Tag: Churches
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We Need to Talk about Linwood: The Lyndewode Brasses
Home of impressive memorial brasses, Linwood truly is a Lincolnshire hidden gem.
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Sacrifice and Skeletons at Clophill Church
In 1963, two teenagers were seen playing with a human skull in the middle of the street…
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St Bartholomew at Corsham: Tombs and Tablets
Alien base rumours aside, there has been a church on this site at Corsham since the 12th century. Although little of this original church remains,…
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Record Breakers at St Peters Church, Kington Langley
St Peters is a stunning little church built by public donations, boasting a real ‘record breaker’ in its graveyard.
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Stone Coffins at The Church of St Laurence at Corringham
St Laurence is a grade II listed church with Saxon origins and is jam-packed with different architectural styles and treasures.
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Corgis and Toothache at St Peter, Normanby Le Wold
Normanby means ‘The Norsemen’s Village’, first recorded in the Domesday book as ‘Normanesbi’.
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Visiting the Rudston Monolith
Rudston is a tiny village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, with a population that barely exceeds 400. Yet, in its churchyard, sits Britain’s tallest…
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‘Phwoar! Look at that masonry’ St Peter’s at Normanby by Spital
St Peter’s is a treat of a redundant church with interesting graves and terribly fancy stonework.
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Walt Disney’s Ancestral Knights at Kingerby
The finest treasures are often found in the most unexpected places.
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Flayed Saints, Weeping Graves and Robin Hood at St Bartholomew the Great, London
St Bartholomew was founded in 1123 by Rahere (just the one name, like Beyonce…), a courtier of King Henry I.
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Tea With a Martyr at St Crux
There are few things in life I love more than a good church, a good grave, a cuppa and a slice of cake.
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Grand Tombs at St Peter’s Church, Chillingham
In the shadows of Chillingham Castle sits a tiny, unassuming church, framed by woodland and centuries-old headstones.
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A Trip to St Peter’s at Raithby cum Maltby
Raithby cum Maltby is a tiny civil parish in East Lindsey’s Lincolnshire Wolds, just south of the market town of Louth.
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A Day at All Saints, Holton-cum-Beckering
Holton cum Beckering is a tiny village 6 miles south of Market Rasen with a population of 140 at the 2001 census.
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Treasures of St Mary’s Church, Barton
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,…
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“I did not give them willingly”: The Friesthorpe Window
A small rural church in Friesthorpe, Lincolnshire holds one of the most poignant memorials to the sacrifices of war in the form of a beautiful…
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The Tiny Grave of Tom Thumb
According to local legend, the Tom Thumb of Tattershall measured just over 18 inches tall and had reached the grand old age of 101 upon…
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Legsby St Thomas: Beef Rolls and Busy Farmers
Legsby St Thomas: A place for worship, farmers, locked chest mysteries and grave stories waiting to be told.
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St Peter’s Church, Smallburgh: Tiny Shoes and Rood Screens
The rood screen at Smallburgh is arguably the main focal point of the church today.
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Two Towers and an Eccentric Priest: Booton St Michael
Lying in such an isolated place, Booton St Michael has come to be known as ‘the cathedral of the fields’.
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Medieval Secrets at St Faith’s Church, Little Witchingham
Medieval wall paintings. Grand, loud, bright and famous. They fill the pages of guidebooks, celebrated by tourists for centuries. They are never forgotten. Right?
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Tiles and Victoriana at St Martin’s Church, Waithe.
By a small turning off the A16, sits a little shrine to the Victorian Gothic.
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Tudor Effigies and Memento Mori at Snarford
When visiting the church and circling these monuments, it seems a miracle there was ever any room for religious services…
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Monuments and Medieval Minstrels at Beverley Minster
At the heart of the community lies Beverley Minster; an enormous, gleaming monolith surrounded by little rows of houses, tightly packed like rows of teeth.
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Stacked Headstones and Forgotten Burials : St Mary’s Old Cemetery, Louth
Nestled between a small car park and a bridge over the river Lud, sits an old, sparse burial ground, dating back to the 13th Century.
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The Yew: Tree of the Dead
While flora and fauna in cemeteries is a fascinating topic of its own, today’s post will just be focusing on one. The granddaddy of all…
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Poppyland – Churchyard Treats in the Heart of Norfolk
When travelling through the Norfolk countryside, if you were to stop at every church you passed, you’d be forced to invest in property and inform…
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St Swithin’s Day
The 15thof July, St Swithin’s Day. The day when we celebrate our favourite historical Bishop of Winchester and plan our umbrella usage for the next…
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Grieving Angels and Tudor Tragedies at St Andrew’s Church, Blickling.
However, in my experience, I have found so many of these tiny parish churches filled to the rafters with historical artefacts, sculptures, artwork and more…
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Hidden Curses and Witch-Graffiti at Norwich Cathedral
Norwich Cathedral, for all its kagools and bored schoolchildren, has some truly fascinating memorials and hidden stories. Trust me.
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