St Nectans Parish Church Hartland Devon England UK
While in Hartland with my daughter Penny, we decided to visit this very old church they have there, and this was a really nice church, one of the best i have ever been in.. Here is what is said about this church online... The Church of St Nectan is the parish church of Hartland, Devon, England. Sometimes referred to as the Cathedral of North Devon, it is located in the hamlet of Stoke, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the town of Hartland. It is dedicated to Saint Nectan.. Saint Nectan was one of many Celtic hermits and missionaries associated with early Christian sites in south-west Britain, South Wales and Ireland in the fifth and sixth centuries. A well 100 metres from the church is the reputed site of his hermitage.. The history of the area is obscure; however, the first recorded building here was a collegiate church served by twelve secular canons founded ca. 1050 by Gytha, Countess of Wessex (mother of King Harold). Traditionally the church was founded in thanksgiving for the preservation of her husband's life in a storm at sea; a better tradition associates her husband Godwin, Earl of Wessex and holder of the royal manor of Harton, with the foundation..Nothing is known of the earliest building nor whether it was rebuilt or enlarged when the collegiate church was replaced by a house of Augustinian regulars at Hartland Abbey in the twelfth century.. The current building, believed to date from 1360, replaced the earlier church on the site, of which only the font still remains and is thought to date from 1170. The 128 ft tower, rising in four stages, claimed to be the highest in Devon, has for centuries been a landmark to sailors at sea. It was built about sixty years after the rest of the church and it contains a peal of six bells, last rehung in 1952, weighing practically 3 tons. The arch of the tower, open today, once housed a musicians' gallery where the 'church orchestra' of fiddles, double bass, flute and clarinet played for services...
WAINFLEET nr. Skegness. Part 01. dr12
Drive through WAINFLEET, nr. Skegness, Lincolnshire. From Bateman's Brewery, through Wainfleet, around the clock tower and market square, on to the Skegness Road, reversing back into Wainfleet and finishing at Barkham Street.
Barkham Steet was built, mistakenly by local legend, to plans of contemporarily built London streets around Bethlem Hospital - a London steet in rural Lincolnshire.
Late August 2007.
Wainfleet web sites:
Wainfleet and Lincolnshire info, news, events and entertainment - BBC Radio Lincolnshire:
Bateman's Brewery web site:
Music: 'Making Waves' from the album 'Blue Chip' by Acoustic Alchemy, web site:
Album available here:
If you enjoy the music used in this clip, I encourage you to support the artist by purchasing the recording.
This is an offshoot YouTube site of VideoPostcards, and will largely cover the same geographical locations as that site, namely:
Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot nr. Folkingham and Sleaford, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham, Knipton, Harston, Casthorpe, Billingborough, Horbling, Little Humby, Little Bytham, Castle Bytham, Wainfleet, Threekingham, Folkingham, Sedgebrook, Helpringham, Heckington, Sleaford, Old Somerby and Rospley.
Camcorder:
Sony HDR-HC7E
set at Standard Definition.
AVI file converted to WMV best quality 640x480 though Ulead Studio 10 Plus.
EPPING FOREST and HIGH BEACH. Video Postcard 45.
Unseasonable weather with melting snow on Fairmead Road and at High Beach church and churchyard. Early April 2008.
Camcorder:
Sony HDR-HC7E set at wide screen High Def.
Edited and rendered in Sony Vegas 7 as Mpeg2 high def video.
Copyright © - All rights reserved.
Video postcards in this series include:
New York City, Manhattan, Belhaven, North Carolina, Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, High Beach, High Beech, Woodnook Valley, Walcot nr. Folkingham and Sleaford, Bottesford, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham, Knipton, Little Humby, Old Somerby.
