Sunday 6 September 2009

Bottesford and Stamford

A pleasant day in a town which epitomises much of what is lovely about England. History, architecture, local shops, tea and scones.

First an accidental visit to Bottesford and its glorious church chock full of old tombs with carvings of people with very solid ruffs and rows of children like tiny adults. There are also some interesting late medieval carvings including this one, possibly one of the deadly sins.



Below, two of the four Stamford churches we explored: St. John's Church: a grinning hand rest and an angel roof, and St. Mary's: a glimpse of the lovely arts and crafts chapel ceiling. More information about both churches here.



3 comments:

Xarra said...

Holy Trinity in Coventry has huge amounts of details and next time I go outside Cov I'll have to track some other churches down - Churches are really interesting to get pictures of!

Nice pictures!

It's The Gardening Lady said...

Cheers for the nice comments Xarra!
Have you seen my old blog? Here's post with some churches near to Cov: http://coventryblog.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html

Xarra said...

I'll have to have a look through later :)