A brilliant read - and apologies for the Miner's Standard clash.
Timberland Church.
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@Ex-Call Centre Chimp thanks for sorting many interesting glimpses into Lincolnshire's past...my first thoughts on reading about the St Paul family were, that it can certainly pay dividends to be on the right side of religious upheaval (in their case, as Protestants under Henry VIII).
And as for introducing the term 'immurement: - an addition to my knowledge and vocabulary (Immurement - Wikipedia https://share.google/fixRRsNrug6uYApPa ).
Graffiti from 1689 - yes, it's a bit of a contradiction when in historical context!
I sat with a coffee this sunny morning and enjoyed an unexpected, wonderful tour of parts of Lincolnshire in summer.
Thank you.
And as for introducing the term 'immurement: - an addition to my knowledge and vocabulary (Immurement - Wikipedia https://share.google/fixRRsNrug6uYApPa ).
Graffiti from 1689 - yes, it's a bit of a contradiction when in historical context!
I sat with a coffee this sunny morning and enjoyed an unexpected, wonderful tour of parts of Lincolnshire in summer.
Thank you.
Thanks everyone for your kind feedback, to JoeBiff for suggesting Temple Bruer and to Att for the Tom Thumb link.
Oh, no apology necessary - I was just being a dick.
Very enjoyable Bill, I always like riding past this one, it's a shame it's slowly returning to nature. Linwood Methodist church.
John Wesley will be turning in his grave! Whereabouts is it? Google maps just wants to take me to Ladywood in Birmingham!
Linwood south of Market Rasen.
It's really difficult to find at that resolution (hardly better on the museum's own site!) but is it foreground, centre, with the wiring?
That's awful progressive ! I can't see that being the mantra in many Christian places
But I do, as a complete non-believer, love old churches. The craftsmanship is simply stunning but you do wonder, especially in the small rural parishes here, how much hardship was required of the parishioners to be able to build these things
Carry on Bill, this is a great read
Thank you. Yes, I thought it was a great approach by The Quakers, we could do with a little (lot) more of that approach these days.
Likewise, I often wonder what the serfs of the outlying villages thought when they saw places like Lincoln Cathedral going up.
Take care Comrade, see you in September, insha'Allah.
Likewise, I often wonder what the serfs of the outlying villages thought when they saw places like Lincoln Cathedral going up.
Take care Comrade, see you in September, insha'Allah.
I wonder the same when you look at magnificent cathederal buildings.
As an aside, someone I used to know bought a small former derelict Methodist chapel in Essex, in the middle of nowhere. He renovated it completely, turning it into a very nice (if small) house.
He had the original deeds, which were interesting. The land the chapel was built on was owned by I think five or more families, I guess in small parcels. Three at least could not write, so they signed the bill of sale with a X, literally ‘His mark’.
The large document was in excellent condition. He had it framed nicely and hung on the wall.
Fabulous.
Our house is a mid 1850s property once part of very wealthy Farm Estate that ran from The Humber to Suffolk. I asked for the deeds when we cleared the mortgage only to be told by the solicitors that they had burned them all as 'Who would want a load of dusty old papers anyway?'.
September is shaping up to be a raucous weekend with discussions of ancient stonemasonry, Irish history and the place of historical theology in 21C Europe to look forward to. I'd better pack some extra paracetamol.
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I’d recommend this book:
Easy to dip into and plenty of “Well, I never….” bits.
Easy to dip into and plenty of “Well, I never….” bits.
Church Going
An insightful and charming history of Britain's churches - by an author who spends his life working in them.
books.google.co.uk
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Have you tried the Land Registry for copies?
You might turn up trumps with what they have stored/copies available. I think I paid £11.
I say that as I’ve recently been searching for stuff relating to some of our property and surrounding. (Plus, Land Registry have an arrangement where, if they’ve destroyed pertinent copies, there is a facility for recompense or recourse to glean the copies from elsewhere….if, of course, they’re available. Sometimes the copies may have a solicitor or conveyancer stamp on them as a pointer.)
Excellent advice, I'll give it a go, thank you. 
Slightly further afield today. We're on Naran Strand near Portnoo Co. Donegal and there's a small tidal island a short stroll across the sand so I thought I'd have a wander over to relieve the boredom.
There are a couple of derelict churches one of which is dedicated to St. Connell who I'd never heard of.
I did take some pics of some of the headstones that are laid flat but they didn't come out so well.
en.wikipedia.org
There are a couple of derelict churches one of which is dedicated to St. Connell who I'd never heard of.
I did take some pics of some of the headstones that are laid flat but they didn't come out so well.
Connell of Aughrim - Wikipedia
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Among the older headstones was a much more recent burial.
Not a bad view though.
Not a bad view though.
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