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Croome, Worcestershire – Hall and St Mary Magdalene

Posted on June 15, 2019 by admin

Croome is a National Trust property not far south from Pershore, so we headed there on Sunday 26 May. The car park was filling up as we arrived, and there were queues to get in. However they soon sorted us, … Continue reading →

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White Ladies Aston, Worcestershire – St John the Baptist

Posted on June 6, 2019 by admin

We went on and turned off the main road to see St John the Baptist, White Ladies Aston – SO 922527. A small hamlet, a little village church, no website that I can find, but an excellent guidebook. A well … Continue reading →

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Spetchley, Worcestershire – All Saints’

Posted on June 6, 2019 by admin

After time in Worcester on Saturday 25 May we headed out of town on the Evesham road and stopped so I could visit the Churches Conservation Trust church of All Saints, Spetchley – SO 895540. It is on the right … Continue reading →

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Worcester – The Commandery

Posted on May 30, 2019 by admin

We spent Saturday 25 May in Worcester, and went to the Commandery, a Civil War museum that we hadn’t been to for many years. They had events on for Oak Apple Day, but the place was not exactly buzzing. They … Continue reading →

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Hanbury, Worcestershire – St Mary the Virgin

Posted on May 29, 2019 by admin

Friday 24 May and we are en route for a few days in Worcestershire. Hanbury Hall NT property is on our way – http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hanbury-hall-and-gardens. The Vernon family moved to the estate in the 1570s, and Thomas Vernon started work on … Continue reading →

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Wirksworth, Derbyshire – St Mary the Virgin

Posted on May 27, 2019 by admin

Wirksworth is a nearby town, but it is not very Julie-friendly (too many slopes and cobbles). On Tuesday 21 May I caught the yellow bus there (the lovely TrentBarton Sixes that run up and down the A6) and had an … Continue reading →

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Binsey, Oxfordshire – St Margaret of Antioch

Posted on May 25, 2019 by admin

After Deb and I had coffee in Oxford we drove to Binsey, a hamlet just outside the city. There are a few buildings beside the Thames, and the church is about 1/2 mile to the west (within sound of the … Continue reading →

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Darjeeling via Oxford

Posted on May 25, 2019 by admin

On Wednesday 5 June I am giving a paper at our MA Conference in Derby. My title is ‘The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway – Toy Train, Relic of the Raj, World Heritage Site’. I am excited, Laura is excited (she wants … Continue reading →

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Langley Mill, Derbyshire – St Andrew

Posted on May 13, 2019 by admin

On Tuesday 7 May I went over to St Andrew’s Langley Mill where a new Pioneer Minister was being licensed. Langley Mill is a local ecumenical project, and I am the Diocesan Ecumenical Officer. Archdeacon Chris led it, and he … Continue reading →

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Middleton, Leeds – Railway, Park and St Mary’s (outside)

Posted on May 13, 2019 by admin

Our daughter Hannah was doing a morning’s on-call at her surgery, which isn’t far from the Middleton Railway in Leeds. We drove up the M1 and met her there about 1 – then she and Julie went off shopping leaving … Continue reading →

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