St Mary’s Church on Brownsea Island looks over the green, most people pass it as they start one of the many walks to explore the island. It was built in 1853/4 and was consecrated that same year by the Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Rev. Walter Kerr Hamilton, on 18 October 1854. The Diocese ofContinue reading “St Mary’s Church, Brownsea Island”
Category Archives: Churches
An old new church on sea
The photo above was taken on the sea wall of Teignmouth as I walked back to the car park. A fairly typical sea side view, but from the same spot turning 180 degrees, I made the photo below. By my calculations St Michaels in Teignmouth is about 30 meters from the sea! I looked upContinue reading “An old new church on sea”
A Church on a Tor
On the first day of my trip to and around Dartmoor in Devon (UK), I climbed up Brat Tor and visited the granite cross there. You can read that post here if you wish. This post, I climb another Tor, but this time to an entire church, St Michael de Rupe (St Michael of theContinue reading “A Church on a Tor”
St Peter’s Dorchester
Way back in September, Dorchester had a town heritage day. This meant that many of the towns museums, and tourist attractions were open to the public for free. I went as I’d fancied visiting the “Shire Hall“. The battery failed in my Nikon F3 and you can read about that here. Most un-like me IContinue reading “St Peter’s Dorchester”
35mm: Bere Regis
Shortly after the coronation of the king, I stopped off at the little village of Bere Regis. I’ve covered the church in a post before here. On that visit I used up some Foma 200 and moaned that it was a little slow for the interior – this time I had FP4 and therefor hadContinue reading “35mm: Bere Regis”
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ringwood.
A while back I called in on the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ringwood. I had a few shots left on a roll of FP4, so I figured I’d finish it off there. This building was built between 1853 and 1855, but there have been at least two earlier churches on the sameContinue reading “Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ringwood.”
St Mary’s and the Red Lion
A while back when I was exploring the little Winterbourne stream and using up my roll of Ektachrome, I went to the village of Sturminster Marshall for the first time. It’s a bit off the beaten track! I parked in the car pack of the Red Lion, and had a 5 minute exploration about theContinue reading “St Mary’s and the Red Lion”
St Mary’s, Puddletown
A while back a reader (Ed) was kind enough to point me towards a few churches in my part of the world, that are of particular note. A couple of these I knew, but St Mary the Virgin, in Puddletown was not one of them. I set off with some (movie) FP4 and my NikonContinue reading “St Mary’s, Puddletown”
Axbridge, Somerset
Axbridge is a small old village, containing a bridge over the river Axe! Mentioned in the Doomsday book, it was once part of the Royal Manor of Cheddar, but sold off by King John and granted it’s own Royal Charter in 1202. The photo above is of “King John’s Hunting Lodge” an old wool merchant’sContinue reading “Axbridge, Somerset”
The Ossuary at St Leonard’s Church
On one of my more bizarre days out with my Pentax ME Super was to Hythe, in Kent. The parish church of St Leonards has an “Ossuary”, no I didn’t know that that was either! Another name is “bone house”. There are many theories as to who and why these are in the crypt. TheContinue reading “The Ossuary at St Leonard’s Church”
