Just amazing what they created by hand. Always enjoy just sitting and looking up at the details. My late grandfather was an old world carpenter and restored the stone and wood features. Thanks for sharing
The opening footage of the church was breathtaking, if you can block out the noise of planes, you are transported back to when this church was new with worshipers coming in for mass. The shot of the Ramblers window with the light coming in at a angle was just beautiful. Thank you for your time, I will never be able to see these magnificent buildings in person and here in America there is nothing of that age.
Hi Allan! The entire house is "coloured" by a coat of ancient dignity that only time can produce. Even though the old village is long since gone, this great building stands as witness of both the people who built it, and testimony to the power of the One for which is was devoted. Thanks for taking us along.
the white screen is perfect..it gives the Church a comfortable, inviting feeling..it comes through in the video very well! lovely.. thank you for the tour Allan!
The opening scene of this beautiful video is just exquisite. The snow, the warm ironstone, and the ancient church with such magnificent views are very evocative and uplifting. The interior of the church has, as you said, gorgeous light. Thank you for taking us there!
As usual, so interesting and instructive. Without the commentary I would miss so much if I were to visit this church. As a Canadian, I am constantly astonished by the age of so many of the buildings in these videos. The only thing we have to compare here is l'Anse-aux-Meadows, the barest vestiges of a Viking settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. Then pretty much nothing until the seventeenth century, and not much of that either. Also as a Canadian, I am much, much less fond of December: this is the entry into five months of frigid winter, including endless hours of shoveling snow (two metres of it annually on average here in Montreal). I love the month of May!
A great pleasure Jill. The sense of continuity and history is really palpable here. Just to think there has been a place of Christian worship here for 1700 years.
That was lovely. I enjoyed seeing the columns with the heads. I wonder if they were prominent citizens at the time of carving. Also the modern touches in the beautiful stained glass windows such as the modern couple and the boys with bicycles.
Thank you for bringing us along on your church tours. They are some of my favorite videos on your site. I was surprised not to see any monuments or tombs within this church, wonderful as it is, but what a beautiful place. Peace and love to you and yours.
So lovely to see and experience vicariously. What an incredible landscape and church. Thank you for the wonderful camera work and sharing your knowledge with us.
Oh Alan, this to me is without a shadow of a doubt the most beautiful church I’ve ever seen. Thank goodness for your work. ❤ ps The coloured figures look exquisite against the white background. I would love to do a watercolour of this.
Thank you for all your hard work these videos are fascinating such beautiful old churches the history and architecture is stunning we are blessed to be able to walk within and feel like we have slipped back in time .l look forward to your videos and really appreciate the way you narrate them and the attention to detail which leaves me feeling l have visited myself without missing a thing .p.s the outside of the church with the views behind those stately trees and the sparkling frosty churchyard was breath taking all the best to you keep up the good work ⛪⛪🌿🌿🌿❄️❄️
Lived in Mkt Rasen as a child/ teenager and used to bike to this church nearly every weekend (once i was allowed out of the street). Very peaceful place ❤️.
The outsde looks enormous, when inside it looks small . . . like a chapel. The building on the right side looks like an addition.. . . why is that, am I missing something???
It's a 12,000 mile journey to Walesby and now I realise how close it is to Binbrook and Market Rasen, both places I know well as I explored the last dwellings of my close relative on RAAF 460 Squadron (EE138) (Brookenby). The December light is really wonderful so a 5th visit must include All Saints.
Greetings from Canada. Another beautiful church and tour, Allan. Thank you so much. With all the wonderful stonework though the font was not obvious. And idea why?
I thoroughly enjoy your videos, I have always enjoyed visiting churches as a bell ringer but through your videos I am am now seeing the detail as never before. I have just subscribed to The Antiquary Magazine and am looking forward to following your progress.
So glad I found your channel; it's so interesting. Thanks for making and uploading these videos. (BTW, I heard you say in another video that you read history at UCL, in which case we may have studied very close by each other, as I was in the Med. Arch. department next door to the history dept. at UCL in the late 80s. In the terrace overlooking the Inst. of Arch.)
I feel I don't why but the white screen looks out of place to me wonderful video I can't wait for more ,as I live abroad its lovely to see England as it should be thanks
I always enjoy your videos, but I find this church to be one of the most beautiful ones you have visited. The restoration helps, unike in so many chuches.
Thank you Alan, that was a wonderful visit. Loved the carved figure heads. Do you think they were the stone masons or are they just made up. I'm not sure about the white paintwork, think natural wood would have looked better. Is there any particular reason for painting it white? Thank you again.
Not very often, there is a newer church down in the village that is used regularly. They do have an annual carol service here, and the church is beloved of many people, particularly walkers.
Forgive me but that looks like a frisbee golf wicket right near the entrance… what is that thing? Can you imagine what the place would have been like without all the ambient noise of planes and cars.
I watched this glorious video - noting the forlorn state of repair of the interior of the building - on the same day as I read that the Church of Woke (sorry, England) is to give £100,000 million in compensation for the involvement by the Church Commissioners’ predecessor - Queen Anne’s bounty - in the slave trade.
Ah, there are two Walesbys - this one near Market Rasen in the heart of the Lincolnshire Wolds and the other in Nottinghamshire. From this hill you can see Lincoln cathedral twenty five miles to the west.
@@Matityahu755 Lincolnshire is my native county and Walesby is a place of my childhood. I first went in Walesby church when I was ten, it is still a delight each time I visit.
I have no idea Michael, it is a real problem and there doesn't seem to be a viable solution at present. About 1/4 of the churches in Lincolnshire are earmarked for closure as there is no congregation, another 1/4 are to become 'festival' churches only used maybe three or four times a year. It is dire.
Yes. As beautiful as this video is, it made me feel desperately sad: what we are looking at here is the future of the Anglican Church. And I'm afraid it deserves it.
Perhaps some of the £1 million fund that is being allocated towards "Slavery Compensation" might help secure the future of such historicaly rare gems? The current Anglican church heirarchy seem not to be too concerned about losing its heritage.
