St Mary's Church, Hook, East Yorkshire
The beautiful 13th century St Mary's church in the village of Hook, East Yorkshire.
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St. Mary’s has served the local community as a place of worship for many hundreds of years. Charles Kingsley, the 19th century author, preacher and reformer, was its Rector for 31 years.
Our Church of England services and other activities cater for a wide age range. We try to offer something for everyone, from traditional to modern forms of worship. Our purpose is to praise God and to explore his teaching as revealed by Jesus Christ.
We are a friendly group of people. Why not come along and see for yourself?
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History & Haunting of St Mary's parish church ,Hinckley
Hinckley is a market town in southwest Leicestershire, England.
St Mary's parish church in Hinckley was dedicated in the Middle Ages to the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin. This church building has stood on the site for almost nine hundred years, although there may well have been a church already on the site, as the remnants of an Anglo Saxon sun-dial is visible on the diagonal buttress on the south-east corner of the chancel. The church was built by William FitzOsbern, who came over with William the Conqueror.
According to local tradition, the gravestone of Richard Smith is said to 'sweat blood' on the anniversary of his murder.
St Mary's Church of Hinckley in Leicestershire is the last resting place of Richard Smith who was killed on 12th April 1727, aged 20 years old. Simeon Stayne was a recruiting Sergeant for the Army, he had come to Hinckley and stood outside the 'Pig and Whistle' along Regent Street, informing a crowd of potential new soldiers about the virtues of taking the King's shilling. When the Sergeant suggested that the George Inn (now the Bounty) was named after King George II, Richard started to heckle him and said that the George Inn was actually named the George and Dragon.
Richard would not stop with his comments, the Sergeant lost his temper and gave the crowd a demonstration in how to use a halberd in close quarter combat, it was at this point he struck Richard with the weapon and then left him lying on the floor in blood. Later on, Richard died of the wounds that the Sergeant had inflicted upon him; the Sergeant had now fled Hinckley.
Richard was buried near the Church wall of St Mary's Church during April 1727. Simeon Stayne was later arrested and sent to Leicester Assizes, which is where he received the sentence of death for murdering Richard Smith.
Upon Richard's gravestone is the following inscription:
A fatal Halbert his mortal Body slew
The murdering Hand God's vengeance will pursue
From shades Terrestrial, though Justice took her flight
Shall not the judge of all the Earth do right
Each Age and Sex his Innocence bemoans
And with sad sighs laments his dying Groans
The church itself is said to be home to phantom footsteps, believed to belong to a monk.
A Halberd (also called Halbard or Halbert) is a two-handed wooden pole with a combined spear point, axe and hook at one end. The Halberd had become a symbol of rank, it was carried by recruiting Sergeants of the British Army during the 18th Century. It was known that the Sergeants used the halberd to ensure that infantrymen drawn up in ranks stood correctly aligned with each other.
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The weather vane, 184 feet up on St Mary's church tower at Hinkley is a fine cockerel which dates back some 200 years. In 1993 a headline appeared in the local paper entitled “Sorry Cock”. At the time the church steeple was being renovated and somebody took advantage of scaffolding to steal the said weather vane. The vicar appealed for its return in the press and early one morning he found the weather vane on his doorstep and it had been newly painted. There was also a note of apology telling that it was all the result of a drunken prank.
Hinckley has a history going back to Anglo-Saxon times; the name Hinckley is Anglo Saxon: Hinck is someone's name and ley is a meadow. By the time of the Domesday Book in 1086, Hinckley was quite a large village, and grew over the following 200 years into a small market town—a market was first recorded there in 1311. There is evidence of an Anglo Saxon church – the remnants of an Anglo Saxon sun-dial being visible on the diagonal buttress on the south-east corner of the chancel.
In 2000, archaeologists from Northampton Archaeology discovered evidence of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on land near Coventry Road and Watling Street.
Escomb Saxon Church 675 A.D Bishop Auckland County Durham
Escomb Saxon church 'St. Johns' was constructed in circa 675 A.D it is the earliest example of a Saxon Church in the United Kingdom and possibly Europe. Set within a circular walled churchyard most scholars agree that St. Johns belongs to the earliest period of Northumbrian Christianity.
