St Mary at Monnington on Wye was the second of the churches I needed to visit and the drive proved further than I expected not helped by the fact I drove past the entrance to start with then wondered if I had gone wrong again when I found I was driving throught the Bulmers cider orchards ending up along the drive leading to the House, lucky some one nearby put me right and I quickly drove back a few hundred yards and parked near the footpath leading to the church where I found the Lychgate to the churchyard
The church of St Mary's is a grade I listed building. Kilverts sister was married to the vicar here so he was a regular visitor. I did find some history on the National Churches Trust
The church stands alone near the cider orchards, the grass brown from lack of rain here we look from the south west
The east end of the church with part of the church yard grass cut
The porch
Chest tombs in the churchyard looking towards the lychgate
Three crosses marking a family group
There are a lot of tombs and headstones to see in the churchyard for such a small place
Most of the churchyard grass is left to grow
Collage of some old headstones
Commonwealth war grave of Private T Gammond
The porch around the north side of the church
Inside the sturdy door
The inside of St Mary from behind the font
Looking from in front of the font, I not the pew end all have arm rests on them
The screen splitting off the chancel from the nave
The chancel from behind the altar rails
The altar is a plain wooden table with wood panel screen on the east wall
The pulpit with a colorful flower display beside it
Looking down to the nave
The nave does have some floor tombs
Drawing of of the church on display
The most colorful royal coat of arms I have seen to date, this one is Charles the II
This monument stands out in the church
Other tombs nearby had the inscriptions lost
Quiet a few other memorials to see
The only lighting comes from Oil lamps
which are all around the church and hanging from the ceiling
Back to the font and it is dated 1680
Last look from the font
The prayer was on the lectern on the pulpit.
Till next time may I wish you all a peaceful weekend
7 comments:
I found the simplicity of this church to be charming, Billy. There are no distractions to take one away from the point of worship. Have a blessed week!
Do they really only have oil lamps? God bless the one who fills those lamps. And bless whoever does the flowers! The sunflowers are stunningly beautiful in their simplicity.
An interesting church and it is rather beautiful in its simplicity. With the clear glass it looks lovely and light too. I do like the sunflower display by the pulpit.
I remember it well. An interesting church, especially with the Kilvert links, and the remembering of William Williams, one of the forlorn hope . . . I bet he was glad to come home to this quiet spot and never have another exciting day EVER again!
If walls could talk!
Interesting church. I’m glad you managed to find it.
That long grass would be challenging to cut.
Love to read about the different details of this Church. Interesting to read.
Thank you for sharing at MosaicMonday
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