St Andrew Wanborough

 

 By the time I reached this church I was really starting to feel it from lack of liquid as I had bee at it for over four hours I thought the church would be interesting but turned out a big disappointment as it was locked. It is one church I would go back to to see inside

The Church of England parish church of Saint Andrew is unusual in having a spire at one end and a tower at the other. There are only three parish churches with this feature in the UK. The others are at nearby Purton and at Ormskirk, Lancashire. There is a bit more history on wikipeda in the link to St Andrew's Church Wanborough 

 From the carpark the north side of the church

Walking up the path where it spits right to the north porch and left the south side, one thing you notice is the central spire

Path leading to the porch

Around to the east end 

The south side giving a good view of both tower and central spire

Central spire where you can see windows letting in light

The tower and south porch

Northwest view of the tower

North porch and spire, this was where I found the church locked much to my disappointment, I really would like to have seen inside

Over to the southeast side of the churchyard cremation memorials

towards the western boundary older headstones line the uncut grass area

Old family chest tombs and headstones under the shade of a tree

Smaller chest tomb and headstones

There must have been a lot of wealthy people living around here from the number of chest tombs in this part of the church

More older monuments near the trees

Looking towards the south and more modern graves

 

 

 Commonwealth War Grave of Corporal A.E.Pickering 

Older headstones looking towards the south of the church where I will take my leave. Though I only spent a short time here the heat had really got to me and after reading some history about the church I may well make an effort to return some time

Till Next time have a peaceful weekend