Church Micro # 2006 St. Mary's, Westwell Traditional Geocache
Church Micro # 2006 St. Mary's, Westwell
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St. Mary, Church Westwell , which throughout the Middle Ages belonged to Christ Church Canterbury, which spent large sums of money on it. The chancel, by far the most elaborate part of the building, is separated from the nave by a screen of three trefoil headed arches supported on tall cylindrical pillars. That this was not the rood screen may be seen by the notches cut into it that originally carried the wooden screen set at a lower level in between. The chancel is vaulted in stone, held together by iron tiebars. The sedelia, of three seats, set under battlements, are unusual in having the two easternmost seats on the same level , with just the third a few inches lower. The east window contains some mediaeval glass depicting the Tree of Jesse, whilst in the north chapel is some heraldic glass of Richard II’s reign. There are some plain poppy headed stalls in the arcaded panels. In 1967 two gold flagons were sold to the Goldsmith’s Company to raise money for essential repairs to save the church from collapse”.
To mark the Millennium a new stained glass window, designed by Alexandra le Rossignol and funded by friends of St Mary's and the residents of Westwell, was added to the south wall, above the font.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.
There is also a Church Micro Stats page found via the Bookmark list
GPS signal was not very good under tree cover but hint should make it easy to spot hiding place
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