St. Peter's Church, Lenton
from the north.
Interior of the Church showing view of the Nave from the Chancel.

 

 

Many of the visitors expressed an interest in the future of the display and eventually it was arranged that the Angels should go on to St. Mary's Church, Woodnewton, in the county of Northamptonshire.The Exhibition commenced on Advent Sunday, December 2001 and was officially opened by the Rt. Revd. Ian P.M. Cundy, M.A., Lord Bishop of Peterborough. It was enjoyed by many visitors and stayed until the end of September, 2003.

St. Mary's Church, Woodnewton from the south west.
Interior of St. Mary's Church looking from the Nave
towards the Altar.

 

 

 

 

The next stage in the tour of the Angels was to the Church of St. Nicholas, in the ancient, little market town of Tuxford in Nottinghamshire. Here, they were displayed from Easter 2006 until January 2007.

Over the course of the next three and a half years the Angels were put into storage again, whilst further research was undertaken to enable the production of new and more intriguing installations.

St. Nicholas' Church, Tuxford
from the south.
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A visitor to the Host of Angels Experience in Woodnewton came from Earls Croome in Worcestershire. He was so impressed with the idea of the Angels that he persuaded his Church Council to book the Exhibition for their Church of St. Nicholas.
After the Exhibition had closed in St. Mary's Church, Woodnewton, the Angels spent the months of October 2003 through to March 2004 at Roger Heaton's Studio and Gallery in Lenton, being repaired and refurbished. Several new ones were constructed especially for St. Nicholas' Church and the actual number of Angels had risen to well over 100.
The Exhibition was officially opened by the Rt. Revd. Dr. Peter Selby, the Bishop of Worcester and ran until the end of September 2005.

St. Nicholas' Church, Earls Croome from the south west
Interior of St. Nicholas' Church showing west view of the Nave
and balcony from the Chancel.
Interior of St. Nicholas' Church showing the Chancel Arch and Rood Screen.
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The HOST OF ANGELS EXPERIENCE was originally designed to celebrate the beginning of the third Millennium of Christianity and was created by Liz and Roger Heaton of Lenton in Lincolnshire.
Their vision of filling the Church with a hundred Angel artworks really caught the imagination of the villagers and over the next two years everyone was busy helping to create the display, fund-raising and preparing the Church for the anticipated visitors.
The Angels were first seen at a candlelit Compline Service on New Year's Eve 1999, which proved to be a truly memorable beginning to the new Millennium
The Exhibition was officially opened at Easter, 2000 by Rt. Revd. Robert Hardy, M.A., Lord Bishop of Lincoln and proved so popular that it ran until September 2001.