Making the most of a return of sunshine and blues skies to our corner of Northumberland I decided to visit and do a little photographic study of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Old Bewick.
Old Bewick Church from the entrance gate
A beautiful little Norman church, hidden away up a country lane, surrounded perfectly by a copse of firs and deciduous trees. Its place in the ancient landscape, is over looked by Iron age forts, with a stream running around the edge of the churchyard, this place will have been very special long before the 1st church was commisioned in 1107.
There was restoration work done in the 14th century, but it was almost a ruin before a rebuiding effort began in 1866 (I was lent a picture of the church in a ruined state, don’t think I ever scanned it though…).
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- Old Bewick Church from the entrance gate
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- Old Bewick’s famous beautifully decorated interior
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Loved the detail of “the Green Man” let me know when you do Chillingham church and Ill join you and show you the green Man on Lord Greys tomb- if bloody difficult to spot!
Thanks Keith! I’ll take you up on that!