The church is most likely built of reclaimed stone obtained from the nearby Roman Fort of Binchester 'Vinovia or Vinovium' several worked Roman stones are visible around the church.
During the 13th century both the interior and exterior of the church were plastered & several frescoes adorned the interior of the church, today though the only fresco that remains is upon the 'Chancel Arch'
INTERESTING FEATURES INCLUDE:
Vernacular roof beams.
Saxon carved altar cross in Chancel.
Frosterly marble gravestone in the floor of the sanctuary.
12th Century Font.
Granite Cross at porch apex.
7th Century Sundial on south wall.
17th Century Sundial above porch door.
Stone in the shape of a mounting block or steps in north wall.
Stone with groove caused by chariot or oxen cart in north wall.
Roman Sixth Legion 'LEG VI' stone inserted upside down in north wall (Faded).
Various worked Roman stones with cross chisel marks around the church.
Roman altar stone (Faded).
16th Century grave stones of a Pagan & Roman influence.
St. Johns Church had been restored by 1880 following 15 years of neglect when it became disused as a place of worship, apart from this short period of time the church has been in continuous use since 675 A.D.
Escomb Saxon Church is two mile from Bishop Auckland and is a real gem that is often over-looked by residents of County Durham & the wider region. Yet St. Johns is a place of pilgrimage & solitude for people around the UK and even the world, many visitors are completing 'The Wear Valley Way' a local long distance walk.
If the church is not open during visiting hours then do not worry, at the rear of the church are some homes, call at No26 where the keys hang on an hook to the left of the front door 'genuine northern hospitality just let yourself in but remember to lock up & return the keys to their hook upon exiting & please don't forget to make a donation to help with the upkeep of St. Johns''.
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The Chapel Sessions Ep. 1 - Shine
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Welcome to The Chapel Sessions! Journey with me as I travel around the UK setting up recording sessions in old churches across the country. This week's video was filmed on location at St. Mary's Church in Wootton, UK.
*Music and lyrics by Christine Parker. All music performed live and recorded by Christine Parker using one N8 ribbon mic and RPQ preamp by AEA (ribbonmics.com), the Breedlove Pursuit Concert guitar (breedlovemusic.com), and the Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 interface (focusrite.com). Video shot with a GoPro Hero 4 Silver and an iPhone 6*
Shine:
There's not much difference
Between you and I
We all have fears, and we have dreams - or so it seems
That's not how it goes
So I've been told
We've become blind to each other, to each other
Why don't we shine a little brighter
Laugh a little louder
Love a little deeper
We'll make this world a better place
There's not much to us
We're made of dust and heart
If we could only see that we're equal, know that we're equal
That's a good start
To love from the heart
We could author a different story, a greater story
Why don't we shine a little brighter
Laugh a little louder
Love a little deeper
We'll make this world a better place
Take a minute now to look around you and see
All the things that bring together you and me
My Movie West Horsley
West Horsley appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as Orsele held by Walter, son of Othere. There is evidence that there were Christians in this parish from at least 850 A.D., possibly earlier, so it is equally possible that there would have been a little church built of split logs standing on the same site as St Mary's Church, a flint Saxon building dating from 1030 and is Grade I listed. The church was spared when the rest of the village was burned in 1066. Its tower was added in 1120, and the church extended to its current size in 1210.
Headless ghosts are a cliché of folklore, but according to a Surrey writer, William Hurst Chouler, in 1978, the church in this village is haunted by the reverse phenomenon, a head without a body — that of Sir Walter Raleigh, executed by decapitation in 1618. Normally, heads of criminals were kept on display at Tower Bridge or elsewhere till they rotted, but Raleigh's wife persuaded the judges to spare him this final disgrace and allow her to embalm the head and keep it herself. It is said that she carried it with her everywhere until she herself died, some twenty years later; it was eventually buried at West Horsley, where Raleigh's son Carew lived for a few years, from 1656 to 1664.
On the eve of his execution, Sir Walter Raleigh bade farewell to his wife, Bess, at the Abbey Gatehouse at Westminster. She was distraught, and particularly anxious that his body should be given up to her for burial. ‘It is well, dear Bess, that thou mayest dispose of that dead which thou hadst not always the disposing of when alive,’ he said.
