Saturday, 7 March 2015

St Cyriac Lacock



I did not expect to visit the church and I must admit I did not have a tripod with me so many of the photos are done using HDR facility on my camera so they tend to be  a bit lighter. St Cyriac is a favorite Norman saint and the church is build in the11th century quite passably on the old Saxon one which was here. Since then it had had various changes done to it through out the century's. Not far away is a Nunnery which was founded in 1229.

 This is the main entrance to the church which unfortunately still has the wheelie  bins left out the front which does not do a lot for the look of the place














Walking up the path you can see a huge stained glass window on the north chapel where as round the south side is a south  transept






View of the church from the south with the transept over to the right




The churchyard path is cobbled so must be fun in the ice though it does look nice




there are quite a few tomb chests in evidence   





which points out to me




that a lot of wealthy people lived round the area and worshiped here





There are also a lot of old headstones 




though much of the inscriptions have now gone





This part of the churchyard near the west end has more tombs than headstones
The entrance to the church is to the right through the porch

 This is the view you get as you come into the nave, the person ahead was doing the same as me

 This window was one of the first things I noticed




which was in this South chapel




there was another stained glass window in the south Transept
 The chancel one was paled by comparison



There were some really nice memorials on the walls of the church

 Though this one was amazing



The memorial is to Sir William Sharington
who I think was the first owner of Lacock Abbey. Turned out he was a bit of an embezzler as well





This is the stained glass window in south Transept you saw a few pictures back






and these are two of the most impressive memorials in it











along with this brass on the floor which is no doubt a family Tomb







on the lrft is the south chapel and the right is the church font
 Looking down the nave to the entrance of the church
 Here we look over to the north aisle




some nice features in the porch are these bequests 




where rich people leave money to the poor of the parish










That is all for now. I really would like to revisit this church with a tripod sometime when it is not so cold and read up some of the notes on the various parts of note.


Before you go I'm thinking of changeing the name of the blog to someting less morbid sounding, what do you think? You can use the poll on the top of the sidebar to regiter your oppinion.
Have a good Sunday

7 comments:

Elizabeth Edwards said...

gorgeous ... i guess for a novice like me ... would you ever show a tripod shot next to one of these so i can see what you are meaning ... i wonder if i could find the differences? ( :

Mike@Bit About Britain said...

It's an impressive church - actually a rather obscure saint - a child.

Tom said...

A gorgeous post of this gorgeous church. The "wheelie bins" are just part of life and you have to take life as it comes. Tom The Backroads Traveller

Unknown said...

What a beautiful old church. I love the old headstones and the stained glass windows.

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Just enjoyed St Cyriac for the third time Bill, once was not enough, so many wonderful details. Stained glass windows are such a wonder, quite plain from the outside but then the exciting thing is that you know from the inside they are more than often stunning, the windows of St Cyriac didn't disappoint. Don't beat yourself up about not having your tripod, these images were a treat to behold, merci beaucoup.

Linda said...

Spectacular! But yes, the plastic bins are inconguous.

roamingpursuits said...

Interesting history and marvelous architecture.