Happy Thanksgiving to all US readers celebrating - hope you have a good day.
This is the sign that I like to see when hoping to visit a church.
This village church sits by the road right in the centre of the village.
The first thing I noticed were these cards for sale, standing on a lovely carved chest
View down the nave is very like many other small churches, there is a south aisle
Another church that still has its bier used to carry the coffin from the church to the churchyard.
(There was a funeral over the road from my bungalow last week and the coffin was carried down the hill from the church to the burial ground gate in a tractor trailer. The man who had died was a very elderly man, once a village farmer and his grandsons still have old tractors)
The font dates from the C14
Beautiful decoration on the organ pipes
It's always interesting to see these old notices, to remind parishioners of their duty to the poor
The choir pews in the chancel have angels at each end
The Victorian stained glass east window over the altar
At each side of the altar are the commandments
The window over the small altar in the south aisle
The altar in the south aisle on the Saturday after Remembrance Sunday
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Sue
Lovely pictures! I've just discovered the Badwell Ash Heritage website which is full of information about the village. Thanks for the post, Sue.
ReplyDeleteWhen I used to help children explore the church I used to ask them "Where does the church keep its beer?" It amazed me that even the teachers didn't know that it was a bier!
ReplyDeleteLovely stained glass. I like your new header too, been meaning to mention it!
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