Church Micro 5749...Werrington Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 5749...Werrington
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the church of St John The Baptist at Werrington was a very pleasant little oasis of peace and calm in an otherwise very busy area of the city. Church grounds are very well maintained indeed. Very attractive and well laid out. Someone (or most likely more than one person) can feel justifiably proud of themselves! Whilst wandering in the church grounds I noticed a lack of really old gravestones. Nothing earlier than the mid 19th Century. A little internet research after I returned home suggested that the oldest grave in the churchyard was dated 1851. Prior to that date it is thought that the deceased were laid to rest in nearby Paston. This church had some very ancient bells, which were taken down in 1930. One of these is now at Bellfounders John Taylor of Loughborough. These have been described as being the only bells in the Diocese of Peterborough to be cast before 1300. Some windows here date from the 14th Century, with the East Window being dated at 1330. As mentioned earlier, church grounds are neat and tidy with the building itself looking in good order and well cared for. However, this was not always the case. At one point the church was in a very poor state of repair and for a time part of the nave was exposed to the weather. Work had to be done and a stone inset in to the West wall commemorates the repairs with the names of churchwardens Robert West and John Holden and a date of 1680 still being legible. The porch is dated 1668. Nice South porch with a small path leading up to it from the main road being flanked with evergreens. “If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first at churchmicro@gmail.com so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
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