Terrier and Inventory and Church Logbook

Every church should keep an up-to-date list of its assets and significant occurrences within the building. 

The process of updating these documents has now been made easier with the publication of electronic versions of the templates for both the Terrier & Inventory* and the Logbook**. 

These documents are produced by the Council for the Care of Churches and are also sold by Church House Publishing as printed versions if you wish.

Please make sure that historic versions of these documents are lodged with the local archive.

Links to these files can be found below

• The Church Log Book (MS Word version - updated February 2023)
• The Church Log Book (PDF version)
• Church Property Register (Terrier and Inventory) (MS Word version - updated October 2022)
• Church Property Register (Terrier and Inventory) (PDF version - please not, we are aware of some errors in this document, please use the MS Word version if these effect you)

Further Information

If you have any questions about the care or upkeep of your church buildings, please contact the Diocesan Church Buildings Department and someone from that team will be able to help.

• * A terrier is a written survey, or inventory, of land (the word Terrier comes from the Latin terra, land). The inventory contains all the articles/items appertaining to the church. 
• ** The logbook is a comprehensive record of all alterations, additions, removals or repairs to the fabric, fixtures and fittings of the church and churchyard, during five quinquennial periods.