EXPLORE ENGLISH CHURCHES with STEVE. 12TH CENTURY CHURCH AND TABLE TOP TOMB OF A KNIGHT AND HIS DOG 

I love my country(the United States) and my heritage. Which happens to be from many different parts of Europe. With all of that said, I feel blessed to be able to have the ability to see such old things. So much historic, cultural, etc. We, of course don't have things this old. I believe the oldest things in my area, would be some graves from the 1700s.

Chippenham was a beautiful location I visited while back. Sandstone colour church and headstones ❤️ my favourite to explore are church of Ireland ones.

One of the ironic and sad elements in the English Reformation is that they took down all the images and statues and shrines to the Saints and replaced them with the funeral plaques of rich people. Not a bug. A feature.

Very nice . Thank you.

The washing place next to the sedilia is called a piscina, and the lozenge shaped board at 10.45 is a funeral hatchment. The apparatus on the wall of the ringing chamber is for the Ellacomb chimes ,by which they can ring the bells by means of a series of leavers.

Stunning church

Most intresting,epecially the close-ups ! Thank you so much ,Steve !

Very interesting.. Thank you for sharing 🌸 the bell ringers rules were quite strict! It shows that ringing the church bells was a privilege. Did you notice a date on them..? I couldn`t quite read the last three.. 🕊🕊

Thanjk you for the tour of this lovely little church. Here is some infomration from the Historic England listing about it - hope you find it iteresting: "Decorated recess with 2 carved oak effigies placed here, the man in armour, the lady in flowing sleeveless gown, probably Thomas Reynes, 1293, and Joan, his wife. West bay of arcade has stone altar tomb with 2 more oak carved figures, Sir Ralph de Reynes, c1309 and Annabelle Chamberlain, his wife. In east bay alter tomb with clunch effigies of Sir John de Reynes., 1427 and Catherine Scudamore, his wife, he in armour."

The two brasses set in the floor beside the knight are not of nuns, they actually depict people within their shrouds. Spooky!

The lid to the font was pre-reformation, when the water was blessed at Easter and used throughout the year. The lid secured the font to stop the holy water from being stolen for questionable use.

Love this one❤

Pulpit not preaching box.

No sound.

The music is totally wrong for the subject ..

Very basic workmanship.