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Sompting - St Mary's - Arch between tower and nave
by Rob Farrow
for square TQ1605
This archway dates back to Saxon times, so has stood here for about a thousand... (more)
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Bosham's Saxon church of The Holy Trinity
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SU8003
A view from the churchyard of the southern façade and spire-topped tower of Holy... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - foundations of Saxon apse
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SO8729
The semicircular foundations of the former Saxon apse of St Mary's can... (more)
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Sompting - St Mary's - interior base of tower
by Rob Farrow
for square TQ1605
Looking through from the western end of the nave into the interior ground floor... (more)
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Beyond the Mist — The Battle of Stokesley
by Mick Garratt
for square NZ5111
This morning, the air on Great Ayton Moor was crystal clear, but away in the... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Blocked Saxon V-topped door
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Arch-topped Saxon doorway
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Flat-topped Saxon doorway
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
One of the Saxon former doorways, now a partly blocked opening from the chancel... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Saxon inverted-V windows
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This double light window above the arch at the western end of the nave is a... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Saxon Font in situ
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This remarkable font is considered to be the best preserved Saxon font in the... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - western façade
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
The Anglo-Saxon tower at the western end of St Mary's church in Deerhurst.... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - Anglo-Saxon monster head
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
Surging out from the wall immediately above the western entrance to the church... (more)
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Sompting - Church of St Mary
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square TQ1605
It is quite difficult to find a spot to take a photograph of the whole church... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Animal head carving (2)
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This finely carved head of an animal (perhaps a deer?) is one of a pair with... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Animal head carving (1)
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This finely carved head of an animal (perhaps a wolf?) is one of a pair with... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Animal head corbel on arch
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This animal head corbel supports the left side (as viewed) of the blocked arch... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Western end of nave
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
The west wall of the nave exhibits numerous Saxon features, notably the arch,... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Ancient stonework & brasses
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This side chapel in the northeastern corner of the Saxon church of St Mary in... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - Face of the Deerhurst Angel
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - Angel wall
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This wall is all that remains of the semicircular or polygonal Saxon apse the... (more)
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Deerhurst - The Saxon church of St Mary in its churchyard
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SO8729
A view from near to the gate into the churchyard looking up the path that leads... (more)
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Sompting - St Mary's - Tower and west end
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square TQ1605
A view of the west end of St Mary, Sompting showing its unusual and remarkable... (more)
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Sompting - St Mary's - Rhenish Helm
by Rob Farrow
for square TQ1605
A close view of the Rhenish Helm atop the C11th Saxon tower of St Mary's in... (more)
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Wing - All Saints - Saxon Crypt from eastern arch
by Rob Farrow
for square SP8822
Looking into the C9th (Saxon) crypt of All saints, Wing through the arch in the... (more)
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Wing - All Saints - Saxon polygonal apse
by Rob Farrow
for square SP8822
The apsidal chancel of All Saints, Wing is a remarkable survivor from the Saxon... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Fluted pilaster
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This fluted pilaster with decoration resembling fingers with long finger-nails... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Font
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
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Deerhurst - St Mary's - Interior - Mediaeval Brass
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
I cannot yet discover who is depicted on the memorial brass to be found against... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - The Angel
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church - small doorway and steps
by Rob Farrow
for square SO8729
This little doorway up three stone steps from ground level is a few feet to the... (more)
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Deerhurst - St Mary's church and Priory Farmhouse
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SO8729
The building adjoining the church at 90° is Priory Farmhouse which reuses some... (more)
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Church of St Margaret, Marton
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK8381
The west wall of the south aisle incorporates decorative stonework of Saxon... (more)
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Church of St Margaret, Marton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8381
The south side of the church. Saxon tower, Perpendicular porch and windows,... (more)
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Church of St Kyneburgha, Castor
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square TL1298
Blocked doorway with lancet window in the north transept. This shows Saxon long... (more)
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Church of St Kyneburgha, Castor
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square TL1298
The tympanum of Christ in Majesty above the doorway of the porch. The style and... (more)
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Church of St Kyneburgha, Castor
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square TL1298
Saxon carved panel of the 8th century, thought to be of St Mark, discovered... (more)
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Church of St Kyneburgha, Castor
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square TL1298
Roman altar, adapted and decorated with carving in the Saxon period, possibly as... (more)
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Wing - All Saints - Saxon Crypt from southern doorway
by Rob Farrow
for square SP8822
This is the means of entry into the crypt from outside the church (I don't... (more)
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Little Missenden - Church of St John the Baptist
by Rob Farrow
geograph for square SU9298
Little Missenden's church of St John the Baptist is a little gem of a... (more)
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Church of St Margaret, Marton
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK8381
The tower with its fine Saxon herringbone masonry.
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St John the Baptist - tiny interior window
by Rob Farrow
for square SU9298
This hugely deep but tiny window is in the southern internal wall of the nave of... (more)
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Little Missenden - St John the Baptist - nave & chancel
by Rob Farrow
for square SU9298
The Saxon core of St John the Baptist in Little Missenden showing the eastern... (more)
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Southwell Minster, Saxon pavement
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK7053
Under the floor of the south transept, this is thought to have been the floor of... (more)
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Church of St Margaret, Marton
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK8381
Detail of herringbone masonry of the tower, with typical alternating long and... (more)
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Market Overton
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK8816
The Saxon tower arch, dating from around 1000, perhaps a bit earlier. Pevsner... (more)
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Market Overton
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK8816
Saxon stonework incorporated in the tower, originally the shaft of a typical... (more)
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Church of St Nicholas, Littleborough
by Alan Murray-Rust
for square SK8282
Incised capital of the chancel arch, probably Saxon work.
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Little Missenden - St John the Baptist - nave side view
by Rob Farrow
for square SU9298
A view from the South Aisle of the internal northern wall of the nave. The... (more)
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Little Missenden - St John the Baptist - nave westwards
by Rob Farrow
for square SU9298
A view towards the western (tower) end of St John the Baptist in Little... (more)
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All Saints, Ledsham: Saxon doorway
by Stephen Craven
for square SE4529
The lower part of the Saxon tower of this church is still standing (the upper... (more)
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