Bicker church

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This church has nestled in the Lincolnshire village of Bicker since the early 1100s. Additions down the ages, and successive restorations, have made it the miniature masterpiece we see today.

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"... to the nation as a whole each parish church is a record of the country's past ..."
Hugh Braun, English architect and writer

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Chipping church

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The medieval church of St Bartholomew, Chipping, has an old and engaging roof feature that is not too common, and which puzzles many. The south-facing "dormer" window was added to throw light on to the rood screen, and subsequently (following the screen's removal) illuminated the pulpit, making reading easier, and the vicar more visible!

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"No churchyard is so handsome that a man would desire straight away to be buried there"
Old English proverb

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The village church

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A view of the village of Chipping, Lancashire, nestling at the foot of the Bowland fells, its ancient church standing tall through the haze of an unseasonally warm March afternoon.

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"The parish churches of England are even more varied than the landscape"
John Betjeman (1906-1984), English poet, writer and broadcaster

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Kirkham church

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The church of St Michael, Kirkham, Lancashire, the top of its spire scaffolded following damage caused by strong winds.

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"An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars", Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet

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