The faces staring down were called “Eaves Droppers” as they were often found up in the eaves of churches and cathedrals. The idea was that we were always watched by those who went before us. This is where the term eavesdropping came from - listening in on conversations without being seen.
Hi sue Steve from England Just viewed your video. Lovely church inside and out, great sculptures. The church looks like it was built in sandstone. Tombstones as well not granite. Beautiful lead stain glass windows. I do love church music and choir sounding songs. Fantastic sue.
So, so many table top tombs Sue. Just amazing! But the inside of the church was just gorgeous. A real piece of history from its beginnings through the 1900's. That organ was grand for its day. It must have cost a fortune. Thank you for showing and reading what you could. This place is worth a visit. Many thanks for a great video Sue. ♥️🙏☘️☘️☘️
Time and Weather are not kind to any of us! I thought of a bed, as well. Final resting place? But with the coffin shape, a bit odd. Love the faces and arches in the Church. What carving on that monument! 😮 Awesome, Sue. 💖🌷💖
Thank you for bringing us with you into this beautiful church and viewing the unique gravestones. I will probably not ever be able to see this in person, so thank you for reading and showing us everything. It's everything I would want to view closely. ❤🌹
What a beautiful church and graveyard. The stone used is sandstone and does feel powdery, like you said. I love the monument to Sir Gilbert Prine & his family. I've never heard of those carrying a skull had passed in infancy, never mind seeing it. This is a first for me & is just beautiful. How sad for Sir Gilbert & his wife to lose 5 of their 7 children. I agree with one of your other commenters that it's a pity the pews were replaced by chairs. You dont get the same feel for it. Thank you, Sue, for sharing this with us. You're doing something I've always wanted to do over here in Northern Ireland, but my daughter thinks im mad, lol. Peace to you and yours ❤
What an incredibly beautiful church, peaceful, well kept graveyard, and all set in such a lovely setting. I wondered if all those houses surrounding the church were actually all lived in. I'd love to live there .. but then, I've always wanted to live right next to a graveyard. People think I'm weird, but I reckon I'd have the best neighbours you could possibly have! Thank you so much Sue for taking us on this wonderful journey with you. I loved it from start to finish. God Bless, and .... keep your light shining bright. ~ Cobs (UK)💖
Sandstone maybe? Wish we had these types of beautiful and respectful places here. But then again, America is quite young. Hopefully someday we can learn to be the same. It’s nice to take a break from the madness here in the States. With that, I am so grateful for you guys. ♥️ This one is astonishing! ✨
I would think the parish records would have records of those graves. I am a genealogist, and that is my thinking. I truly enjoy your videos! I have surveyed all the church and public cemeteries in my county in SC. and the imnscriptions were published in 4 volumes by the local genealogical society. Cemeteries are so fascinating. But ours are nowhere as old as yours. We are a young country.
I'm developing more of an interest in genealogy since I relocated to middle Tennessee where my dad's family is from. The cemetery where I have people, has a large number of tent-style graves unique to this area. The stone in the region was easy enough to work with but those rock formations aren't throughout the state. I guess it was a fad from the mid-1810's through 1870's. Not sure there's a definitive reason for their popularity at the time. Could've been protection from the wild or grazing cattle. It's a beautiful small cemetery and I'm proud to say an ancestor, John Wesley Knowles, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, donated the land from his adjacent farm when one of his son-in-law's passed away. They're buried under huge old cedar trees. A tent grave nearby has the inscription that the person 'went to Harvard University with Edward Everett', a prominent US Statesman who spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg.
G’day Sue from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 Once again thank you very much Great video on the church and sculptures Also the architecture of the buildings and stone structures Brendan 👍
So far this video is my favorite and will be watched a few times, so much going on and so much to look at.. the grave shaped grave is just amazing.. absolutely a beautiful and peaceful video. Excellent thanks
An outstanding video 👍🏻👍🏻. The artwork is amazing. The labor put into the church and the tombstones is unremarkable. Ages are so young. Sue has there been any graves you have come across where the person is over 100 years old? Your videos are educational to me.
Stunning designs on those old tombstones. Beautiful church, absolutely amazing. You have outdone yourself again, as usual Sue. Makes me yearn for my old country even more. Have not been back since 1980. Will have to get back there one day.
