NEWBOROUGH. CHURCH : ST BARTHOLOMEW
I visited Newborough on what was one of the coldest days for several years. Never mind the blue sky, this was perishing! I had started off the day with an early morning trip to Thorney Abbey, moving on to Newborough, before ending the day prematurely at Eye.
Scheduled re-visits to Market Deeping and Deeping St James were both shelved until it was a tad warmer!
Whilst at Thorney Abbey, I had actually taken a few photographs whilst
Insert body text here...
wearing mittens! I have said here several times that there is a thin dividing line between being keen and being stupid, and this was definitely edging towards the stupid side of things!
To be truthful, I haven't got a great deal to say about this church. It was locked and a little internet research showed that this church was built around 1830. The church is built on crown land and as such it has a Royal Coat Of Arms inside, apparantly. Apart from that, I found nothing on the internet relating to St Bartholomew's at all! Shame. If anyone reading this has any historical information on the building, I would be pleased to hear from them and update this accordingly.
So, nothing of any great age, and nothing much to catch my eye. Church grounds are large, and were pretty much buried under the last of the Autumn foiliage. One or two nice Victorian graves here, but little to capture the imagination. The area around the porch seemed particularly well cared for, and was nicely planted. Nicely pruned bushes and something to the west of the porch that looked like the Yucca plant that I have in my living room, but about ten times bigger! It was difficult to get a clear shot of the church itself from distance due to the large number of trees in the church grounds. Possibly it is better, in that respect, to photograph this church in the Autumn when the leaves have fallen.
Little of the church building itself caught my eye. What I did notice though is that the church seemed to be built on to a very old looking foundation stone. This stone appears to be far older than the rest of the building. This stone can be seen at the foot of the church in the picture bottom right. Wonder where it came from? Any possibility that it might have come from Thorney Abbey, when large sections of that building were taken down? Again, if anyone can help here then please let me know.
Apart from that, I have nothing to say, apart from reiterating that it was very, very cold!!!! Never, ever take me on a camping trip!!!!! Left Newborough, and headed towards Eye in search of an ice cream!
