I am browsing my old photos for cemeteries and found this one in "Bourton-on-the-Water" in Great Britain which I visited in 2010. I only remember it was an old village in the Cotswolds where the houses were built with special "Cotswold stone".
We wandered around a bit and found this "St. Lawrence's Parish Church" with a cemetery. The history of the stone church goes back to 1110 and has changed many times in the following years.
The graves look pretty old to me too, but I am afraid I can't tell you more about it.
This is my tribute to Tapholphile Tragics
Lovely pictures. Looks like a nice place to visit.
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The gravestones look very old and worn. Was it possible to read anything on them? I would have a wonderful time there. I love old graveyards.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe grave stones look extremely old and interesting. It is nice to see that the grave yard is kept neat and tidy.The church is beautiful.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenMooi die oude Engelse kerken met hun begraafplaatsjes erbij. IK zat te denken ik heb helemaal geen begraafplaatsen in mijn archief maar ik bedenk me ineens dat ik er toch wel een paar heb. MIsschien ga ik ook wel meedoen. Ik vind die thema's allemaal zo leuk, je hebt altijd wel wat te laten zien . IK ben niet zo goed van het vertellen dus dat komt goed uit.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenFijne dag nog!
ik vind de manier waarop de grafstenen rondgespreid liggen wel bijzonder
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThis really looks like Great Britain. Wonderful shots!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGorgeous old English church Bieb, that quite some history 1110, would like to see how it looked then.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenthe pictures remind me the alexander pushkin who wrote...
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat means my name to you?.. 'Twill die
As does the melancholy murmur
Of distant waves or, of a summer,
The forest's hushed nocturnal sigh.
Found on a fading album page,
Dim will it seem and enigmatic,
Like words traced on a tomb, a relic
Of some long dead and vanished age.
Beautiful church and those gravestones do look very old.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenfrom 1110! living in the us makes me almost an american, haha. thats really amazing... so old... haha, its funny how americans are always jealous of that..
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThe details on the portico of the church are just terrific, Marianne. I no longer think it matters whether we can read the writing on headstones. We KNOW someone rests beneath it, and we pay them homage with our attention. I like here the closeness of the buildings and they way they seem to be enclosing and protecting the people in their eternal rest.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThank you for your post this week. SC took us up to Scotland and now you have taken us to the Midlands. How wonderful to travel the world like this.
very nice!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI wish they didn't use asphalt on the ground, it looks so terrible and modern.
A nice tribute, Bieb!
Another good find for you! That church is really beautiful.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenthat stone must be very strong to survive so well after all that time...LOVELY..
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