Category Archives: Churches

Respect

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few years ago, I visited the little church of St Martin in Bladon, close to Blenheim Palace, where, on November 30th 1874, a child had been born whose name would go down in history. I had come to pay … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, History, Photography | Tagged family, friendship, hero, love, Sir Winston Churchill, VE day, warrior spirit | 30 Comments

Riddles in the church too…

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again recently. We wandered out into the landscape. Although the workshop was over, apparently, the work begun on the weekend was only just beginning… and … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, Don and Wen, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged consciousness, dragons, Eyre, Foljambe, Freemason, history, landscape, leys, Masonic, Photography, spirituality, symbolism, Templar | 1 Comment

The chapel at Haddon Hall

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Posted in Art, Books, Churches, Don and Wen, England, historic sites, History, Photography, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye | Tagged bakewell, Derbyshire, manners and vernon families, medieval architecture, medieval wall paintings, reredos, stained glass | 18 Comments

Riddles in the churchyard…

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Posted in adventure, Ancient sites, Birds, Books, Churches, Don and Wen, historic sites, Photography, riddles of the night, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, symbolism | Tagged clues, Derbyshire, Freemasons, grave markers, Oddfellows, symbols | 8 Comments

Close to home – Ibstone

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Sue Vincent

As we are all still grounded, I had a look back through some of the photographs of past ventures into the landscape and came across those from a trip out to Ibstone a few years ago. The village sits right … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, Heart of Albion, History, Photography | Tagged buckinghamshire, Chitty chitty bang bang, church architecture, Ibstone, Ibstone Yew, Oxfordshire, Paul Getty, red kite, standing stone, Wormsley | 21 Comments

The story of St Alban

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The final post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six can be found by clicking the highlighted links. As it has taken me a week to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Churches, Mythology, painting | Tagged martyrdom, Matthew Paris, medieval manuscript, St Alban, story | 7 Comments

St Albans – stained glass and mediaeval paint

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The sixth post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five can be found by clicking the highlighted links. The very first time Stuart came down to visit, … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, Photography, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Initiate, travel, writing | Tagged January holiday, medieval wall paintings, St Albans, stained glass, symbols | 4 Comments

St Albans – the screen of the martyrs

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The fifth post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One, Two, Three and Four can be found by clicking the highlighted links. In the Anglican year, our visit still fell within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Churches | Tagged intolerance, martyr, prejudice, religious bigotry, saints, terrorism, violence | 6 Comments

Close to home: St Michael and all Angels, Waddesdon

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Sue Vincent

One of the reasons we have found for visiting and documenting our ancient churches is that we do not know for how long they will remain as they are. There is a fashion at the moment for revamping their interiors, … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, History, Photography | Tagged medieval architecture, Norman architecture, norman church, parish church | 30 Comments

St Albans – “Count the stars…”

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The fourth post on our visit to the Abbey of St Albans a few years ago. Parts One , Two and Three can be found by clicking the highlighted links. We had finally made it into the Crossing at the centre … Continue reading →