366 MEME - Day 119 - Dunterton Church.

[debris4spike]

This is a Church that has always fascinated me, and I pass it on my way to Plymouth each week now. As you approach it, all you can see are the tips of the tower, as the road is above the Church.

The other fascinating thing about it, is that it is a 13th-14th century Church .... and there is a farmhose on the other side of the road .... and nothing else. Quite a few English Churches are like that - not that there never was a village, just not one now. Many villages were lost during and after the Black Death, but the Churches remain, as testiment to their beautiful design.

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

What a peaceful looking church - lovely.

[debris4spike]

It is lovely - and great to see that it is still well cared for, with the grass being cut etc.

[mountainheather.livejournal.com]

That church fascinates me too and all I have is the picture. Actually, your whole country does. So many things that are so old... I'm fascinated by looking at it and imaging the history that took place there, what it was like for the people who attended so many years ago. Fascinating. :)

[debris4spike]

I ahve always loved English history - never great at it when I was at school, though. However through LJ, and American friends I have re-discovered the amazing heritage that surrounds me.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

That really is a lovely church - with a great story.

[debris4spike]

It is lovely - and great to see it so well cared for after all these years.

[act3scene1.livejournal.com]

This is fabulous! There is nothing so spectacular where I live. Thank you for sharing. :)

[debris4spike]

I am enjoying re-discovering my area to share with my friends ... and Hi ... great to see you around, had wondered how you were.

Old tombstones.

[shatterdfuture.livejournal.com]

I have a question. Why are the tombsotnes in old england cemetaries always pointed in an arch shape? Is that a eurpoean thing oe strictly british? I don't recall ever seeing them shaped like that here in the states, but that doesn't mean there aren't any, I've just never seen any like that. Nice old church though.

Re: Old tombstones.

[debris4spike]

I have really had to think about the answer - LOL!

I love wandering round cemetaries, but pre 1800 most stones are of slate, so therefore are square in shape - since then this "standard" shape has come in. However I think it is typical English - I suppose because as a nation we are "Protestant" whilst a lot of Europe is Catholic. This picture was taken last year in Rhodes -



Many other places you go, there are walls with enclosures stacked about 5 high, with a name and a piture on the sealed front.

Thare is some more here - http://www.prairieghosts.com/grave_history.html