the Tyndale Society hosted two talks at Old Amersham Parish Church to mark Tyndale500. With such a strong local history of Lollardy and great community interest, not least through the regular production of the Amersham Martyrs’ Community Play, the anniversary presented a welcome opportunity to hear from experts on the topic.
Neil Rees spoke on 'The Importance and Legacy of Tyndale's Translation' on 5th May, and Andrew Hope’s topic was 'From Wyclif through to Tyndale and beyond: The Reformation in Amersham' on 12th May. The appreciative audiences were able to ask questions of the speakers which ranged from literacy rates in 16th Amersham to how the local political officials might have viewed the Lollards.
Report by Briony Hudson, Amersham Museum