Contributors and Papers (part 2)

Jeremy Lake
is Inspector of Historic Buildings with the Listing Team at English Heritage. He has been involved in an unprecedented survey and analysis of Cornish chapels. His recent publications include 'The Stronghold of Methodism: A Survey of Chapels in Cornwall' in Church Archaeology (1997). Paper: 'The Stronghold of Methodism: A Survey of Chapels in Cornwall'.

David McLees MA
is Inspector of Historic Buildings for CADW: Welsh Historic Monuments, an Executive Agency within the Welsh Office. He has been actively involved in the listing of chapels in Wales. He has published a Guidebook to Castell Coch (1998). Paper: 'Listing Chapels in Wales: Principles of Selection'.

David Percival
is Manager of the Chapels and Thematic Buildings Recording Projects at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments for Wales. His research specialism is recording chapels on a nation-wide basis. His recent publications include an 'Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels and Sunday Schools in Cardiganshire' in Cardiganshire County History (1998). Paper: 'Attempting an Overview: The RCAHMW Chapels Recording Project'.

Andrew Spicer MA PhD FRHistS
is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen and lectures at Stonyhurst College, Lancashire. His research fields include the impact of the Reformation upon church architecture, Calvinist attitudes towards death, and exile communities. His recent publications include The French-speaking Reformed Community and their Church in Southampton 1567-c.1620 (1997), and 'Poor Relief and the Exile communities' in B. Kümin, Reformations Old and New: Essays on the Socio-Economic Impact of Religious Change c. 1470-1630 (1996). He is currently writing a book entitled The Reformation Church: Architecture and Society. Paper: 'The Architecture of Dissidence: Calvinism and Church Architecture in the Early Modern Period'.

Christopher Stell OBE MA Barch ARIBA FSA
is an architectural historian and Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Archaeological Institute, Honorary Secretary of the Ancient Monuments Society, and former Honorary Secretary and Editor of the Chapels Society. He is formerly Architectural Investigator with the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England, where he remains a Consultant. His major publications in the field include An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels in The North of England (1994), and An Inventory of Nonconformist Chapels in Eastern England (1999). Paper: The Architecture of Protestant Dissent in England.

Christopher Wakeling BA PhD
is an Art Historian, Lecturer, and Group-Subject Convenor, at Keele University, where he also runs the MA course in Architectural History. His recent publications include 'The Nonconformist Traditions: Chapels, Change and Continuity' in C. Brooks and A. Saint (eds.) The Victorian Church (1995), and 'Rolling in the Aisles: Nonconformist Perspectives on the Gothic' in F. Salmon (ed.), Gothic and The Gothic Revival, (1999). Paper: 'The Puritan Tradition in the Twentieth Century'.

Stephen Woodhams BA PhD
is a Cultural Historian, Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck College, and Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Studies, the University of Luton. His recent publications include 'Raymond Williams: Retrospect and Prospect' in Contemporary Politics (1997), and 'Adult Education and History of Cultural Studies' in Changing English (1999) Paper: 'Voluntary Commitment as a Cultural Expression: Some Questions'.

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