[Talk-GB] Resgistered places of worship (inc UIDs, postcodes)
Andy Mabbett
andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk
Mon Sep 10 19:22:12 BST 2012
Many places of worship in England and Wales, other than CoE/CoW
premises, opt to be included on a government register (though this is
not compulsory):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Places_of_Worship_Registration_Act_1855
and as such have a unique Worship Number, which we could tag (note
though that defunct PoWs may not be removed fro the register, in a
timely manner).
A copy of the register was published in 2010 and is available in
spreadsheet format:
http://www.brin.ac.uk/news/2011/places-of-worship-in-england-and-wales-1999-2009/
It may be useful in a number of ways:
* determining postcodes as discussed recently in
the context of other lists
* checking formal names of such premise
* finding premises inside other buildings, inc. private
residences etc, to enable follow-up surveys
Perhaps we can obtain an updated copy, via a new FoI request, or
asking for it to be published as open data
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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