Truly beautiful to see such a well kept historic church and grave yard. Yes I love the lead light too, and all those magnificent carved stone arches and monuments. Just beautiful. Thank you so much Sue. God bless xx Teresa 🇦🇺♥
This is a neat old place almost looks like a castle . All these young girls and boys. Makes you wonder what happen to them. There's so many things it could be. So sad The chest tombs must of been the popular pick at this graveyard there's a bunch 😮. That is an odd grave! 👀 love the music in the church. Always a comfort. 😢 that's depressing lol no music lol. Understand.. Beautiful sue ❤ 😊 love the recite n music Thank you for that. The organ!😮❤❤ if I was there I'd have to ask if I could play it 😂 can't help myself. Will listen to it thank you sue ❤❤🤗 such a beautiful lovely place sue thank you so much for sharing this. God bless and take care ❤
Hello Sue…this church is stunning, like you, I love the colour of the bricks too!!! It looks like a castle in one part of it…really beautiful…the gravestones are so weathered that all the writing has worn off, but we can still see their beauty back in the day they were made for the people who are buried there!!! I love these places…as I’ll probably never get to see them myself, so you bringing them to me+others is really nice!!! May all who are buried there Rest In Peace…!!! Keep well+looking forward to your next adventure!!! The inside. Of the church is equally as stunning as the outside!!! So sad about the 5 little girls who died, but their memorial with their parents is very beautiful!!! The stained glass windows are just amazing…!!! Thank you for sharing!!! X🙃❤️
Hey Sue, that is a beautiful church and cemetery. It is unique that the old & Ancient is blended in with the new. For instance the Crypt wall with engraving inside the church door and a post it board to the left, everything is blended in beautifully. That is an unusual coffin Vault grave @ 11:22. I never seen Anything like that in my life or any other cemetery videos. Have a Blessed Day & God Bless You!!!
Beautiful church, and that memorial is gorgeous. It must have been devastating for them to lose five infants, no words could express the sorrow I imagine they had. I wish the walls could talk, all those graves from the 1600s.
May I make a suggestion, maybe if you used a flashlight with a thin colored cloth over the lens, you may be able to read the weathered stones better. It may read easier from the camera. Just a thought.
I love stained glass, and I love the sound of music and church bells as well. It is a beautiful church and grounds. The monument that looks like a bed I always think of them as stone beds. Very fascinating because I've never seen anything like them here in the USA. The only time I've seen them have been in churchyards in England, though nothing like the size of this one. Thank you, Sue, for letting us see this lovely church.
All the tombs are so elegant and sad for the babies and young ones who died😢. The church is gorgeous and I love the windows. I just love each and every video. You and GV are the best! You mentioned Edinburgh, are you talking about Scotland? ❤😂❤😂
This is superb in every part ! The at-length detail rich with historical facts added to the walk thru , although your content is always well done this particular video is perfection, enjoyed the eaves-droppers as well!
Hi Sue, would the stone possibly be limestone? It is a stone that weather's out when water often pours on it. The church was one of the most beautiful I have had to pleasure of viewing. Your work is appreciated. ❤
One can only wish that they are all together,a very beautiful church,the skills of tradesmenback then is mind blowing ,safe travels and god bless you both,🙏🙏👋👋👍🇦🇺
Those faces at the door were unnerving - the one that was intact was very realistic looking, made me think they must have been made to look like actual people that existed at the time. Loved this explore, thanks Sue.
Sue, I really enjoy your channel. I unfortunately got to see Shannon Ireland and it is a beautiful city, I wish I could bring my wife to see show her the country of her ancestors.
Just stunning and mind blowing this church goes back so far and is still active and I see the town or row of houses is across of the church/cemetery and winds up the road.
Beautiful church, inside and outside. It seems the memorials inside the church are more legible than the monuments in the graveyard. The graveyard is very interesting, unfortunate that not many monuments are legible anymore. You mentioned that sandstone does not hold up well as a headstone after a period of time. I have heard the same about granite. In your experience, is there a type of stone that will hold up fairly well after a couple of centuries? Awesome video, thank you very much Sue. Have a great day. 😊
@SerenitySueGraveyards Very interesting. So overgrowth is useful sometimes. I will try to remember that about slate. Thank you very much for the information Sue, and for getting back to me. Take care.
