Church walks 4.

Another recent walks incorporating a visit to a parish church open to the public most days was around the part of Elloughton that includes the golf course. Starting at the road junction opposite the United Reformed chapel the route goes south beside the road that leads to the centre of Brough, on the east side […]

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Church walks 3.

A final, for now, view of St. Peters church, Wawne. Here showing the view west from near the chancel arch and showing the grand west window, two of the four south arcade bays, a couple of clerestory windows, octagonal font (late medieval) and the later pitch-pine pews and encaustic floor tiles.

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Church Walks 2.

Still a problem uploading photos (s.p.b.). St. Peters church, Wawne is composed of an aisled nave, clerestory, chancel and north-west tower, off centre, the base of the tower being at the west end of the north aisle. As with many churches in the Humberside region the building fabric varies both in time and in nature.

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Church Walks.

There is currently a problem as the laptop will not upload pictures so am going to write this without any of the half-dozen photos taken of St. Peter’s church, Wawne. This church is open to the public until 4pm most days so checking it out is well worthwhile. The suggested walk is a circular route

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‘Little Weed’ 4.

Today’s photo shows young willow herb shoots growing up from the perennial roots in April. Suited to wetland areas willow herb, and rosebay willow herb, grow to about five feet in height and make a grand display with pink flowers in August/September. Seen here mingled with a reed bed. Another circular walk recently, and often,

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Little Weed 3

The illustration above shows three types of speedwell, a common ground cover wild plant of the British Isles. As is often the case, the Common Speedwell is the least common (as is the case with Common Gulls as often seen at St. Andrew’s Dock, I think now an endangered species). A recent walk with the

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