Showing posts with label Great Snoring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Great Snoring. Show all posts

Thursday, 11 October 2012

James Fawcett 1831


Saint Mary The Virgin  - Great Snoring  [Link]
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War Dead - Lieutenant Charles Ramsey Bayly Died 29th March 1918



Saint Mary The Virgin  - Great Snoring  [Link]
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Saint Mary The Virgin  - Great Snoring  [Link]
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Saint Mary The Virgin - Great Snoring

Saint Mary The Virgin  - Great Snoring  [Link]
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This is a wonderful Church that has been ruined by those lovable rascals that run the Anglican Diocese of Norwich. They collectively seem to believe that if a Church is scraped within an inch of its spiritual life and attacked with neglect that the place becomes more Anglican. The 'Catholicity' of this Church has been removed and exported elsewhere and the spirit of God that we seek within such walls is absent. Yes, I'm sure that the fabric of this aircraft hanger is easy to maintain and the absence of candles and devotional material is easy to defend when the Bishop's man arrives although it is weak as a defence. The building is magnificent and it should be allowed to be the house of God for this community if they collectively want a house of God.

The graveyard has been scraped to remove many of the earlier monuments and the impression has been given of a municpal park. A park is not required in this part of Norfolk because its green and lush without the need for recreation space and I can imagine that parish Authorities would blench at the idea of ball games in this particular park. The mowing space must be great here as the stele headstones have all gone and I don't just mean put to the edge as at Sporle. Instead, the memorials have just gone and a sort of green desert is in situ.

BTW there is hardly a right angle in the place and this is one of the many charms of the building

Saint Mary The Virgin  - Great Snoring  [Link]
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