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 

  According to the archaeological department of Cardiff University from a letter in 1996. The lager may have been a holy water stoup which was on the doorway of the medieval church and could have been removed and thrown out in the reformation. The smaller may have been a mortar as in mortar and pestle from the medieval period, it may also have been a small stoup

 

 

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