PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
click photo to enlarge The gargoyles on a medieval church, such as this one at Aswarby in Lincolnshire (see yesterday's post ), are pieces of sculpture that form part of the medieval plumbing system. They are designed to carry rainwater off the roof and other coverings, then out from the walls, and deposit it on the ground below. However, despite this rather prosaic purpose it sometimes doesn't pay...
PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
click photo to enlarge When I was a boy autumn was the time of year for gathering the seeds of the horse chestnut tree, known to children throughout Britain as " conkers ". Of course part of the fun of childhood is anticipation, and as August turned into September, and the growing, green, spiky shells that held the coveted conkers became visible high in the trees, we could often wait no longer...
PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
click photos to enlarge Both of today's photographs were taken in the area immediately around the village of Aswarby in Lincolnshire. They are views of the parkland that was created in the eighteenth and nineteenth century around Aswarby Hall, the home of the Tudor Carres and later the Whichcotes. "Parkland" in this sense is a very English term, meaning not the play and recreation area laid...
PhotoReflect (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
click photo to enlarge The church of St Denys at Aswarby, Lincolnshire, has this fine memorial on the south wall of its nave. It records the death of Marian, Lady Whichcote, daughter of Henry Beckett Esq., and wife of Sir Thomas Whichcote, Bart. It notes that she was born on 27th April 1820, married on 10th July 1839, and died on 10th May 1849. The inscription ends with a verse from the Od Testament's...
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