Tag Archives: church

A close look at a grave of a Pirate or is it?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Huddled on the the battered coast of Northumberland you’ll come across many an ancient ruin, castle or church. There is more than enough to spend an hour or so at St Aidan, so named after the saint who died on … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Northumberland and Durham, Religion and Faith, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged Bamburgh, Cemetery, church, Grace Darling, Northumberland, Pirate Grave, Pirates, St Aidans Church | Leave a comment

The Fig Tree Tomb of Watford

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst on a little diversion in my local town, I took the time to visit the beautiful and ancient St Marys Church. It is the oldest building in Watford and in truth following decades of wanton destruction by … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, Religion and Faith | Tagged Cemetery, church, Death, Fig Tree Tomb, Legends, Victorian, Watford | Leave a comment

Wesley’s Chapel – The Mother Church of Methodism.

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Stephen Liddell

Almost directly across the road from Bunhill Fields Cemetery which I wrote about last week is Wesley’s Chapel which can be considered as the mother church of Methodism and so I thought I would take a look. I’m not a … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life, London, Religion and Faith, Travel, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged church, John Wesley, Methodism, Methodist Chapel, Wesley's Chapel | 5 Comments

Thomas Coram in Boston

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I took time out from touring to visit two temporary exhibitions at institutions that have very worthy reasons for visiting and yet understandably might not feature high on the list for foreign visitors. Namely the Kristallnacht exhibition at … Continue reading →

Posted in history, London, Religion and Faith | Tagged Bloosmbury, Boston, church, Congregationalist, Foundling Hospital, Foundling Museum, history, philanthropy, Puritan, Thomas Coram | 1 Comment

There but not there

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Last week whilst in the Sussex town of Arundel, I unexpectedly came across a very moving art installation. It is something I had heard about a few years ago and fleetingly throughout 2018 but for some reason had not expected … Continue reading →

Posted in history, Life, Religion and Faith, WW1 | Tagged Art, Arundel, Cathedrals, church, Lest We Forget, Remembrance, There But Not There, WW1 | 2 Comments

The day we rioted as the government stole 11 days of our lives!

Posted on September 19, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

If you think moving the clock an hour in October is a tedious, weird thing to do that only cheats you of an hour of precious useful daylight in the evening then do spare a thought for our forebears who … Continue reading →

Posted in Heritage, history, Life | Tagged Calendar, church, City of London, Gregorian Calendar, holidays, Julian Calendar, Parliament, Royal Society, Time | 1 Comment

ST PAUL’S MONASTERY IN JARROW AND THE OLDEST STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE WORLD

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen Liddell

Recently when I was in the area for my Hadrians Wall walk, I took a detour to a place I had long wanted to visited. Not too many miles from the ancestral home of George Washington which I visited on … Continue reading →