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A country church

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

If the only way I can get out and play at the moment is to revisit old haunts, then so be it, Four years ago, I stumbled across a little gem of a church… very unexpectedly… For once, I had … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Sunday Best…

Posted on February 14, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We were right about the church; St Mary’s, Sledmere, was well worth a look, though not for our usual reasons. We normally visit the older places of worship by choice, seeking within their hallowed walls the stories and symbolism that … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: In Face of History

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We could hardly spend so much time in the churchyard at Rudston without visiting the church. While the Monolith alone was worth the long detour from our route home,  we were quite interested to see what kind of place had … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Waylaid by Wyverns

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We didn’t have to go back the long way, but we did. My companion, knowing full well that the moors of North Yorkshire would be calling, and responding to squeaks from the driver’s seat as the hills came into view, … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Sidetracked Again

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It doesn’t matter where we go, the habit of rising early for work seems to follow us, so it was no surprise that we were up and out a long time before we would be meeting the rest of the … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Sidetracked by Saints

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Few churches named after a saint have a historical claim to have been built by their namesake, but St Aidan’s church in Bamburgh is one of the few who have that right. The original church here was founded by St … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 10: Selby Abbey – A Final Blaze…

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Sue Vincent

There is a final jewel at Selby Abbey; the great East Window. I told how the great fire of 1906 had put it in imminent danger of shattering and how a dedicated fire crew had protected the fragile panes with … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 10: Selby Abbey – Phoenix

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Sue Vincent

“From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring…” Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Just before midnight, October 19th 1906, workers who had been installing a new system in the organ saw flames in … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 8: Dead Locks and Angels

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We followed the Beadle in silence into the church, grateful for the history he was giving us about the place, as much for the information as for the fact that we had the chance to gather our wandering wits. I … Continue reading →

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Discovering Albion – day 7: Glass and Stone

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We left the corner of the church with the ancient stones to look around the rest of the little cathedral at Brechin. Normally you have to really look to find the treasures of history, but here we seemed to keep … Continue reading →

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