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 _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
