St Leonard’s Church in Wollaton, Nottingham, has been around since the 1200s and it would have fallen under the care of the Mortein and then the Willoughby families, owners of the nearby Wollaton Hall.
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Throwback Thursday: St Leonard’s Church, Wollaton
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, church, history, monument, photo post, stained glass, Wollaton, wollaton antiphonal, Wollaton Hall
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York Minster
York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe and more than half of Europe’s medieval stained glass is in its windows. The first church on the site dates from around 627 but the present building dates from around 1220.
Categories: England, York, Yorkshire
Tags: archaeology, chapter house, church, photo post, Roman, stained glass, statue, tower, view, York, York Minster
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St Maurice’s Church, Ellingham
On a recent holiday in Northumberland we based ourselves in the village of Ellingham, staying at the Pack Horse Inn (highly recommended – lovely staff, fantastic food). After checking in we decided to take a walk through the very small village and came across St Maurice’s Church.
Categories: Ellingham, England, Northumberland
Tags: church, Ellingham, Northumberland, photo post, St Maurice's Church, stained glass window
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Coggeshall’s Architectural History – Part Two
As a follow-up to part one, this post is focusing on some of Coggeshall’s religous buildings, past and present. The first of these is Christ Church (previously known as the Congregational Church). Built in 1710 by Independents, some of whom had been ejected from the Church of England, by 1989 it had combined with the Methodist and Baptist churches.
Categories: Coggeshall, England, Essex
Tags: architecture, church, Coggeshall, history, photo post
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Nottingham Architecture – Part Five
Continuing my regular Nottingham architecture series I’ll start off with Sneinton Parish Church which caught my eye the last time I visited Green’s Windmill.
Categories: England, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Tags: architecture, church, lace market, nottingham, pilcher gate
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St Swithun’s Church, Worcester
Whilst visiting a friend in Worcester we came across the open door of St Swithun’s Church. Not always open to the public we decided to have an explore of what is a Grade I listed Anglican Church, one of the earliest Georgian churches in England.
Categories: England, Worcester, Worcestershire
Tags: church, photo post, pulpit, St Swithun's Church, stained glass window, Worcester
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Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden
Not far from St Paul’s Cathedral is Christchurch Greyfriars Church Garden. It is the impressive ruins of one of Christopher Wren’s churches that was heavily damaged in the Blitz on 29 December 1940.
Categories: England, London
Tags: christopher wren, church, church garden, garden, photo post, steeple, tower
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St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden
St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, not to be confused with the Cathedral, was designed by Inigo Jones in 1651 and is also known as The Actor’s Church because of its history with the theatre community. Completed in 1633 it was the first new church to be built since the Reformation.
Categories: England, London
Tags: church, Inigo Jones, london, photo post, Punch and Judy, sculpture, st paul's church, the actor's church
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St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London
St Martin-in-the-Fields stands at the north east corner of Trafalgar Square and as such is a building I’ve passed by plenty of times but never had the time to pop in until this last visit when I deliberately added it to my places to see. There’s been a church on the site since at least 1222 but the current building dates from 1722-1726.
Categories: England, London
Tags: baroque, church, Henry Croft, history, James Gibbs, organ, photo post, St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, whipping post
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