Shabbington was one of the churches I had intended on visiting when I got a chance as it was near a couple of others I wanted to see. One I have give a glimpse of at Ickford and will update that with more photos I took on this visit. Looking on Wikipedia I found some history on the church :-
"The nave and chancel of the Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene are 11th century. The chancel windows are the 13th century and the Perpendicular Gothic bell-tower is later medieval. The pulpit is Jacobean and was made in 1626. The present nave windows are Victorian Gothic Revival additions. St. Mary Magdalene's is a Grade II* listed building.
The tower has a ring of six bells. All except the treble bell were cast in 1718 by Abraham I Rudhall of Gloucester. Mears and Stainbank of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble bell in 1881. There is also a Sanctus bell cast by Thomas I Mears of Whitechapel in 1794.
The parish registers date from 1714. St. Mary Magdalene is now part of the Benefice of Worminghall with Ickford, Oakley and Shabbington."
From just inside the gate looking towards the church
I zoomed in on this view to show the church
The porch and tower
Another view showing the north side of the tower and buttresses
The tower here looks like it has huge feet
Looking over at the south side of the church from the west. The buttresses look huge that support the tower
Going down to the east end looking west
The east end wall and window
Some of the headstones near the church along with a Chest tomb that is falling apart
As you walk in the churchyard you pass this grave cross leaning into a yew tree
The churchyard south of the church looking east
Over in the south west corner is a kissing gate leading to a footpath with some tombs beside it. The information board tells yo about the red kites which fly around here
Around the north side looking west
The churchyard north of the church with the village war memorial
An old headstone with the inscription eroded away
Inside the porch palms from palm Sunday left for the parishioners to collect
I will leave you with this view of a display of daffodils which are beside the the path
You can now see the inside in the link
Till Next time have a Happy Easter
I enjoyed this church yard tour with you, and like to see the palm crosses, showing that the church is in use. The kissing gate would fit in an Austen or Trollope novel.
ReplyDeleteFirst time I came across them outside. Kissing gates in the times of the novels would have been wooden and more romantic
DeleteThank you for this blog post Bill. Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteNo problem, new one next week
DeleteVery pretty church. Like that last photo with the daffodils.
ReplyDeleteIt had to be done
DeleteVery nice church.
ReplyDeleteI thought so as well
DeleteFotografias fantásticas, gostei.
ReplyDeleteVotos de uma Santa Páscoa.
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DeleteBeautiful.
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DeleteMy, those buttresses look solid! I hope you had a nice Easter. Stay safe.
ReplyDeleteYes the look a little overboard
DeleteHappy Easter, Billy!!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful church, its architecture. In fact, the buttresses look like huge feet.
Easter greetings:)
That is what I thought also. Happy Easter
DeleteYou got to love these old churches and the lots of secrets they hold or should I say hide? I'm partial to engravings, I think these places are like portals in time and a great place to reflect on other timelines and how people used to live.
ReplyDeleteSome of them do hide their secrets but you are right they are time lines of how people lived
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