Category Archives: World War 1

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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Haworth, West Yorkshire – St Michael and All Angels

Posted on January 28, 2019 by admin

We had arranged to start 2019 by meeting friends at 11.30 for a ride on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. We overslept. We met our friends off the train at 12.30, then realised the steepness of the hill in … 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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Cromford, Derbyshire – St Mary’s

Posted on November 21, 2018 by admin

On Saturday 3 November we drove up to Cromford and parked by the Mills. The girls went for a wander round the shops, I went to visit St Mary’s church. Here is a website – Cromford in Prose and Poetry  … Continue reading →

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Sudbury, Derbyshire – All Saints

Posted on November 18, 2018 by admin

On Saturday afternoon (20 October) we drove across to Sudbury Hall National Trust property. Even disabled drivers have to park in the main car park and there is an electric van – but it’s not very easy to enter. We … Continue reading →

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Torpenhow, Cumbria – St Michael

Posted on November 14, 2018 by admin

The final church visit of the day was St Michael Torpenhow – NY 206397 – website. The guidebook was first produced in 1969 “and coincided with the truly remarkable Parish Flower Festival.” Even now the PCC are meeting to plan … Continue reading →

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Bassenthwaite, Cumbria – St John

Posted on November 10, 2018 by admin

We drove north along the east side of Bassenthwaite, and found St John’s church at NY 229316. The website is here. Pevsner says the church is 1878 by David Brade of Kendal, and describes it as “expensive but ill-proportioned”, though … Continue reading →

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Crosthwaite, Cumbria – St Kentigern

Posted on November 8, 2018 by admin

On Tuesday 9 October I wanted a day with Clare, so braved Virgin Trains to go north. She met me at Penrith station, and we drove west, past Keswick on the bypass, and into Crosthwaite. The church of St Kentigern is … Continue reading →

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