Ralegh went bravely to the scaffold on the morning of 29 October 1618. It took two strokes of the axe to sever his head which, bleeding profusely, was then held up for the inspection of the stunned onlookers. The silence was broken when a clear voice called out from the throng: ‘We have not such another head to be cut off’. It was an expression of the general mood.
Having been ‘showed on both sides of the scaffold’, Ralegh’s head was ‘put into a red leather bag, and his wrought velvet gown thrown over it, which was afterwards conveyed away in a mourning coach of his lady’s’. As she had feared, Bess was to be denied the disposing of her husband’s body. It was buried not at her brother’s church of Beddington in Surrey, as she would have wished, but in St Margaret’s, Westminster, on the south side of the altar.As for the head, it ‘seems that Bess had it embalmed and kept it with her to her dying day, and after her it came to her son Carew, with whom it was buried’ (A.L. Rowse, Ralegh and the Throckmortons, London 1962, p.319). Bess died in 1647, having lived with Carew, from 1628, in the manor-house at East Horsley in Surrey (which he purchased), and from 1643 in that of neighbouring West Horsley, where he succeeded his uncle, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (Rowse, pp.329, 330). They also had a house in St Martin’s Lane, Westminster: Carew retired to it late in life, after selling his Surrey estates. He was ‘killed’ in unknown circumstances towards the end of 1666, and buried close to his father in St Margaret’s Church.
However, the parish register of West Horsley records Carew Ralegh’s re-burial in the church there in September 1680. According to the evidence of a young lad who witnessed the event – the son of Sir Edward Nicholas, to whom Carew had sold the estate – he was reunited in the tomb with his father’s head.
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St. Peters Church Hook Norton
St. Peters in Hook Norton, a brief visit and fly around. Lovely village and church, good friends of mine were married here some years so thought Id return and film it whilst i was in the area.
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History of St Peter's Church
St. Peter's church was first registered in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of 922 AD. The current building includes a Chancel dating back to the 12th Century, and an 11th Century font, which draws visitors from far and wide. There have been many additions to the building, many dating back to the 15th and 16th Centuries, including an impressive tower, which houses the bells that are still rung weekly (bell-ringing practice is on Thursday evenings). St. Peter's also houses the village's original fire engine, known as 'The Sentinel', which was last used in 1896.
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Music by MachinimaSound - Winter Wonderland
Dover Castle - Church and Roman Lighthouse
The 2000 year old Pharos (Ancient Lighthouse) at Dover Castle.
The church next door is the Church of St Mary in Castro.
Dover Castle, Kent, UK.
Christmas Crib at St. Mary's Basilica Church | St. Mary's Basilica Church | Christmas Celebration
The formation of the city of Bangalore and the formation of St.Mary's Church are found to be interlinked with the History of Karnataka. During the 17th Century, few Christians came from Gingee, of Tamil Nadu, found that the land was fertile to sow white rice and began to settle down and built a small village. This village took the name 'Biliakkipalli' because it is said that the rice they cultivated was white and also because a number of white birds were found in those rice fields. The people in order to practice their religion built a thatched hut and named it as 'CHAPEL OF KANIKKAI MADHA'.
The Italian Jesuits of the Malabar Mission were the founders of the Mysore Mission in the 17th Century, who were succeeded by the French Jesuits from Madura and Carnatic Missions in the 18th Century.
In 1799, Fr. Jean Dubois came in lay dress with the English troops at the siege of Srirangapatna and only when he celebrated the Mass in the church, people did recognize him as a Catholic Priest. When the Cantonment was established in the Bangalore, the Christians, both Europeans and Indians were attending the Mass celebrated by Fr. Jean Dubois. In 1811, he built a small chapel with a residence for priests.
Later on, Rev. Fr. Andreas an Indian priest from Pondicherry succeeded him and he expanded the Church building in the shape of Cross.
In 1832, due to some communal riots, the church was pulled and pillaged. Fr. Beauchaton, the Parish Priest, narrowly escaped death by the tactful handling of the situation by the Christian people. Troops arrived to restore peace and the government had the Church guarded first by the European soldiers and later by Indian sepoys for many months. After some years a great plague spread throughout the Biliakkipalli region. The people sought the intercession of Mother Mary to relieve them from the clutches of disastrous death. Mother Mary interceded for the victims and the plague vanished from the vicinity. Since she cured the people from the dreadful disease and gave them goodhealth, she was also called as 'Annai Arokiamarie' (Our Lady of Good Health).
