St Nicholas Baulking

Baulking is a mile or so north of Uffington so was an easy choice to visit next. My first thoughts were it had not changed much over the years and I'm pleased to say it looked it inside. Some history from Wikipedea
"The Grade-I-listed Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas was built at the beginning of the 13th century as a dependent chapel of Uffington. The chancel has Early English Gothic lancet windows. In the 14th century diagonal buttresses were added to the church and two Decorated Gothic windows were added in the south wall of the nave. The Perpendicular Gothic window in the north wall of the nave was added late in the 15th century. The oak pulpit is Jacobean and came from Grittleton in Wiltshire. The nave roof is also Jacobean. St. Nicholas' Communion plate includes a chalice made in 1583.
Baulking was made an ecclesiastical parish separate from Uffington in 1846. St. Nicholas' is now once again part of the Uffington Benefice, along with the parishes of Shellingford and Woolstone." 
Get a coffee and read on

St Nicholas looking over the churchyard wall

Above the West end with small bell cote

Left a view of the North side

Couple of views of the East end

Back around to the South side

and along to the entrance

Inside the church does have an old feeling to it with a small chancel arch and squints either side

Going through the arch it expands into the chancel  with the altar at the East end

The simple wooded altar cross a memorial to a former priest and his wife

Looking back at the chancel arch with the squints you cannot help notice a set of stairs on the right. They would have taken you to a rood loft in former times

The squint on the left of the chancel arch

The chancel arch looking out to the nave and right the stairs that would have taken you to the rood loft

Above the lectern and the pulpit behind

A view down the nave from the pulpit

The ghost outline of a solder it marks one who is missing from the congregation and was  killed in the First World War

Two of the memorials on the nave walls

Above memorial to Joseph and Mary Stevenson

Couple more of the impressive memorials

Memorial dedicated to Ann Frances Josselyn Wife of Rev Frances Rose

Lancet window with a dedication to Joseph O'Brian

Some of the stained glass windows in the church

Another with the ghost outline in front of it

At the back of the church is a partitioned off area containing a kitchen and some stairs that take you to an organ loft.You get a nice view down the nave from it

The walls of the Church have paintings on them which are faded

and probably uncovered during restoration work

This one along the church is quite large

It seems to show St George and slaying the dragon with the Maiden nearby


Look up at the roof joists and you can see the initials JD 1708

Flowers on the sill with an icon of St Nicholas

Flowers on the sill

The churchyard is large and headstones are sparse along the west side

They are scattered all over the place as you go North

There is one Commonwealth War Grave of Corporal G Loder


Round the North side of the church looking East there are a few more headstone sin evidence

One unusual looking one of a rock with scrolls on the outside.

Right the small grave of a youngster

More graves of people who wanted to be buried along the East end of the church

Back around to the South side and looking East showing  the churchyard

Till next time I will leave you with this shot of the Flowers and St Nicholas.

Do have a wonderful weekend