Category Archives: Churches

Angels and Demons at St Mary’s…

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I am surprised that my son continues to allow me to stop the car outside churches when we are out and about. “I won’t be above a few minutes…” invariably gives him time for a snooze, but on this occasion, … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Churches, Photography | Tagged carvings, church architecture, norman church, stained glass | 40 Comments

Inside the church at Penn II

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Continuing my visit to Penn, to keep my promise to Noelle Granger. The first part can be read here and the second part can be found here: There is so much to notice in the church at Penn… far too … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, History, Photography | Tagged america, Holy Trinity Church, Jordans, Penn Buckinghamshire, Quaker, twelfth century church, William Penn | 22 Comments

Keeping a promise… a visit to Penn

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

When my son suggested we take the car out for a run, he left it to me to decide where we would go. Choosing a route that would put the ‘new’ car through its paces, and assuring myself that he … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, England, History, Photography | Tagged america, Holy Trinity Church, Jordans, Penn Buckinghamshire, Quaker, twelfth century church, William Penn | 62 Comments

The luckless church

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Sue Vincent

There is never enough time to explore everything on our travels. There are always intriguing buildings, signs and churches that we say we really must explore at some point… and never get the chance to see. So, if I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Churches, England, History, Photography, Sacred sites | Tagged All Saints, Civil war, De Ferrers, Derbyshire, Elton, stained glass, The Protestation | 35 Comments

Time travelling: St Wystan’s

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We finally made it through the outer door of St Wystan’s church in Repton…and stopped. Two huge columns flank the inner door and, scattered around the porch are fragments of ancient masonry. carved medieval grave slabs and Saxon crosses. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, france and vincent, Photography | Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon | 9 Comments

Time travelling: Ivar the Boneless and the Bone-yard…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Repton today is no more than a small Derbyshire village, but once it was the capital of Mercia, one of the most powerful realms of its era. For three hundred years, Mercia encompassed most of what would eventually become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Churches, france and vincent, historic sites, Photography | Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, mercia, Repton, Saxon, Viking | 19 Comments

Time travelling: The ghosts of Repton…

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

After our visit to the wonderful church at Breedon, with its wealth of carved Saxon stonework, it seemed only right to call at Repton, less than ten miles away… and probably much closer in the days when horse and foot … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Churches, Folk Tale, france and vincent, historic sites, Photography | Tagged archaeology, churches, Derbyshire, folklore, ghosts, local legnds, Repton, Saxon | 13 Comments

Time Travelling: Monumental memories

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We could not leave Breedon on the Hill without mention of the Shirley family who left their mark on the little church in no uncertain terms. In fact, as soon as you enter the nave, your eye is immediately drawn … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, History, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged 16th and 17th century memorials, archaeology, breedon on the hill, cadaver tomb, carved stone, Church of SSs Mary and Hardulph, Shirley family, tomb | 23 Comments

Time travelling: Fantastic beasts and where to find them…

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Sue Vincent

The reason I had long wanted to take my companion to the church at Breedon on the Hill was carved in stone. On my first ‘accidental visit’, I had been astounded by a collection of cross shafts tucked away in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Art, Churches, Don and Wen, dragons, History, Photography | Tagged angel, Anglo-Saxon art, archaeology, breedon on the hill, carved stone, Church of SSs Mary and Hardulph | 46 Comments

Time travelling: Ancient sanctity

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We entered through the porch door, surprised to find ourselves in a kind of antechamber. From the outside, there is no suggestion that you will be anywhere other than in the main body of the church and I had forgotten … Continue reading →