Future video postcards will include these Lincolnshire and Leicestershire villages:
Boothby Pagnell, Bassingthorpe, Westby, Burton le Coggles, Bitchfield, Irnham, Ingoldsby, Irnham, Braceby, Haceby, Ropsley, Colsterworth, Skillington, Corby Glen, Horbling, Billingborough, Threekingham, Hungerton, Wyville, Sproxton, Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth, Skillington, Buckminster, Casthorpe, Barkstone, Redmile, Bottesford, Muston, Sedgebrook, Allington, Foston, Hougham, Marston, Hough on the Hill, Brandon, Caythorpe, Carlton Scroop, Normanton, Fulbeck, Leadenham, Welbourn, West Willoughby, Gonerby, Gonerby Moor, Spittlegate, the Ermine Street, High Dyke Settlement, Settlements, Barkston, Syston, Ancaster, Wilsford, Rauceby, Silk Willoughby, Kelby, Welby, Oasby, Heydour, Culverthorpe, Aunsby, Dembleby, Sapperton, Pickworth, Hanby, Lenton, Keisby, Hawthorpe, Bulby, Kirkby Underwood, Sempringham, Pointon, Rippingale, Aslackby, Corby Glen.
Video Postcard. BELVOIR CASTLE. - pc19.
Belvoir Castle, Rutland, U.K. May 7th. 2007. Overlooking the Vale of Belvoir and ancestral home to the Dukes of Rutland.
Belvoir Castle web site:
Belvoir and Woolsthorpe news is covered by the
Grantham Journal - web site:
Video postcards in this series include:
Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham.
Camcorder: JVC GR-D270EK,
Edited in Ulead VideoStudio 10.
Uploaded as 640x480 wmv best quality.
This camcorder gives reasonably good colour results in strong sunlight. Anything less than this, the colour tends to be washed-out. Moving or out-of-focus objects show definite blueing around edges. A good-buy 'snapshot' camcorder in it's range, but not one to buy if you want quality results.
Video editing suites can increase saturation, but will drastically reduce quality and increase pixelation with JVC GR-D270/290 range movies.
Snow in Rutland and Stretton
My new hobby to try to calm me down after a exciting year.
Christmas in around Rutland, England.
My attempt at photography using my compact and photo software on my macbook.
Video Postcard. LONDON EYE - pc26.
London Eye from the Thames Embankment, London. 1.30am June19th. 2007.
The London Eye, also known as the Millennium Wheel, is an observation wheel that completed construction in 1999 and opened to the public in March, 2000. As of June 2007, it is the largest observation wheel in the world, although there are larger ferris wheels, such as The Star of Nanchang.
The London Eye has become the most popular paid for UK visitor attraction, visited by over 3.5 million people a year.
The London Eye stands 135 metres (443 feet) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, England, between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges.
Video postcards in this series include:
Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot nr. Folkingham and Sleaford, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham.
Camcorder: JVC GR-D270EK,
Edited in Ulead VideoStudio 10.
Uploaded as 640x480 wmv best quality.
GREENVILLE , NORTH CAROLINA dr23.
A drive to GREENVILLE through North Carolina U.S.A.
Early September 2008.
Video Drives in this series include locations as in VideoPostcards:
New York City, Manhattan Island, Belhaven, , Greenville, North Carolina, Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot nr. Folkingham and Sleaford, Bottesford, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham, Knipton, Little Humby, Old Somerby.
Special thanks to C. J. Gray.
Copyright © - All rights reserved.
