The church at Kloster Andrechs, Bavaria, yesterday. 15th century on a hilltop site (Heilige Berg) with a much longer history, and famous for its collection of relics (and brewery 🙂).
#ChurchCrawling #Bayern
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Uppington church near where I'm staying a (possibly Saxon) dragon tympanum over the north door.
#photography #dragon #churchcrawling
A spot of #streetphotography while #churchcrawling in the ancient #CapitalCity of England, #Winchester.
#blackandwhitephotography
And now for some gentle #churchcrawling in Walmer
Appleby in Westmorland St Lawrence church
#Woodnesday font cover
#MemorialMonday to a one week old baby
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At St. Edith's, Eaton under Heywood, there is the most wonderful apotropaic marking I've seen. The "W" or "VV" symbol, linked to the Virgin Mary, was believed to invoke her protection. Post-Reformation, it remained a powerful apotropaic sign.
#Apotropaic #Churches #Churchcrawling #history #Folklore
St Peter’s churchyard. A photo of some gravestones with trees framing them
Bluebells
A photo of Easter decorations taken through the window. There is a reflection of another building in the window
Photo through a large window. You can just see the window that’s on the opposite side of the nave in this shot.
Just a quick trip to my local church in Formby. I’ve been here countless times but always see something new.
I can never get in, so resort to taking photos through the windows. But usually get good shots! Two for one in the window pic!
#Churchcrawling
A tall, thin stained glass window, depicting Christ as carved in the Northumbrian style, right hand raised in benediction. A wooden crucifix stands in front of the window. It was designed by Alex Haynes, of Albion Glass, Brampton.
'Christ from the Bewcastle Cross', from the Millennium window at St. Cuthbert's Church, Bewcastle; designed in homage to the magnificent 7th/8th century decorated cross in the churchyard.
A Happy Easter, to all who celebrate.
#StainedGlassSunday #Easter #ChurchCrawling
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🏴 👑 Visit Dunfermline with me! Let's talk history, kings & queens, Andrew Carnegie's legacy, and a peacock sanctuary.
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🏴 👑 🎆 NEW VIDEO JUST DROPPED - Visit Dunfermline with me! Let's talk history, kings & queens, Andrew Carnegie's legacy, and a peacock sanctuary.
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The 'Bayeux Tapestry of England'.
All Saints Church, Claverley, houses a remarkable 13th-century wall painting of over 15 metres. Its rare depiction of knights makes it unique in Britain. Thought to show the battle of Vices and Virtues, it is truly remarkable.
#history #medieval #churchcrawling
Whenever I go church crawling, I obsessively look for graffiti. Recently, in All Saints Church, Claverley, I hit the jackpot when I found this fantastic little guy ✨️
#history #churchcrawling #churches #historicgraffiti #churchesoftheworld
Poor box, Widdrington Northumberland
It looks like you could chose who your donation could go to
The ‘poor’
The “church’
Or “communications for the clergy” whatever that means!
#Woodensday
#churchcrawling
In #StJames, 1679 4 persons were judged guilty of a most heinous #crime … for purloining the Lord’s day in travelling from @Bristol to @Bath on foot. They confessed their sins and paid 20s for the use of the parish #Churchcrawling #history
St. Mary Star of the Sea, a fine example of #GothicRevival #design built for the #Catholic population of #Hastings, an ancient #fishing town on the English south coast.
#EastSussex #Victorians #church #architecture #churchphotography #churchcrawling #SundayService
A colour landscape aspect photograph looking across the rooftops of a large town centre on a sunny day. A tall, thin church steeple and a separate (and slightly lower) church tower are prominent in the distance. The dominant colours are pale blues and greys in the sky, and shades of brick red and industrial greys in the buildings in the foreground.
An unusual view of the elegant spire at St. Elphin's, #Warrington: at 281 feet, one of the tallest in an English parish church. Mediaeval origins, C19 restoration. The tower to the right is at St. Mary's, formerly Benedictine, now a 'shrine'.
#SteepleSaturday #Lancashire #ChurchCrawling
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#AdoorableThursday
#woodensday
#ironworkthursday
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gorgeous hinges and doors
Shilbottle Church. #Northumberland A gem. ( I had trouble pronouncing that place name without sounding offensive about it 😂 )
Composition includes intricately carved marble panels on the side of a large baptismal font and on an altar. There are also metal candlesticks and a crucifix on the altar, a wooden throne behind it, a free standing candlestick, marble paving stones, and steps with colored inlay forming simple geometric patterns.
13th century furnishings in the Pisa Baptistery.
I take the "crawling" part of #ChurchCrawling very literally.
#sculpture #marble #MedievalArt
A recent visit to my local Churches Conservation Trust church, St. Petrock’s Church, Parracombe, inspired this new work.
To me it is one of the gems of Exmoor. If you’re ever in the area do make sure to visit this wonderful place and be inspired yourself. #art #churchcrawling
Southwark Cathedral, London uk.
Sometimes you deserve a a 3-wow minimum kinda day...
@southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
#london #londonse1 #churh #cathedral #architecture #visitlondon #londonsightseeing #churchcrawling
A Darenth Valley landscape, where London is behind you and Kent proper begins. This #countrylane leads to a lavender farm, a castle and a tropical orchid garden. Lush...
#kent #darenthvalley #landscapephotography #englishlandscape #spring #churchcrawling
Photo of a small, back lit, wooden, white church.
Claquato Church is the oldest standing church in Washington State, built in 1858. Claquato became a ghost town after the railroad went through nearby Centralia and Chehalis instead.
On the occupied lands of the Chehalis and Cowlitz tribes.
#SteepleSaturday #ChurchCrawling #WestCoastKin #PhotoSky
Well Hill Mission Church, Kent uk.
- One of a tiny handful of remaining English wooden churches, built for agricultural labourers and opened in 1893.
#churchcrawling #churchphotography #kent #rare #church #architecture #woodenbuildings#kentdowns #hoppickers #englishlandscape #landscapephotography
A large, robust stone font on an octagonal stone base, set into a tiled floor. Its shape is clearly that of a column base, but upside down. (Make like Emlyn Hughes in the picture round on 'A Question of Sport' and all will become clear.)
The stonking great font at St. Andrew's, #Wroxeter - made from an upturned Roman column base. One of many pieces of re-used stone in a remarkable church. (A look around it adds a lot to a visit to the nearby 'Roman City' site.)
#FontsOnFriday #Shropshire #ChurchCrawling #RomanBritain
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