Hi sue that brings back memories I got married there and only walked through there few days back and I couldn't believe how old some off the graves are keep up the work this is brilliant
What a hidden Gem, Some very nice and pleasing Masonry too, Back in the days of Coal, Pollution in the atmosphere caused Acid Rain , Lime Stone and Sandstone don't fair well to it over long periods of time , Great Video, have a Good one 👍
I find it sad that the tombstones and markers have been allowed to deteriorate. More efforts should have been made to protect them. Such works of art and snippets of history barely readable. Ofcourse this is from a U.S. standpoint, a much younger country than the U.K. But the only cemeteries you see here in deteriorated shape are those which were abandoned decades ago. All this just makes me want to clean and polish my relatives bronze plaque headstones, once I am ambulatory again. Such wonderful churches maintained and restored. One of my favorites in California is the Carmel Mission. It was restored from ruins not that many decades ago. Missionary Father Junipero Serra is interred below the altar. He was instrumental in establishing the California Mission System when California was still owned by Spain. The circuit of missions is on what is known as the "El Camino Real" now. Thank you for another great video.
Hay unas tumbas que evidencian haber sido instaladas cuando el gran árbol que se encuentra junto a ellas era aún joven y les permitía espacio. Con el tiempo el tronco del árbol creció, y empujó dichas tumbas hasta inclinar la postura de las mismas. Evidentemente no pensaron que el árbol crecería tanto. Curiosa imagen que le agrega mayor belleza al entorno.
It looks like the church is built with Sandstone ,it’s got a creamy yellow hue.,also a lot of the chest tombs look the same stone .The problem is it does not weather very well at all and the fumes of the cars ,industry etc produce a type of acid that eats the stone away.I have never seen so many chest tombs.I have seen Bed tombs before but only a few.The bosses(heads) are meant to look down at the worshipers in the church..Symbolic of angels watching down on you I believe .its beautiful inside the Church and gorgeous leaded windows too.The wood ceiling looks like a newer addition but it’s rich and suits the place.Its also well maintained inside and not modernised with horrid blue or red chairs.Thanks for taking us along ..Love n Light to you both🥰
The unusual one is called a "bed" tomb. It is supposed to represent a headboard, mattress, and footboard. So a bed tomb. It is a nice addition to an otherwise plain churchyard of box tombs.
Serenity Sue at church you're right it was absolutely stunning but it was so gorgeous and that pipe organ it would be something to hear those stained Windows was absolutely gorgeous
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Thank you for all your effort. You allow me to visit places that my health does not permit.
You're welcome John
Yes, dearie, health and age, many, many, thanks!
The faces staring down were called “Eaves Droppers” as they were often found up in the eaves of churches and cathedrals. The idea was that we were always watched by those who went before us.
This is where the term eavesdropping came from - listening in on conversations without being seen.
Fantastic information, I love that, thanks so much
@@vdimasteremeritus 👌 wow thanx....I never knew that 😀
Hi sue Steve from England Just viewed your video. Lovely church inside and out, great sculptures. The church looks like it was built in sandstone. Tombstones as well not granite. Beautiful lead stain glass windows. I do love church music and choir sounding songs. Fantastic sue.
Thanks Stephen, the sandstone definitely doesn't hold well
So, so many table top tombs Sue. Just amazing! But the inside of the church was just gorgeous. A real piece of history from its beginnings through the 1900's. That organ was grand for its day. It must have cost a fortune. Thank you for showing and reading what you could. This place is worth a visit. Many thanks for a great video Sue. ♥️🙏☘️☘️☘️
Thanks Janet ❤️
Hi, Serenity Sue! Your tour and narration of that amazing church was excellent!
Thank you ❤️
Time and Weather are not kind to any of us! I thought of a bed, as well. Final resting place? But with the coffin shape, a bit odd.
Love the faces and arches in the Church. What carving on that monument! 😮
Awesome, Sue. 💖🌷💖
That's monument is unbelievable but also very sad too
Thanks for the church scenes and there were bizarre headstone and graves. And you played lovely music in the church.
Thanks Sally ❤️
I love the log panels and windows of this church. The stonework is beautiful including the old headstones. 😊
It sure is x x
Thank you for bringing us with you into this beautiful church and viewing the unique gravestones.
