This is a side gate into our local churchyard. The church is 14th century, but this gate clearly isn’t - I reckon maybe Victorian. It opens onto the driveway of a large house with large gardens, quite possibly once the Rectory, but most recently offices for Croft Quarry, and now vacant and up for rent. The local Rector (which, for those of foreign shores, is basically a rural Vicar, in charge of a church traditionally, although not nowadays, funded by agricultural rents) is now the Parish Priest for three or four churches, and lives in a neighbouring village. The churchyard is now rarely used, most burials taking place at the nearby modern “annexe” to the churchyard, which, like the church, is on the edge of the village, in sight of the church, and surrounded by fields, a peaceful place where @shepherdmanswife and I intend to move to one day. Gosh, that’s cheered me up no end.
Gorgeous golden lighting on the stone.
Glad to hear you and @shepherdmanswife have proactively sorted your final resting place..... I'm still pondering that one :)
Its always facinating for me to hear about things dating back to the middel ages. We dont have such old buildings or grave yards in SA. Very good photo
When my dh and I travel along the St Lawrence river to Gaspe in Canada, we were taken how we could tell we were in a new town because there was always a large church to announce the new town. Sounds like I would now I had entered a new place with your town too. How lovely. Stay where you are for now, okay.
Glad to hear you and @shepherdmanswife have proactively sorted your final resting place..... I'm still pondering that one :)