The Central Council for the Care of Churches of the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

was formed in 1917, developing from the Central Committee for the Protection of English Churches under the

Archbishops' Council The Archbishops' Council is a part of the governance structures of the Church of England. Its headquarters are at Church House, Great Smith Street, London. The council was created in 1999 to provide a central executive body to co-ordinate and lead ...

. It became the Church Buildings Council in 2007, after having joined the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England.

Francis Carolus Eeles Francis Carolus Eeles (1876 – 17 August 1954, Dunster'Obituary: Dr. F. C. Eeles', ''The Times'', 18 August 1954) was an English liturgical scholar and ecclesiastical historian. Eeles was on the Advisory Committee of the Warham Guild, establishe ...

was the first honorary secretary from 1917, and served as paid secretary from 1926 until his death in 1954.'Obituary: Dr. F. C. Eeles', ''The Times'', 18 August 1954 Judith Scott was general secretary from 1957 to 1971, and Peter Burman was general secretary from 1977 to 1990. The body produced a series of reports on its work which were published by the Church Information Office.

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