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Libraries and archives

Lambeth Palace Library is the historic library and record office of the Archbishops of Canterbury and the main archive for the documentary history of the Church of England.

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View down aisle at record centre, boxes on all the shelves

Records management guides

These records management guides have been researched and produced to help parishes, dioceses, bishops and cathedrals to develop best practice.

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Printed text inside old copy of Crockford directory

Archives revealing Church of England’s links to historic transatlantic slavery to be displayed in new Lambeth Palace Library exhibition

Enslavement: Voices from the Archives, opens to the public at Lambeth Palace Library, in central London, on 12 January 2023.

10/01/2023

News & Stories

Managing volunteers

Information and advice on managing volunteers for a community action project.

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women holding tray of food at soup kitchen

Pip Willcox appointed new Head of Lambeth Palace Library

Pip Willcox has been appointed the new Head of Lambeth Palace Library.

29/08/2023

News & Stories

The new Lambeth Palace Library is shown from the main road outside with trees in the foreground

Hufton+Crow

Conservation management plans

A conservation management plan is a useful tool for recognising and reconciling tensions that may come up between the necessary life of the worshiping community and the significance of the place. It helps the church and its community to rise above these tensions in order to develop and grow. Conservation management plans are likely to be especially useful to major churches and cathedrals.

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Interior view of St Peters church Highfield

Integrated Risk Management

Integrated Risk Management is the undertaking of appropriate and consistent identification, evaluation and management of risks that have the potential to affect member outcomes.