Tim Bridges

Originally from Warwickshire, Tim was educated at the Kings School, Worcester, before reading history at Exeter and medieval studies at York Universities. For over twenty years he worked at Worcester City Museums, first as Keeper of Archaeology and then as Collections Manager. Since 2006 Tim has worked as part time Conservation Adviser to the Victorian Society covering casework on Victorian and Edwardian buildings in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Tim also lectures on architecture and history, mainly in the West Midlands and Welsh Borders, and leads guided visits to churches of all historic periods and denominations. The author of books on Worcestershire and Black Country churches, Tim contributed the chapter on J.A. Chatwin to the Victorian Society's Birmingham's Victorian and Edwardian Architects. Tim is a trustee of the Worcestershire and Dudley Historic Churches Trust and serves on both Worcester and Birmingham Diocesan Advisory Committees. Since March 2011 Tim has also worked part-time as Church Buildings Support Officer for the Diocese of Hereford, advising on the conservation, maintenance, development and reordering of historic church buildings across Herefordshire and South Shropshire, whilst continuing his work as lecturer and with the Victorian Society.