Category Archives: World War 1

Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire – St Peter and St Paul

Posted on June 27, 2019 by admin

After Pershore we went on to Upton upon Severn, and found it was a bigger village than we expected. We parked in the centre and found most of the shops were inaccessible if you have a Julie in a wheelchair. … Continue reading →

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Pershore, Worcestershire – Holy Cross

Posted on June 27, 2019 by admin

Wednesday 29 May, and we drove to have an explore of Pershore. We parked by the church – SO 948 457 – and had a wonderful visit. Pershore Abbey is officially the Church of the Holy Cross. Website at http://pershoreabbey.org.uk/ … 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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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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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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Attenborough, Nottingham – St Mary’s

Posted on May 5, 2019 by admin

Jonathan is the Vicar of St Mary’s Attenborough, just this side of Nottingham. He is also an Ecumenical person for Southwell diocese – so I went to see him for lunch. Have a look at the church website – www.attenboroughchurch.org.uk/history.html, … Continue reading →

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York, Yorkshire – All Saints Pavement

Posted on March 14, 2019 by admin

The third church we visited on our crawl of medieval churches in York, was All Saints Pavement. I have reached the stage of photoing the name boards. Fortunately this church has a good leaflet. The leaflet suggest this was probably … Continue reading →

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York – St Olave

Posted on March 3, 2019 by admin

York University has a post-grad course in Parish Church Studies – https://www.york.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/courses/pg-dip-parish-church-studies/. There is a blog too – https://parishchurchstudies.wordpress.com/. A chap called Rob Andrews is a student on the course – he is on twitter at https://twitter.com/roberrttoa – and he … Continue reading →

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Elsdon, Northumberland – St Cuthbert (for the third time)

Posted on February 2, 2019 by admin

From Hartburn we drove on through Cambo, and the gorgeous road to Elsdon – stopping before the village to get a few photos. I do love Northumberland. St Cuthbert’s church is a favourite. I’ve blogged it twice, but visited a … Continue reading →

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