File 02 - Slipper Chapel area development

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GB ARCHON 2913 WSHR-03-02

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Slipper Chapel area development

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  • 1970 - 1984-07-16 (Creation)

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1 folder containing 47 items of correspondence, minutes, reports, fees - relating to project work in the Slipper Chapel area.

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(1976-1995)

Biographical history

The Right Reverend Alan Charles Clark was born of convert parents in Bickley, Kent on 9th August 1919. When young he contracted polio and was taken to Lourdes. He made a recovery and set his sights on the priesthood. He studied at the Venerable English College in Rome and was ordained to the Priesthood for the Archdiocese of Southwark on 11 February 1945 (The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes). He was involved in the Second Vatican Council as a peritus and was later to become the Vice-Rector of his old seminary in Rome. From there he would return to his Diocese of Southwark where he became Parish Priest of Our Lady Help of Christian, Blackheath, Kent before being selected as the new Auxiliary Bishop of Northampton with the Titular See of Elmham.

Bishop Clark was named the Co-chairman of ARCIC (Anglican/Roman Catholic International Commission). As the first bishop of the new diocese, he had to set up all the necessary instruments and commissions for the diocese. The diocesan offices and diocesan tribunal were at The White House in Poringland near Norwich. This estate had been given to the Diocese of Northampton by the Birkbeck Family. It was the residence of the retired Bishop of Northampton, The Rt Revd Leo Parker.

Bishop Clark continued in office until his seventy-fifth birthday made it mandatory for him to tender his resignation to the Holy See in 1994. This was accepted on 21st March, 1995 and at that point he became Bishop Emeritus. He retired to a house built in the grounds and died in the 16th July, 2002 at the age of eighty-two. He was buried near the Slipper Chapel in Walsingham, Norfolk.

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[ = fuller AtoM record] 1. The Walsingham Project brief [for the Hierarchy]; [Bishop Clark]; 1970

  1. Professional fees; Sir Frederick Snow & Partners; 1971-3-15
  2. Progress on project – plans, architect, need for definite plan; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1971-5-27
  3. Requirement for fencing at site; Fr Connelly; 1972-12-15
  4. Account of fees for Sir Frederick Snow & Partners; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1972-12-29
  5. Permission to retain temporary building [Pilgrims shelter]; Walsingham Rural District Council, 1973-1-24
    *7. Report on Future Planning for Slipper Chapel Site; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1979, June
  6. Drawing – Proposed site layout; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1979, June
  7. Sketch view of courtyard; [Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1979, June]
  8. Drawing – Site layout C; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1979-11-6
  9. Drawing – Sections and Elevations; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1979-11-6
  10. Drawing – Patterns of Use; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1979-11-7
    *13. Abort project, explore options around the outside altar; Bishop Clark; 1980-1-23
  11. Appointment of consultants for Slipper Chapel site; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1980-5-27
    *15. Request for financial support at the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales; [Bishop Clark]; 1980, April
  12. Plans for development of the … Slipper Chapel; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1980, April
  13. Report on tenders; Davis, Belfield and Everest; 1980-9-25
  14. Project meeting minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1980-10-15
  15. Site meeting #1 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1980-12-4
  16. Site meeting #2 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-1-22
  17. Agenda – Works Progress/Cashflow; David, Belfield and Everest; 1981-2-4
  18. Site meeting #3 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-2-19
  19. Financial Report – Slipper Chapel Worship Centre; Davis, Belfield and Everest; 1981-3-2
  20. Fees, ceramic symbol, demolition receipts; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-3-6
  21. Fees; Davis, Belfield and Everest; 1981-3-18
  22. Site meeting #4 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-3-19
  23. Site meeting #5 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-4-9
  24. Site meeting #6 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-5-14
  25. Site meeting #7 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-6-11
  26. Site meeting #8 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-7-2
  27. Site meeting #9 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-8-6
    *32. Comments on Fr Birch's report on future needs of the properties in Walsingham; Purcell, Miller & Tritton; 1981-8-26
  28. Site meeting #10 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-9-3
  29. Site meeting #11 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-10-2
  30. Site meeting #12 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-10-22
  31. Estimated Project Costs summary; Davis, Belfield and Everest; 1980-10-13
  32. Letter & Sketch – base for Statue; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-10-29
  33. Site meeting #13 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-11-16
  34. Site meeting #14 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1981-12-15
  35. Site meeting #15 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1982-1-12
  36. Site meeting #16 minutes; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1982-2-4 42. Interim Certificate, collapse of Rogers (Hunstanton) Ltd; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1982-2-25 43. Items outside main contract, impact of Rogers' insolvency; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1982-3-9
  37. Purchase of 2 Organs; Fr Peter Wilson; 1982-5-12
  38. Questions relating to fees, payments, VAT; Michael Ward; 1982-5-19 46. Liquidators [for Rogers], payment for Whitmores; Purcell, Miller & Partners; 1982-6-23 47. Slipper Chapel Repairs – unacceptable report; Fr Birch; 1984-7-16
    *48. S W Pietzsch: Design for Blessed Sacrament Shelf; undated

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