GLATTON. CHURCH : ST NICHOLAS

A visit to the Church Of St Nicholas at Glatton was the first church visited in what turned out to be an Easter Day nine church crawl, all by cycle, which covered approximately 40 miles.

  This was a gorgeous Easter Sunday morning, with the Sun shing literally all day. Made you feel great to be out and about....

  This was my first visit ever to Glatton, and it set the tone for the rest of the day, as I found it to be a very lovely, picturesque village.

  Some lovely long distance shots of the tower of St Nicholas are to be had, shooting across the field, but when I was approaching the village these shots were not possible due to early morning mist problems!

  A very imposing building this one, and I was particularly fond of the dogs?? perched atop the tower. As can be seen in the photograph below left, one of these has his head back and is howling. Some very lovely old stones in the churchyard. I was very fond of the one pictured below left. This dated from the mid 1740's and has three cherub faces across the top, two ornate columns going vertically up either side of the stone. Bottom left is a representation of a skull, which is often seen but is quite rare in this part of the country. An hour glass is often found where there is a skull, and such is the case here, found in the bottom right of the stone. Highlight of the day for me.

  There was a service ongoing when I arrived, so I couldn't get inside, but will pop back again soon and try to get some interior shots.