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A Day at All Saints, Holton-cum-Beckering

December 21, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Holton cum Beckering is a tiny village 6 miles south of Market Rasen with a population of 140 at the 2001 census.

Treasures of St Mary’s Church, Barton

July 30, 2022 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

I must sound like a broken record, but I truly believe that every church has a fascinating history, or a weird little artefact hidden inside, and St Mary’s at Barton is no different.

A Trip to Avebury Church: Henge Not Included

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Sitting in the metaphorical shadow of Avebury’s mystical stone circle is the little modest structure of St James' Church.

St Peter’s Church, Smallburgh: Tiny Shoes and Rood Screens

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

The rood screen at Smallburgh is arguably the main focal point of the church today.

The Thief’s Arm of Prague

May 9, 2020October 25, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 2 Comments

The 400 year old arm, impaled on a meat hook, serves as a warning to all future criminals considering robbing the church.

Two Towers and an Eccentric Priest: Booton St Michael

March 26, 2020March 24, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

Lying in such an isolated place, Booton St Michael has come to be known as ‘the cathedral of the fields’.

Birdcage Walk: Remnants of a Bombed Churchyard

February 16, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 3 Comments

While the church is long gone, its churchyard remains, with tombs and monuments hidden behind metal railings and overgrown bushes. Although the site seems closed to visitors today, access is still possible...

Bornstedt Cemetery, Potsdam

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ 1 Comment

‘What dies in Sanssouci will be buried in Bornstedt.’

Medieval Secrets at St Faith’s Church, Little Witchingham

January 25, 2020September 21, 2020 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

Medieval wall paintings. Grand, loud, bright and famous. They fill the pages of guidebooks, celebrated by tourists for centuries. They are never forgotten. Right?

Tiles and Victoriana at St Martin’s Church, Waithe.

December 29, 2019May 23, 2021 ~ Kate Cherrell ~ Leave a comment

By a small turning off the A16, sits a little shrine to the Victorian Gothic.

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