St Giles Noke

 

Noke is a little village in a backwater of Oxfordshire  and was the first church on my list for the day. The history I found on Wikipedia.:- "Noke had a parish church by 1191 but the present Church of England parish church of Saint Giles dates from the first half of the 13th century. At the end of the 16th century a mortuary chapel was added for the Winchcombe family on the north side of the church, but in 1745 the chapel was in a ruinous condition and was demolished"

 

Parking nearby I walk along the road and take this shot of St Giles over the wall

 

The main entrance to the churchyard is by the west end of the church

 

 

Walk over to the south a bit and you get a wonderful view of the church

 

 Walking around the west end of the church

 

You come around to the north side

 

Were you can carry on to the east end of the church

 And look at  the east end of the church

 

Finally yo get back to the south side of the church

 

 

Look up at the bell cote with it's two bells
 

The porch with it's door leading to the church which was locked when I checked

 

 The West end of the church

 

From the outside you can make out the stained glass window

 

 

The gravestone of Thomas and Sarah Jones
 

 

Headstones along the south side of the church

 

Gordon Holder of the RAF

The churchyard beside the path at the west end of the church

Chest tomb near the porch

Around on the east end of the church

Looking back west on the south side

 

 

Looking north across the east end

Back on looking east over the south side

An interesting headstone with a poem made from letters making Malcolm

This headstone was right over in the corner of the churchyard

 

A last look at St Giles from the corner

I will leave you with this shot of some cowslips that were growing in the churchyard.

Till Next time I wish you a pleasant weekend

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