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Category Archives: World War 1
Barton, Cumbria – St Michael’s (again)
Monday 8 January 2024 and I caught the train to Penrith for a few hours with Clare. We had a leisurely coffee and scone in Pooley Bridge, then drove up the road to St Michael’s church, Barton – and realised … Continue reading
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Leadgate, County Durham – St Ives
Sunday 17 September 2023, one of the Heritage Open Days. St Ives church, Leadgate, NZ130551, was buzzing. A talk was just starting, there were local history displays, some mining art, and a cup of tea available. Sadly there was no … Continue reading
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Langcliffe, North Yorkshire – St John the Evangelist
For the first week of February we had a lovely week in a cottage near Settle. On Sunday 5 February I called in at St John the Evangelist in Langcliffe because we saw a notice saying “books in church”. Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Cawood, North Yorkshire – All Saints’
I continued along the B1223 to the village of Cawood. It looked lovely and I passed what looked like a castle. I found All Saints’ church is beside the River Ouse at SE578377 – http://www.allsaintscawood.org.uk/. Not a lot of parking … Continue reading
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Church Fenton, North Yorkshire – St Mary’s
February 1 2023 and I have an afternoon at Hannah’s in Yorkshire. I went for an explore and decided that first stop was Church Fenton. St Mary’s church is at SE515367. It is part of the Tadcaster benefice – https://www.tadcasterbenefice.org/st-mary-s-church-church-fenton. … Continue reading
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Derby, Normanton – St Giles
On Thursday 16 June 2022, the Feast of Corpus Christi, Deanery Chapter was at St Giles, Normanton – a church of a very different tradition to mine (you won’t find baptisms, weddings or funerals on their website – http://stgiles-derby.org.uk/). This … Continue reading
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Derbyshire – Smalley, St John the Baptist
One of our local retired priests put on facebook that there was a flower festival at St John the Baptist in Smalley – I thought we had a Diocesan communications department to tell us what is going on – so … Continue reading
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Orkney 2021 – Burray, St Lawrence
Thursday 17 June was a beautiful day. We went to St Lawrence church on Burray, the island we’re staying on. It’s down a lane off the main road at ND492964. I had rather hoped we could get down to the … Continue reading
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Normanton-on-Cliffe, Lincolnshire – St Nicholas
After a day at Belton House, lovely National Trust property, but the church was locked, we drove to Ancaster, where the church was locked. Then we headed up the A607 and in Normanton-on-Cliffe there was a CCT sign beside the … Continue reading
National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – the Army
Let’s start this final section with one amazing memorial, then we’ll end our visit with another. We should mention we enjoyed the gardens and the café – and look forward to coming back when the Remembrance section is open, an … Continue reading
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