Another Visit to Hampstead Norreys

After my visit back in to St Mary the Virgin back in 2015 I had the opportunity to stop off for a quick visit and some updated photos of the church & churchyard and rather that post more in the original blog I thought I would write a new one

In the last blog a comment was left explaining that these  chest tombs were being restored, I had thought they were fenced off for safety reasons but they were in a fragile state of repair and at risk of collapsing

Lucky a £60000 Heritage Grant was obtained and they were restored

This amazing pyramid tomb was still rusting away

But the grass was well kept

Even the family vault in the corner was still in good order

The railings around this chest tomb had been restored

Along with the other tombs in the churchyard

They looked splendid now

Mind you the odd tomb was overgrown though I think the growth added to the look

I went inside & was pleased to find all the screening I had seen on my last visit had gone and you could see the nave and chancel clearly

The view of the pulpit was not blocked by tables

The organ still looked good

The Altar was unchanged and looking back down the nave the party garlands had been removed

The usual pulpit view I like taking

A good view of the box pew that is still in the front of the church

The simple altar cross is all that was needed

I will leave you with this view of the floral display on the window sill behind the altar, Till next time I wish you a pleasant & peaceful weekend

Holy Trinity Hermitage

This was the second of the Churches I spotted on the Ordnance Survey Map that I missed before and is only a mile or so away from the Church in Oare I showed last week. I thought the church looked new when I saw it but noticed the date plaque high under the bell dated 1835. Since then it has been reordered and gained an extension on the West end.

From the road you see a white painted church

You enter the churchyard through the above Lychgate and the first thing you see is the extension on the West end

Above it you can see the bell and below the date plaque which reads "Adelade Chapel Founded Anno Domini 1835" the original name

Above the reordered church with extension painted white.

Inside you look down the nave to the chancel

Above the brick chancel arch

The altar and triple East window

The triple window behind the altar and cross behind the altar on the screen

Closer view of the triple window

The centre window of the three

The left and right had of the tree windows of the East end

Looking back to the nave to the extension on the West end

The west end stained glass window

On the north side of the church you can see these two windows

With this inscription on the base of the window

The same on the other window
the commemorate those who gave their lives in World War II

Memorial Rev Philip Alexander Longmore

Memorial to Private Eli James Merritt

Memorials to the Herbert family 

Above the pulpit with the view of the nave you get from it

Three of  the windows you see on the North wall

Memorial to William Frederick Daniel

Memorial to Charles William Merrett

Inside the extension which is the church rooms

one corner stands the eagle lectern
with an inscription on the base

Some one spend a while carving this

You can see photos of the original chapel and the person who it was named after

On the West wall either side of the window is a photo of the queen and the lady the chapel was named after

Coming out gives this view down the nave

The British legion flag and below the church font

The carved font cover with the church in the Background

Outside the churchyard is quite large

The centre dominated by this cross

This is the village war memorial listing the fallen from the two world wars

Walking around the churchyard you can see the older headstones

Along with the odd cast iron maker and tomb

The churchyard is well kept

Looking over towards the east entrance

The grave of Sergeant A.E.Sheperd 

These headstones are near the East end of the churchyard

Turn around and you see across the churchyard to the West Entrance

This plaque lists the men who served during the first world war and returned home safely

You look from here towards the war memorial

You leave the churchyard through the East entrance which I passed many times and never realised what was beyond .

Till Next Time 

May you have a Peaceful Weekend