I will probably not ever be able to see this in person, so thank you for reading and showing us everything. It's everything I would want to view closely. ❤🌹
Thank you so much 💓
So I looked up Chippenham. You are in England.
I loved this video. And the family memorial on wall in church. Thank you Sue. Barb
It's an old video, probably 2 years ago now, loved it there
What a beautiful church, with some wonderful memorials on the walls. Thank you muchly for sharing Sue. 😊👏
Cheers Kev
What a beautiful church! So many 1600 stones that are well preserved. Stained glass windows are gorgeous. Thanks Sue🎶💕
Thanks Liz ❤️
What a beautiful church and graveyard. The stone used is sandstone and does feel powdery, like you said. I love the monument to Sir Gilbert Prine & his family. I've never heard of those carrying a skull had passed in infancy, never mind seeing it. This is a first for me & is just beautiful. How sad for Sir Gilbert & his wife to lose 5 of their 7 children. I agree with one of your other commenters that it's a pity the pews were replaced by chairs. You dont get the same feel for it. Thank you, Sue, for sharing this with us. You're doing something I've always wanted to do over here in Northern Ireland, but my daughter thinks im mad, lol. Peace to you and yours ❤
Yes a beautiful but very sad memorial, haha my family think I'm crazy too 😜
What an incredibly beautiful church, peaceful, well kept graveyard, and all set in such a lovely setting. I wondered if all those houses surrounding the church were actually all lived in. I'd love to live there .. but then, I've always wanted to live right next to a graveyard. People think I'm weird, but I reckon I'd have the best neighbours you could possibly have!
Thank you so much Sue for taking us on this wonderful journey with you. I loved it from start to finish. God Bless, and .... keep your light shining bright. ~ Cobs (UK)💖
Oh me too, I'd love that, I don't think it's weird at all
Sandstone maybe? Wish we had these types of beautiful and respectful places here. But then again, America is quite young. Hopefully someday we can learn to be the same. It’s nice to take a break from the madness here in the States. With that, I am so grateful for you guys. ♥️ This one is astonishing! ✨
Thanks so much Lisa 🙏
Try the East Coast, original colonies. They have some cemeteries with graves from the 1620s.
Beautiful old church! Just imagine the stories this could tell. Thank you.
Thanks so much ❤️
I would think the parish records would have records of those graves. I am a genealogist, and that is my thinking. I truly enjoy your videos! I have surveyed all the church and public cemeteries in my county in SC. and the imnscriptions were published in 4 volumes by the local genealogical society. Cemeteries are so fascinating. But ours are nowhere as old as yours. We are a young country.
Yes for here, definitely
I'm developing more of an interest in genealogy since I relocated to middle Tennessee where my dad's family is from. The cemetery where I have people, has a large number of tent-style graves unique to this area. The stone in the region was easy enough to work with but those rock formations aren't throughout the state. I guess it was a fad from the mid-1810's through 1870's. Not sure there's a definitive reason for their popularity at the time. Could've been protection from the wild or grazing cattle. It's a beautiful small cemetery and I'm proud to say an ancestor, John Wesley Knowles, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, donated the land from his adjacent farm when one of his son-in-law's passed away. They're buried under huge old cedar trees. A tent grave nearby has the inscription that the person 'went to Harvard University with Edward Everett', a prominent US Statesman who spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg.
Great video!! Such a lovely place. The memorials within the church are fascinating 😊😊 Thanks and have a good day!!❤❤
Thank you 😊
Thank you Sue , what a beautiful church and graveyard .❤
I agree
Loved Loved Loved this church so beautiful..Thanks Sue for taking us to these amazing places 😘
Thanks Maureen ❤️
I like and WOW amazing TY so much ,,Keep up the great work
Thank you John
Gorgeous Sue. Thank you for the tour
You are so welcome, how are you Connie?
Thank you Sue. Beautiful church. Interesting graveyard.
Thanks ❤️
G’day Sue from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Once again thank you very much
Great video on the church and sculptures
Also the architecture of the buildings and stone structures
Brendan 👍
You're welcome
Your videos are amazing ty for sharing ❤
Ahh thanks so much
This was amazing. Thank you ❤
You're so welcome!
