Monthly Archives: December 2018

Derwent Valley Heritage Way 7 – Matlock to Whatstandwell

Posted on December 30, 2018 by admin

On Thursday 13 December I caught the 1259 from Duffield to Matlock to set off and do the next bit of the Derwent Valley Mills Trail. I avoided the railway bookshop at Matlock station, crossed the river, and walked through … Continue reading →

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Alnwick, Northumberland – St Michael’s (again)

Posted on December 19, 2018 by admin

We had a weekend in Northumberland, and on Friday 7 December we drove north to Alnwick. As my wife and Anne settled in for several hours in Barter Books, I went for a walk to St Michael’s church. I did … Continue reading →

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Coventry Cathedral – a personal pause

Posted on December 17, 2018 by admin

My beautiful wife Julie is a Coventry girl, and Monday 3 December 2018 was our 35th wedding anniversary. We drove to Coventry, parked at the west end of the old cathedral and then went in to the new one. We needed … Continue reading →

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Derwent Valley Heritage Way 6, Rowsley to Matlock

Posted on December 11, 2018 by admin

On Friday 16 November I got up early and caught the first Transpeak bus north to Rowsley. Why is it taking me so long to walk this Derwent Valley Mills Trail? It’s only 5.5 miles from Rowsley to Matlock and … Continue reading →

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Alstonefield, Staffordshire – St Peter

Posted on December 4, 2018 by admin

This year our MA course has more mature students, and one of them, Carrie, was handing out flyers for “A Visual and audio exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of the end of WW1” in Alstonefield – their local history group … Continue reading →

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London – St Edmund, Lombard Street

Posted on December 2, 2018 by admin

And finally, London church number 4 was St Edmund King and Martyr, Lombard Street, EC3V 9EA. I can’t find a church website, but the building now houses the London Centre for Spiritual Direction – website – and this ‘about us’ … Continue reading →

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London – St Michael Cornhill

Posted on December 1, 2018 by admin

London church number 3 was St Michael, Cornhill, EC3V 9DS – website. There was a Saxon church on this site. It is recorded in a document of Evesham Abbey in 1055. The tower was rebuilt in 1421, and destroyed in the … Continue reading →

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