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Wrexham, Clywd – St Giles

Posted on January 11, 2022 by admin

St Giles church Wrexham is just down from the centre of the town, not far from Central station. Central is now a terminus – in the old days the line went on east (indeed it cut through the churchyard). Church … Continue reading →

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Hawarden, Clwyd – St Deiniol

Posted on January 9, 2022 by admin

Julie and I are staying at Gladstone’s Library – https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/ – a residential library in Hawarden, just over the border into Wales, Clwyd (Flintshire). It is a wonderful place to go and do some work, so we started 2022 with … Continue reading →

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Parwich, Derbyshire – St Peter’s

Posted on January 4, 2022 by admin

We continued on to Parwich. St Peter’s church is in the middle of the village at SK 188 543, just behind The Sycamore Pub (which is one of those annoying places where the website says dogs are welcome, but makes … Continue reading →

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Ballidon, Derbyshire – All Saints

Posted on January 3, 2022 by admin

All Saints church, Ballidon, is on the right of the road as you drive up to the village – grid reference SK 203 544. It is now in the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches – friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk – a … Continue reading →

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Swanwick, Derbyshire – St Andrew

Posted on December 30, 2021 by admin

I went to Swanwick first thing on the Thursday before Christmas to take a funeral. It was a very foggy day (when we were in the cemetery it was like something out of Dickens). I went back before the New … Continue reading →

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Orwell, Cambridgeshire – St Andrew

Posted on December 29, 2021 by admin

St Andrew’s church is at TL 362504. We used to come to this village to have an explore of the old chalk pit, now a nature reserve, and I remember watching two steam engines ploughing a field – engine at … Continue reading →

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Barton, Cambridgeshire – St Peter

Posted on December 28, 2021 by admin

Our 38th wedding anniversary, 3 December 2021. We drove to Barton and parked by the school so I could have an explore of St Peter’s – TL 408557. The village of my childhood. We moved here when I was 9. … Continue reading →

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – St Bene’t

Posted on December 28, 2021 by admin

St Bene’t’s church is the oldest in Cambridge. A classic Anglo-Saxon tower, each stage a little narrower than the one below. There are six bells in the tower. In 1273 there was one, and the Rector, Alan, disputed the new … Continue reading →

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church

Posted on December 27, 2021 by admin

We are in Cambridge for a Wedding Anniversary break and on 2 December 2021 (37 years and 364 days since that Fateful Day) we walked along to St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church. I realised that, although we worshipped here for … Continue reading →

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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – Great Saint Mary’s

Posted on December 27, 2021 by admin

Great Saint Mary’s is the main church in the centre of Cambridge – the University Church. In my youth their Director of Music also conducted Cambridge Youth Orchestra, so we did various concerts here. In our undergraduate days we came … Continue reading →

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