Category Archives: Outside Northumberland

Monkwearmouth, Tyne & Wear – St Peter

Posted on January 1, 2016 by admin

St Peter’s, Monkwearmouth is a few minutes walk from the metro station, at grid reference NZ402578. Just above the River Wear it is now surrounded by University buildings and a large grassed area where the monastery was – it would … Continue reading →

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Bradford, West Yorkshire – Cathedral

Posted on December 28, 2015 by admin

Bradford is the one Cathedral I have never been to – to be precise, the one English Anglican cathedral I have never been to. We had a free Thursday (19 November), so drove south. We went via the A1, M1, M62, … Continue reading →

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Stow, Lincolnshire – St Mary the Virgin

Posted on November 20, 2015 by admin

We are driving through Lincolnshire, and I saw the sign to Stow. I decided to divert via the stunning Saxon church – the church of St Mary. Last time I came here was on preaching experience while at Theological College … Continue reading →

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Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire – East End

Posted on November 19, 2015 by admin

I hope you enjoyed the West End of this lovely Cathedral in the last blog. Now let’s enjoy the East End of the Cathedral. On the south side of the Quire is the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. The screen … Continue reading →

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Ripon Cathedral, North Yorkshire – West End

Posted on November 18, 2015 by admin

Ripon Cathedral. SE314712 – website. I have 138 photos – do you remember those days when we went on holiday with one 24 exposure film? Here are a selection of them – it is a lovely Cathedral, and we had … Continue reading →

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Aldborough, North Yorkshire – St Andrew

Posted on November 17, 2015 by admin

Aldborough is a Roman town, although it is many years since I have visited the English Heritage site – website – I’ll have to wait until next Spring. The church of St Andrew is in the middle of the town … Continue reading →

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Skelton-cum-Newby, North Yorkshire – Christ the Consoler

Posted on November 16, 2015 by admin

The Church of Christ the Consoler, Skelton-cum-Newby, North Yorkshire is at SE360679, between the village and Newby Hall. The Hall looks well worth a visit – website – so I’ll put that on the list for next year. It is … Continue reading →

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Dersingham, Norfolk – St Nicholas

Posted on November 15, 2015 by admin

At Shernborne I said “now two Norfolk churches”. I gave you Shernborne followed by Mickley in Northumberland … . Sorry, Cambridge Geography degree should know the difference between Nor-folk and Nor-thumberland. We now have a quick trip back to Norfolk … Continue reading →

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Shernborne, Norfolk – St Peter

Posted on November 13, 2015 by admin

Friday 9 October 2015, and a couple of Norfolk churches. We are on the Sandringham estate, in west Norfolk, near the Wash. Shernborne has a lovely village sign. St Peter’s church Shernborne is in the middle of the hamlet, at TF714624. … Continue reading →

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Amersham, Buckinghamshire – St Michael & All Angels

Posted on November 10, 2015 by admin

Amersham on the Hill was built when the Metropolitan Line came to town. The best known film of this is John Betjeman’s Metroland – which you can watch here. There is also a 1910 film of the line here. Here is … Continue reading →

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