Richard D.Hird MA., MRTPI (rtd)., LTCL

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Retired Chartered Town Planner

latterly employed by     Durham County Council [DCC]

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Other activities and interests

Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches [DAC]
Diocesan Offices, Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, Co.Durham DL14 7QJ
Diocesan Advisory Committee. Secretary: Bill Heslop
Tel. 01388-450577,  Fax: 01388-603695
Diocesan Registry (Philip Wills): Tel. 01388-450576
Diocesan Homepage
The Organs Adviser's page

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Formerly a long-standing member of the Organs Committee of the
The Council for the Care of Churches [CCC]
Fifth Floor, Church House, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3NZ
Tel. 020-7898-1874, Fax: 020-7898-1881, E-mail

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Sometime Organs Adviser and Monitor to the Joint Scheme for Churches (EH/HLF)
administered by English Heritage

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Council Member (sometime Treasurer and Secretary):
Darlington & District Organists' & Choirmasters' Association [DDOCA]
Secretary: Brian Varley, 11 Dene Hall Drive, Bishop Auckland  Co.Durham Dl14 6UF
Tel. 01388-606075,  E-mail
Check out the Darlington Organists' Homepage
North East organ recitals

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Organist:
Sherburn Hospital Church
2m 15ss Harrison & Harrison 1896
Organ details

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    At Marmoutier Cathedral, Alsace: Sept. 2005 

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Author:
[A history of] Durham Cathedral Organs - with James Lancelot (1991)
available from Durham Cathedral Bookshop, DH1 3EQ
 current price £7.99 (add 76p p&p for mail order)

Do also take a look at A brief Cathedral organs' history
Durham Cathedral organ stoplist
Durham Cathedral organ recitals 

and has written various articles concerning organs' research findings in the Durham area,
notably in JBIOS 18 (1994) p.48, JBIOS 14 (1990) p.96, JBIOS 29 (2005), 
The Organ No.266 (1988) p.159, and The Organ No.273 (1990) p.54.