We packed and were ready to set off on our travels before we went down for breakfast. We sat at the same table as for the previous day’s breakfast and dinner; it must have had our name on it. Comfortably replete we checked out of the Inn and went to Halifax to see Halifax Minster. [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Shibden Mill 2019
Shibden Mill – Day Three
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Kent & Chichester 2018
There But Not There
Arundel took part in the ‘There but not there’ national commemorative project by installing 93 silhouettes representing Arundel’s ‘Roll of Honour’.
The project’s aims were simple:
Commemorate those who died in the First World War through installations of silhouettes and Tommies wherever there is a Roll of Honour.
To Educate all generations, particularly today’s younger generation, born nearly 100 years after [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2019
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The Church of St Nicholas – Arundel
Following on from my previous post where the 12th Earl surrendered the collegiate chapel to King Henry VIII, subsequential purchasing it back and being required to provide an annual rent to the King :
The nave [of the church] continued as the parish church of Arundel. As the effects of the Reformation took hold the church [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 19th 2019
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St Mary’s Church – Ely
15 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2018
Despite our best intentions we didn’t manage to cross the road from the Collingwood arms to visit the Church of St Helen.
We had also intended to get a closer look of the War Memorial, also just across the road from the Collingwood arms…
St Helens’ church is on my list for my next visit to the [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2018
As mentioned in my previous post I have been reading a local guide book which inspired me to visit Shropshire Lavender. The author of the book, (Slow Travel – Shropshire) mentions many Shropshire Churches and points out that she doesn’t need to write about the churches in detail because John Leonard has already done this [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2018
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Kent & Chichester Day Five
After breakfast we made our way to Arundel in order to visit the castle. The lady who sold us our tickets helped us choose the most economical way to purchase tickets given that we were able to claim discounts. She advised us to visit the gardens first and then make our way to the shop [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2018