St Mary Cussop

 

After driving along a road the pointed to Cussop and finding it was a little narrow and bumpy I doubled backed and went the right way to the village finally getting to the church after driving through some more narrow roads and finding the place to park. Even the village roads were narrow. I did not take that many photos around the church so the blog is not that long this week

"The church of St Mary, Cusop, although heavily restored over the centuries (and in particular in 1857; the North Vestry, South Porch and the W. wall of the nave are modern still retains a Norman chancel arch, a Norman window (the west-most in the south wall), and a Norman font. Its scissor beam roof structure dates back to the 14th century. In the churchyard may be found the graves of the Methodist Martyr William Seward, 'lawyer, author and yachtsman' Martin Beales, and Kitty (Katherine Mary) Armstrong (née Friend), victim of the notorious Hay Poisoner, a Commonwealth war grave of a Herefordshire Regiment soldier of World War I, as well as a ring of ancient yew trees."

There is a bit more history on the History Group Website  

The west end of the church and the way in across the churchyard, Parking near the first entrance I saw  was not possible

Path here leads to the vestry

The bellcote is on the east end of the nave in the center of the church

North west view of the church

 South west

 

 The porch

Churchyard west of the church, the entrance I came in was to the left, over to the far right is another entrance 

North west of the church

These tombs are around the east end of the church

Across the graves to the east end of the church

Back around the west end, there is a lych gate over near the van which I did not photograph as some one was painting it 

 

 

 Poppy in rememberance

 

Inside the porch 

 

 Inside the church 

 

 

The nave 

 

 

Chancel Arch

 

 

Altar which is on a small platform

 

 

Altar and east window

 

 

Pulpit and lectern

 

 Looking down from the pulpit

 

Another shot of the altar taken with my camera

 

Looking down the church from the back

Roll of honour 

 

 

The font which may well be 14th century

 

 

The Cussop Bowls

 

 

Back of the church and the font

 

I will leave you with a collage of the stained glass windows

Till next time may I wish you all a peaceful week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holy Trinity Hardwicke

 

Fifth of the Churches on my Kilvert tour was Holy Trinity Hardwicke, easy enough church to visit though I did wonder if I was in the right place going along another drive. Photos are from both camera and phone

Nothing to tell you about the area on Wikipedia  but I did find some history Visit Herefordshire Churches 

  Photo of the south west of the church with my phone

 

South east end

East end view with vestry to the right

North west of the church

West end of the church with the doorway

Back to the south west

Near the lychgate a lot of quite recent burials

Over to the other side are older headstones

West of the church and more modern monuments

North of the church

Family plot with couple of headstones in it

Looking towards the lychgate

South west and a single tomb chest can be seen amongst the headstones

In the  porch your greeted by this banner 

You pass by this cabinet 

That has the roll of honour 

View as you walk inside

Looking down the nave along the aisle

In the chancel 

Altar and reredos

Reredos behind the altar

The east window which came out a little blue with my phone

Photos with my camera give a different look

The east window looking more normal

Collage of the stained glass windows

Single lancet window

Nave to chancel arch

Chancel and choir stalls

Altar and east window

Sidilia seats

Altar and reredos 

Looking back through the nave

Eagle lectern and pulpit 

From the pulpit

The organ set behind an arch

Couple of memorials, brass ones tend to be polished so hard to get a good photo of

The font

I like to get photos of the floral displays and thought this one looked nice, well it should be because it is made up of artificial flowers, I found that out when I went to smell the rose, at least the wont wilt 

Till Next time may I wish you all a peaceful week