In June 1875, the construction of the present Church began during the time of the then Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. E.L. Kleiner, who later became the Bishop of Mysore. In view of the historic importance of St. Mary's Church, the then British authorities from Delhi were paying a grant every year for the maintenance of the church till 1948.
The present Church of St. Mary's built by Rev. Fr. Kleiner was solemnly consecrated on 8th September 1882 by Msgr. Joannes Maria Y. Vicar Apostolic of Mysore, in the presence of 35 priests and about 4000 Catholics of Bangalore. It is interesting to note that, all the other parishes of Bangalore were born out of this ancient parish of St. Mary's Church.
It was during the tenure of Most. Rev. Dr. P. Arokiaswamy, the then Archbishop of Bangalore and Rev.Fr. Paul Kinatukara, the then Parish Priest of Mary's Church, with the strenuous efforts of the Archbishop Most. Rev. Dr. D. S. Lourdusamy, the then Secretary General for the Sacred Congregations for Evangelizations of peoples at Rome, Holy Father Pope Paul VI, elevated
St. Mary's Church to the title of ANNAI AROKIAMMARIE BASILICA' on 26th September 1973, which was officially announced and celebrated on 26th January 1974. Since then, every year this day stands as a remarkable significance of God's grace. For several years a grand car procession carrying the Eucharist was organized and the archbishops administered solemn blessed of the Blessing Sacrament.
Due to increase in the population, and more devotees flooding to visit the shrine of Our Lady, the space that was available for the devotees to stand and pray was found to be very congested. At this juncture, the then Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. T. Jabamalai, successor of Rev. Fr. Paul Kinatukara, constructed a hall like structure facing east and placed the statue of Our Lady in a prominent place. This enabled thousands of devotees to see her without any hindrance and pray to her more devotedly. During the year 2004 - 2007, the church was completely renovated by him and was rededicated on 29th August 2006 by the Archbishop of Bangalore, and that year (1882-2007) it celebrated 125th year of its consecration. During the month of June 2007, the Church and Shrine was bifurcated His Grace the Archbishop of Bangalore appointed Rev. Fr. A.S. Anthony Swamy as the Parish Priest and Rev. Fr. L. Arulappa as the Rector of the Shrine. On 8th of September 2007, Annual feast day and birthday of Blessed Virgin Mary, His Grace the Archbishop officially declared this Basilica as the Diocesan Shrine.
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St Mary's, Yate - views from tower
From the top of the church tower at St Mary's Yate, viewing around, including the Acro-gymnastics in St Mary's Green below.
Norman Carved Archway at Alne Church, England
This arch over the main door of the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Alne attracts many visitors. Most of the carvings representy beats mentioned in the Bible but there some secular representations as well. Many of the carvings are symbolic as in the case of the lamb carrying a cross representing Jesus Christ.
Tower of St. Mary the Virgin
it's not a camera meant for video, but i thought i'd give it a quick shot as we were leaving. don't get seasick watching it . . .
Visitation Ordination
Irish-born Father Eamon Gerard Murray was ordained to the priesthood by Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano at Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Red Hook, on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 10.
Hook County Primary School, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Hook County Primary School, Pembrokeshire, Wales - winner of the Young People's Involvement category of the Mentor UK CHAMP Awards, 2006.
Our Lady of Fatima visiting St Michael Church of San Diego, Ca
St Michael Catholic Church has been serving the Community of Paradise Hills, San Diego, Ca. since 1947. The present Pastors are Fr Manny Ediza and Fr Roland Gabutera.
2016 June 25 - St Mary's Old Basing & Lychpit Festival
In the North Hampshire Morris Tradition - Hook Tandoori!
Video courtesy of Revd. Rachel Hartland
Dover Castle - Video of Ancient Well (St Mary in Castro/Pharos)
Hi, we decided we'd measure how deep this hand-cut well was. It's about 140ft. We lost the camera when the string broke, spent hours trying to re-hook it until that string broke as well... and had to go back the next day to try again!!
Hospital of St. Cross Church Organ
Organ music in Winchester, England's Hospital of St. Cross (Norman) Church.
Queen Elizabeth smiles as she arrives at church with Prince Andrew near Sandringham Estate
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