So far this video is my favorite and will be watched a few times, so much going on and so much to look at.. the grave shaped grave is just amazing.. absolutely a beautiful and peaceful video. Excellent thanks
Ment to say the grave like a coffin
Thank you, it's amazing and that beautiful memorial inside the church is beautiful yet heartbreaking
Yeah I won't lie, I did tear up when you explained that.
Thank You Sue! It's a very beautiful church. 👍😀👍❤
It is , thank you
An outstanding video 👍🏻👍🏻. The artwork is amazing. The labor put into the church and the tombstones is unremarkable. Ages are so young. Sue has there been any graves you have come across where the person is over 100 years old? Your videos are educational to me.
Yes, I've found a good few now on my travels
Beautiful video. Thank you.❤❤🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
Just getting to this video. THANK YOU for showing us the beautiful church!
You're very welcome 🙏
Stunning designs on those old tombstones. Beautiful church, absolutely amazing. You have outdone yourself again, as usual Sue. Makes me yearn for my old country even more. Have not been back since 1980. Will have to get back there one day.
Yes Craig, come home
That is an amazing place! It feels pretty tranquil.
It's fantastic
Truly beautiful to see such a well kept historic church and grave yard. Yes I love the lead light too, and all those magnificent carved stone arches and monuments. Just beautiful. Thank you so much Sue. God bless xx Teresa 🇦🇺♥
Thanks for watching ❤️
Gorgeous stained glass!! Beautiful church!! Thank you for sharing!!❤
Thanks ❤️
Amazing❤ So glad they still use the church❤Glass was awesome so were the stones❤ Knocked my socks off😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Sue (and GV) That church is glorious with all the stained glass . That was lovely thank you❤
Thank you ❤️
What an enormous church! So beautiful!
It sure is
Absolutely beautiful! Love the old graves. The curch is stunning. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it x x
This is a neat old place almost looks like a castle .
All these young girls and boys. Makes you wonder what happen to them. There's so many things it could be. So sad
The chest tombs must of been the popular pick at this graveyard there's a bunch 😮.
That is an odd grave!
👀 love the music in the church. Always a comfort.
😢 that's depressing lol no music lol. Understand..
Beautiful sue ❤ 😊 love the recite n music
Thank you for that.
The organ!😮❤❤ if I was there I'd have to ask if I could play it 😂 can't help myself. Will listen to it thank you sue ❤❤🤗 such a beautiful lovely place sue thank you so much for sharing this. God bless and take care ❤
Thanks so much
Thankyou so very much lovely to watch such a pleasure🙏🫶🇳🇿🐨
Thanks ❤️
Hello Sue…this church is stunning, like you, I love the colour of the bricks too!!! It looks like a castle in one part of it…really beautiful…the gravestones are so weathered that all the writing has worn off, but we can still see their beauty back in the day they were made for the people who are buried there!!! I love these places…as I’ll probably never get to see them myself, so you bringing them to me+others is really nice!!! May all who are buried there
Rest In Peace…!!! Keep well+looking forward to your next adventure!!! The inside. Of the church is equally as stunning as the outside!!! So sad about the 5 little girls who died, but their memorial with their parents is very beautiful!!! The stained glass windows are just amazing…!!! Thank you for sharing!!! X🙃❤️
Thanks a million Sharon
Very lovely. Thank You Sue!. Cheers.
Cheers John
Great video 😊
Thanks! 😊
Stunning
Thank you! 😊
Wow, that church is stunning! Beautiful doesn’t seem powerful enough a word to describe it
Thanks Mary
WOW! What a beautiful church! You covered it well. Just a great overall video! That church was just dripping in history. WOW!
Thanks so much, I'll never forget that plaque of Sir prynne and his family
That church is huge
Thank you ❤️
Hey Sue, that is a beautiful church and cemetery. It is unique that the old & Ancient is blended in with the new. For instance the Crypt wall with engraving inside the church door and a post it board to the left, everything is blended in beautifully. That is an unusual coffin Vault grave @ 11:22. I never seen Anything like that in my life or any other cemetery videos. Have a Blessed Day & God Bless You!!!
It's such a unique grave, I'd never seen one like it either
Beautiful church, and that memorial is gorgeous. It must have been devastating for them to lose five infants, no words could express the sorrow I imagine they had.
I wish the walls could talk, all those graves from the 1600s.
Thanks so much
Oh I enjoyed this one immensely.