Future video postcards will include these Lincolnshire and Leicestershire villages:
Boothby Pagnell, Bassingthorpe, Westby, Burton le Coggles, Bitchfield, Irnham, Ingoldsby, Irnham, Braceby, Haceby, Ropsley, Colsterworth, Skillington, Corby Glen, Horbling, Billingborough, Threekingham, Hungerton, Wyville, Sproxton, Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth, Skillington, Buckminster, Casthorpe, Barkstone, Redmile, Bottesford, Muston, Sedgebrook, Allington, Foston, Hougham, Marston, Hough on the Hill, Brandon, Caythorpe, Carlton Scroop, Normanton, Fulbeck, Leadenham, Welbourn, West Willoughby, Gonerby, Gonerby Moor, Spittlegate, the Ermine Street, High Dyke Settlement, Settlements, Barkston, Syston, Ancaster, Wilsford, Rauceby, Silk Willoughby, Kelby, Welby, Oasby, Heydour, Culverthorpe, Aunsby, Dembleby, Sapperton, Pickworth, Hanby, Lenton, Keisby, Hawthorpe, Bulby, Kirkby Underwood, Sempringham, Pointon, Rippingale, Aslackby, Corby Glen.
Video Postcard. BARROWBY. - pc04.
Barrowby, Lincolnshire U.K., within the churchyard of All Saints Church. February 12th. 2007.
More about Barrowby:
Barrowby, nr Grantham, news is covered by the
Grantham Journal - web site:
Video postcards in this series include:
Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot nr. Folkingham and Sleaford, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham.
Camcorder: JVC GR-D270EK,
Edited in Ulead VideoStudio 10.
Uploaded as 640x480 wmv best quality.
This camcorder gives reasonably good colour results in strong sunlight. Anything less than this, the colour tends to be washed-out. Moving or out-of-focus objects show definite blueing around edges. A good-buy 'snapshot' camcorder in it's range, but not one to buy if you want quality results.
Video editing suites can increase saturation, but will drastically reduce quality and increase pixelation with JVC GR-D270EK movies.
WAINFLEET nr. Skegness. Part 02. dr13
Drive through WAINFLEET, nr. Skegness, Lincolnshire. From the B1195 road from Spilsby, through Wainfleet, around Haven Side, to Bateman's Brewery.
Late August 2007.
Wainfleet web sites:
Wainfleet and Lincolnshire info, news, events and entertainment - BBC Radio Lincolnshire:
Bateman's Brewery web site:
This is an offshoot YouTube site of VideoPostcards, and will largely cover the same geographical locations as that site, namely:
Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot nr. Folkingham and Sleaford, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham, Knipton, Harston, Casthorpe, Billingborough, Horbling, Little Humby, Little Bytham, Castle Bytham, Wainfleet, Threekingham, Folkingham, Sedgebrook, Helpringham, Heckington, Sleaford, Old Somerby and Rospley.
Camcorder:
Sony HDR-HC7E
set at Standard Definition.
AVI file converted to WMV best quality 640x480 though Ulead Studio 10 Plus.
Video Postcard. LITTLE PONTON. - pc07.
Early APRIL over the River Witham at Little Ponton, Lincolnshire. 2007.
Little Ponton is a small village south of Grantham on the River Witham.
Videos 06, 07, 14, 28, 29 and 37 show the same stream at monthly intervals.
Little and Great Ponton news is covered by the
Grantham Journal - web site:
Video postcards in this series include:
Barrowby, Denton, Little Ponton, Antons Gowt nr. Boston, Crowland, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Common, London, London Eye, Albert Bridge, Belvoir Castle, Harlaxton, Harlaxton Manor, Hemmingford Abbots, Belton nr. Grantham, Grantham market place, Woolsthorpe by Belvoir, Londonthorpe, Londonthorpe Wood, Honington, Epping Forest, Woodnook Valley, Walcot, Stoke Rochford, Stroxton, Harlow, Peakirk, Clipsham.
Camcorder: JVC GR-D270EK,
Edited in Ulead VideoStudio 10.
Uploaded as 640x480 wmv best quality.
This camcorder gives reasonably good colour results in strong sunlight. Anything less than this, the colour tends to be washed-out. Moving or out-of-focus objects show definite blueing around edges. A good-buy 'snapshot' camcorder in it's range, but not one to buy if you want quality results.
Video editing suites can increase saturation, but will drastically reduce quality and increase pixelation with JVC GR-D270EK movies.