St Helen Abingdon

 

Many years ago I did visit St Helens Church in Abingdon, taking photos  of the outside but not inside but then I thought it was locked. I always thought I would come back and look around the inside, I even thought I wrote a blog on it but no I have no record of any blog which I will remedy today. The easiest way to read about the history of the church is to look at the Wikipedia page on St Helens you can also find a printable PDF on the church website

 This first photo is one I took back in 2011 on my first visit, as you can see it is from the opposite side of the River Thames, funny enough my latest visit was more of less the same time of the year

 

Here we look down East St Helens Street towards the church

 

 Nearer the church and the north tower entrance, the arch takes you to the churchyard and the main entrance 

This is around the west side of the church and the porch there 

The west side of the church from further away, you can get the idea as to the size of this church

Back towards the tower along the north side

West entrance porch

This is the east side which faces St Helens Wharf from the slipway

Looking up St Helens Wharf past the church

The south side of the church, I did not think to get  a photo along it or see if you could go through the iron gates but you can see a porch

Over near the north side of the church is a small churchyard with tombs in it

Over to the right a path sweeps around through the churchyard

View of the west porch from across the churchyard

This view taken back in 2011 shows the south side of the church with a path porch, not sure what the building is here but might have been a mortuary but now no doubt used by the gardener

Another view from 2011 of the north churchyard

The west churchyard looking towards some of the old almshouses that surround the churchyard

More of the north churchyard taken in 2011

Some of the statues and head stops you can see around the church

The figure in the porch niche is a lady holding the church so I have to assume it is St Helen as the church looks like the one named after her

This photo was taken back in 2011and shows the churchyard there by the west side of the church and is where I will take my leave for this week. I feel it is better to show the inside in the next blog but as a taster here is what to expect

Till next time I wish you all a peaceful weekend

Sorry to have to announce this but Inspired Sunday which I help host will be closing at the end of the month. I have decided not to carry on hosing it as I find it quite a lot of work trying to ensure that I post Inspired Sunday for you along with the other blogs I write, as it is there are only a few people who post on there so I am afraid that Inspired Sunday will be closing. If anyone wishes to take over then let me or Sally know.  

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