• How can I submit pictures of churches?

  By e-mail, with attached digital camera images, or scanned images, or a compressed (zip) archive, or by mail via CD or DVD. Contact the undersigned for address details.
   

• What size of image is preferred?

  I aim to use images on the web-site at 8" x 6", 72 dpi (which is the usual resolution of computer monitors). With a typical .jpg compression, this means images are usually up to 100 kB on the web-site. I like photos to be sent in larger than this, to enable cropping where necessary. But if you can't re-size the photos, just send them as they are.

  Many images I receive are on a slight angle. I can correct this, but it's not possible if the frame is completely filled with the building. Aim to leave plenty of space round the church itself.
   

• What information is required?

The location of the church (village, town, and suburb if appropriate), the type of church (C. of E., R.C., Methodist, Mosque, etc.), the dedication (if known). The Ordnance Survey or Irish grid reference and a link to the church web-site or other source of information about the church are nice to have too.

• What church pictures are welcome?  
  
  Any churches, not just the ancient parish churches, and of any denomination or sect. The only stipulation is that the church must be from the UK, Eire, or the various smaller British Isles.
  Since the site has been re-located to its new home, server capacity is no longer an issue, so interior photos are now welcome too.
   

• What about copyright?

  By submitting a photograph, you are implying that it is your work, and the photo will be credited "© Your Name" or similar. Only submit original artwork if you are sure of its copyright status; and ownership doesn't necessarily imply copyright ownership. Scans from books can be sent in, provided the book is out of copyright. Send the book title, author, publisher, and year of publication, along with the scanned image. Ken Roddam has kindly supplied a link to a Leeds University web-page explaining the rules of copyright pertaining to photographs.
   

• Why can't I find a particular church?

  The most likely reason is that it simply hasn't been submitted as yet. Possibly you are looking in the wrong place - see this link for an explanation of the counties used. It may be worth looking in the GENUKI concordance mentioned there for alternate counties to search in. Alternatively, use the placename index.
   

• How many churches are there?
  
  According to an recent article on the radio, there are currently "about 40,000" churches, synagogues, mosques, etc. This total didn't include Eire. Add some thousands more for buildings converted to secular use or demolished. A total of 50,000 is not impossible.
   

• What if I'm approached by someone wanting to use one of my photographs?

If I receive a request by someone wanting to use a photograph, I will always forward the request on to the copyright owner.
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