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« on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:17:49 » |
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Seeing on other threads recently there has been talk about Churches, just wondered how old they are in the areas you live.
I was married at St Andrews, Clever, Windsor, the church was built in 1068 just after the Norman Conquest and at the same time as the old Round Tower at Windsor Castle was built.
It is a beautiful small church with a great graveyard, if ever you are in the area it is a must to go and visit.
I love visiting old churches and always find time to have a look around the graveyards (morbid I know) I find them of great interest.
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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:26:25 » |
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Will endeavour to visit Dell...go to Slough regular,will pop down the road to see it..Inglesham has a lovely little church ware they have found old paintings under the plaster..so they have left them...also a lovely church at Meysey Hampton,with a small pond and walks are great in summer and winter....The Masons arms do a nice ale as well.
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dell boy
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« Reply #2 on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:33:52 » |
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If you are in the area, Cookham Church (near Maidenhead) set on the Thames is a must and if you haven't been to Cookham before you will find a really beautiful village high street, with the gallery of artist Stanley Spencer at the top near the church. It's best to visit in the summer, if you go to the far end of the high street and have a pint sitting on 'The Moor' which is opposite the well known Moor Hall (tudor building) from The Moor it is only a hop-skip-and-jump to the river bank.
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dell boy
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« Reply #3 on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:36:28 » |
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Will endeavour to visit Dell...go to Slough regular,will pop down the road to see it..Inglesham has a lovely little church ware they have found old paintings under the plaster..so they have left them...also a lovely church at Meysey Hampton,with a small pond and walks are great in summer and winter....The Masons arms do a nice ale as well.
I will put those in my book to visit. If you visit St Andrews, take the Windsor Relief road from Slough, come off the first Windsor turning towards (Windsor Racecourse - Maidenhead Road), at mini roundabout after garage (75 yards) turn right, St Andrews is 200 yards down on your right. |
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Rich Pullen
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« Reply #4 on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:39:49 » |
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Loads of old religious buildings here in the North East. Hexham Abbey being one that springs immediately to mind. I've been down the Saxon crypt which you're allowed to venture into.
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« Reply #5 on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 21:55:19 » |
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Loads of old religious buildings here in the North East. Hexham Abbey being one that springs immediately to mind. I've been down the Saxon crypt which you're allowed to venture into.
Would love that....thanks Dell,always amazes me the difference these days between Windsor and Slough...just a mile apart. |
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« Reply #6 on: Sunday, February 8, 2009, 22:06:13 » |
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always amazes me the difference these days between Windsor and Slough...just a mile apart.
Yes, only been to Slough a couple of times, that was enough!! Windsor is totally different, at least plenty of friendly faces if you get my drift! |
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 07:06:44 » |
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Not really a church as such but Cologne Cathedral 2 hours drive from me is magnificent. Pretty amazing as well to see the pictures of Cologne that was pretty much flattened in the war however the massive Cathedral remains standing amongst all the rubble.
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 08:02:21 » |
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Not really a church as such but Cologne Cathedral 2 hours drive from me is magnificent. Pretty amazing as well to see the pictures of Cologne that was pretty much flattened in the war however the massive Cathedral remains standing amongst all the rubble.
Apparently the only reason the cathedral in Cologne was left intact during WW2 was because it was used as a navigational aid by the RAF. The rest of Cologne had the shit bombed out of it...!! |
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 08:39:56 » |
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If you ever go to barcelona......Sagrada Familia is amazing.
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« Reply #10 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 08:55:18 » |
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A church is a place of worship not just somewhere for a nice walk and a photo. Make me sick you lot
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 09:01:00 » |
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Amen
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« Reply #12 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 09:29:50 » |
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Yorkminster......Douro in Milan.
St Peters church in Codford has part of a Saxon cross in it and very rare.
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« Reply #13 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 09:36:27 » |
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If you ever go to barcelona......Sagrada Familia is amazing.
Yep, seen this and well worth a visit. The Sacre Couer in Paris is decent as well. |
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we've been to Aberdeen, we hate the Hibs, they make us spew up, so make some noise,
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« Reply #14 on: Monday, February 9, 2009, 16:59:09 » |
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Unsurprisingly, I've visited many churches in the region and further afield, I had a long time bird, who surprisingly for a young fit specimen shared my interest...we used to go brass rubbing, the Cotswolds being a favourite place.
Doing walking and cycling, it is quite common to arrive at hidden away, ecclesiological gems, in the English countryside...which still necessitate a stop for a bit of a root around.
Unfortunately, all too often in the last 20 years they'll be locked.
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