[Talk-GB] Resgistered places of worship (inc UIDs, postcodes)

[Andy Mabbett]

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