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Showing posts with label cross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cross. Show all posts
Sunday 8 July 2012
Thursday 5 July 2012
Monday 2 July 2012
Swanton Abbott - Saint Michael
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| Robert Hayne Died June 9th 1776 St Michael - Swanton Abbot © Godric Godricson |
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| St Michael - Swanton Abbot © Godric Godricson |
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| Robert Spink Died October 15th 1857 St Michael - Swanton Abbot © Godric Godricson |
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| St Michael - Swanton Abbot © Godric Godricson |
Wednesday 20 June 2012
Monday 18 June 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012
Friday 8 June 2012
Robert Goodson - Rackheath
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English cemeteries are surprising places and Rackheath is no exception. I had imagined that a cemetery cross is pretty standard although in Rackheath we find a cross looking very different to others and here Robert Goodson's grave is marvellous. The cross is ornate and imaginative. On the day that I visited, it was sunny and hot at around 27 centigrade although in the current cold June it is hard to imagine that temperature anymore.
Thursday 7 June 2012
Friday 18 May 2012
Monday 14 May 2012
Cornish Cross
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The 'overworked' Celtic (or Cornish) Cross with ornamentation is a recurring motif from the late 19th Century onwards and it is found in graveyards around the UK. This one is in a small (unnamed) parish in North Norfolk and stands in splendid isolation. The monument is at the same time an expression of pious hope in the Resurrected Christ and also contains a brash statement about personal identity, family and eternal individuality.
Wednesday 9 May 2012
Thursday 5 April 2012
Houghton on the Hill
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There aren't many memorials in the graveyard. They were probably robbed out when the Church was largely abandoned by the Anglicans as the village diminished and fell into ruin and disrepair. The memorials that are there are largely 19th Century with probable ashes covertly buried under the cross. There are some memorials although nothing of great consequence. As I have said before England is about "ordinary people living ordinary lives".
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