PARISH CHURCHES IN AND AROUND PETERBOROUGH.
TOTAL PHOTOGRAPHS ON SITE 2,057 FROM 152 CHURCHES.
Thank you for taking a look at my website, which takes a look at the parish churches within a rough twenty mile radius of Peterborough in the United Kingdom. I hope that you enjoy looking around, please get in touch if you have any comments or suggestions. The idea behind this site came in to being in 2006, when I was following a football club around the country. I always used to look out for the parish churches on the journey and got to thinking that it might be an idea to put together a website taking a look at the churches in my area. This is the record of my travels. I do not claim to be a great photographer, or to have great camera equipment. I do not claim to know a massive amount about church architecture. What I hope is that people looking at this site will pick up the great enthusiasm that I have for what I am doing, and will realise the great love that I have for the area covered by this site. All best wishes, Robin Peel website owner....
.....A celebration of the beauty of the English parish church....
Photographs on this page are as follows. Top right, the exterior of the church of St Peter at Lutton. To the right of that, from left to right, a grotesque at Hamerton, and gargoyles from Castor and Hemington. The effigy pictured above left is of Elizabeth Dudley, and comes from the church of St Peter at Clopton. Pictured below left, sunlights through a stained glass window illuminates a monument at Blatherwycke. To the right of that an early 15th century brass from All Saints at Sawtry.
Below the Blatherwycke monument is a carved wooden bench end from the church of St Nicholas at Bulwick. Pictured bottom left, an elaborate Georgian tomb, rich in symbolism, from Stilton. Bottom right a late 17th century "Death Head" stone from the grounds of All Saints at Elton. All photographs taken by myself.
HOW THIS SITE WORKS.......
As mentioned earlier, this site is mainly concerned with village churches within a 20 miles radius of Peterborough. I have taken a few liberties with this and have included one or two larger places, such as Crowland, Whittlesey, Oundle, Thrapston and Empingham but for the most part this site is not overly concerned with churches in larger built up areas.
Several small villages, which have been "swallowed" up by the growth of Peterborough are included. These include Woodston, Fletton, Stanground, Werrington, Paston, Longthorpe and Dogsthorpe.
The villages whose churches I have photographed are grouped together alphabetically in the tabs that go across the top of the page. Just scroll down under the correct tab to find the village church that you are looking for.
If you seen photographs of your church on this site, and would like to have them for your own church fund raising, then please ask. I am very happy to let my work be used with no charge for church fundraising.
A message board can be found by scrolling down under the WELCOME tab. Please free to leave me a message.
There is also a list of recent site additions and a list of churches included, each of which can be accessed by scrolling down under the WELCOME tab.
You can contact me at robinpeel@tiscali.co.uk
THE TOBIAS NORRIS STAMFORD BELLFOUNDRY
My much delayed website devoted to the Stamford Bellfoundry is at last in a position to be viewed. It is still far from complete, but there is enough content in it to make it worthwhile taking a look around if you are interested.
Please click on the photograph opposite to be directed to the site. The Stamford Bellfoundry was set up by Tobias Norris I in the early seventeenth century and they were to become prolific casters of church bells for nearly 100 years from their premesis in Stamford.
Over the last year or so I have been creating a database of bells produced by the Stamford Bellfoundry and I will be very pleased to hear from anyone who can add to the list or point out any glaring mistakes!
The photograph of the Norris bells at the church of St Andrew at Alwalton was kindly provided by David Neate.
THE SMALL PRINT AT THE BOTTOM....
This Site Has Had....
This site is basically just a snapshot album of my travels. You will not find any searing insight on church architecture...as I do not have any searing insights to give! Nearly everyone who travels around the countryside taking photographs of churches will doubtless have a better working knowledge of the sibject than myself! I enjoy getting out, enjoy taking photographs, and find a great interest in churches and churchyards. Where historical details from a church are included these have either been researched from the internet or gleaned from history booklets that are sometimes available in the churches.
If you have enjoyed looking at the site please let me know...and if you haven't enjoyed it please let me know again and say why so that I can try and make it better.
A thank you is in order for those who have already contacted me and those who I have met on my travels and who have taken time out to show me things that I would otherwise have missed and made me welcome.
SINCE SEPTEMBER 2006
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