Saturday, 23 May 2026

St John the Baptist, Newton

 

This week the Church Explorer starts his epic tour of Wales and Hereford were I visited 12 churches in two days. I'm not starting  how I normally would in the order the churches were visited but with the two churches I quickly stopped off at. The first is St John the Balptist, Newton which was where I mistakenly ended up while looking for another, I basically turned right instead of left

Not much history to find on the Hamlet. After stopping near the church going through the gate leads you to the west end

South side view with the churchyard

Around the north side and more churchyard

Churchyard looking east on the south side

West to the church rooms which had solar panels on the roof

From the tower looking to the north side of the churchyard

 
  Inside looking down the nave
 
 
 The font which was just beside me when I took the last photo. 
 
  
 
That's it a nice little church I just wish I had thought to take a few more inside.
Just a note but The Church Explorer went to over 1000000 views on Friday. I’d like to say it was people looking at my blog but I feel most of the hits were AI bots but those of you why do read my blog Thank You

Till next time have a peaceful week
 
 

7 comments:

David Gouldstone said...

I'm not an AI bot, and I read your blog! Looking forward to reading more in the future.

Billy Blue Eyes said...

I’m glad people do read it and thank you. Thought you might be interested but I visited the Harcourt Chapel in Stanton Harcourt last week, quite interesting to see inside

HappyK said...

That church looks mighty old. A simple beauty.
I don't always comment but I do read your blogs,

Martha Jane Orlando said...

Thanks for the tour, Billy!

EricaSta said...

An imposant Tour through Wales... wonderful here the first Post and I'm looking forward to the next.
Thank you very much for sharing at MosaicMonday

Bovey Belle said...

Don't think I've been to this one. The font looks a little brand new, but I may be wrong. The base is original anyway!

Ragged Robin said...

I really enjoy reading your blog Billy and seeing the churches you visit. You did incredibly well to visit 12 in two days! This is a lovely simple looking church.