Inevitably, this book’s production has been a collaborative endeavour, and there are many people I need to thank for their involvement in the project. Most importantly, Ambrose Gillick was a project research assistant for two years, and many of the most crucial parts of this history resulted from his work. He also created many of the illustrations and obtained permissions for many more. Much of my thinking has benefited from his work and thought on the project, and his commitment and energy spurred me on.
The project was funded from several sources. The Arts and Humanities Research Council awarded me a substantial Early-Career Research Grant for the final stages of work to complete the book. In the early stages, the Paul Mellon Centre for the Study of British Art funded several research trips through smaller grants and more recently awarded Ashgate a publication grant towards the cost of producing the book. Throughout, my employer, the Glasgow School of Art, provided funding for research and time to carry it out. I am grateful to all of them and also to those individuals who helped along the way, notably Damian Sutton, Diana Periton, Florian Urban, Ken Neil, Julie Ramage, Tim Sharpe, Andrew Saint, Gavin Stamp, Alan Powers, Judi Loach, Richard Brook, Kathleen James-Chakraborty, Livia Hurley, Libby Horner, Christopher Marsden, Elaine Martini and Paul Walker. Thanks are also due to those who have given opportunities to present and publish work in progress on the project, helping to develop the ideas in this book, including Judi Loach, Raymond Quek, Monica Penick, Vladimir Kulić, Timothy Parker, Andrew Crompton, Trevor Kilgore, Claire O’Mahony, Jan De Maeyer, Sophie Andreae, Peter Brownhill, Andrea Longhi, Carsten Hermann and Clive Fenton, as well as Valerie Rose for accepting this book for Ashgate.
Many archivists and librarians have kindly shared their material, and I have especially to thank Canon J. A. Harding, Meg Whittle, Father David Lannon, Susannah Waters, Justine Sambrook, Jonathan Makepeace, Andrew Nicoll, Caroline Cradock, Robert Finnigan, David Buri, Nancy Young, Father John Sharp, Father Nicholas Schofield, Chris Fanning, Father Paul Harrison, Father Peter Phillips, Father Stewart Foster, Patrick Pike and Alan Randall. Many parish priests and parishioners have also taken time and interest to open their churches and share their parish histories and archives – sadly far too many to list or remember, but I would like in particular to thank Paul Andersson, Father Jonathan Cotton, Canon Seamus Cunnane, Monsignor James Curry, Bernard Harrison, Father Jeremy Trood, Father John McKeown, Andrzej Suchcitz, Father Dennis Touw and Sister Anthony Wilson. I am grateful to numerous architects, artists and priests and their descendants (and practices) for graciously according interviews, furnishing documentary information and allowing me to reproduce original material, in particular Alexander Duncan Bell, Patricia Brown, David Brown, Robert Brumby, Norman Dilworth, Neil Fozzard, Martin Goalen, Tim Gough, Dennis Hepworth, George Jarosz, David John, Peter Langtry-Langton, Brian Mooney, Gerald Murphy, Barbara Powell, Jonathon Prichard, Andy MacMillan, William Mitchell, Joy Mitchell, Richard O’Mahony, Tony Tranmer, Richard Gilbert Scott, Giles Velarde, Ronald Weeks, Desmond Williams, Iain Quayle and Austin Winkley. If there are errors of interpretation or significant omissions in my discussions of their work they are my own, and I ask their forbearance.