Thank a million Carla
Lovely church and storys thanks sue
Thank you Hazel ❤️
That is a beautiful old church. The stain glass windows are amazing. I love when you share the insides of these churches. Thank you.
Thanks Carol ❤️
Beautiful building and grounds. I hate that the pews are gone and replaced with chairs.
Yes, what's a church without pews
Amazing. Thank you... xo
You are so welcome!
That is very and very interesting headstone. What a gorgeous çhurch❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it
May I make a suggestion, maybe if you used a flashlight with a thin colored cloth over the lens, you may be able to read the weathered stones better. It may read easier from the camera. Just a thought.
Never heard of that, I'll see what I can do, thanks
I love stained glass, and I love the sound of music and church bells as well. It is a beautiful church and grounds. The monument that looks like a bed I always think of them as stone beds. Very fascinating because I've never seen anything like them here in the USA. The only time I've seen them have been in churchyards in England, though nothing like the size of this one. Thank you, Sue, for letting us see this lovely church.
Definitely looks like a bed
Beautiful church!
Thank you Don
Going to have to put st Andrew's on my bucket list! ❤❤❤
You should!
Many thanks for you sue for the efforts to all your videos so that we can watch this amazing graveyards. Long live to your channel. GOD bless.
Thank you kindly
All the tombs are so elegant and sad for the babies and young ones who died😢. The church is gorgeous and I love the windows. I just love each and every video. You and GV are the best! You mentioned Edinburgh, are you talking about Scotland? ❤😂❤😂
If funds allow, yes I'd go to Edinburgh, I was there once and it's absolutely stunning
I wish I was rich instead of a poor widow😂 I would send you both on a trip of a lifetime. My ancestors are Scottish.❤😊
@DeborahIsaacs-nx4dw oh Deborah I really, really want to go back to Scotland, I loved it when I visited years ago
great video, as always.....👍👍👍👌👋
Thank you! Cheers!
A lot of table tomes in that graveyard nice church
I just love how weathered they look, some like they've melted
Sue, I love all your videos! So informative and places I wish I could visit. Thank you for allowing us to see through your eyes! 😊❤
You are so welcome 🙏
Hi Sue thankyou for sharing this beautiful church ❤from🇦🇺
Thank you 😊
You find such incredibly interesting places Sue👏👏👏
Glad you think so!
This is superb in every part ! The at-length detail rich with historical facts added to the walk thru , although your content is always well done this particular video is perfection, enjoyed the eaves-droppers as well!
Glad you enjoyed it!
good morning sue , im home from night shift , catching up on your videos x
Hi Dean, get some sleep, night shift is hard
@@SerenitySueGraveyards yeah it can be , but i wont sleep till around 3pm
Seriously, God I'd be in the bed straight away 😴
breakfast time now lol
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Hi Sue, would the stone possibly be limestone? It is a stone that weather's out when water often pours on it. The church was one of the most beautiful I have had to pleasure of viewing. Your work is appreciated. ❤
Thanks a million
Very nice grave yard for sure. To bad about the music, it sounded lovely, God bless.
Thanks 👍
One can only wish that they are all together,a very beautiful church,the skills of tradesmenback then is mind blowing ,safe travels and god bless you both,🙏🙏👋👋👍🇦🇺
I believe they are Peter, forever young
@@SerenitySueGraveyards in fields of green and gold where pain and sorrow don’t exist.👍
Laid out to sleep amoung the trees
They reach up to point the way home
I want to be laid like this, with big trees around me
Beautiful cemetery and church, it all looks so old and yes weathered. Th a nx for a lovely video, loved it❤😊
Thanks so much ❤️
Those faces at the door were unnerving - the one that was intact was very realistic looking, made me think they must have been made to look like actual people that existed at the time. Loved this explore, thanks Sue.
I swear the one on the right blinked at me!
@@cherylschantz9893 Definitely 😂
😅😅
They were a little creepy
@@SerenitySueGraveyards Yes! The outside ones more so.
Beautiful
Thank you! Cheers!
Sue, I really enjoy your channel. I unfortunately got to see Shannon Ireland and it is a beautiful city, I wish I could bring my wife to see show her the country of her ancestors.
I hope some day you can
Just stunning and mind blowing this church goes back so far and is still active and I see the town or row of houses is across of the church/cemetery and winds up the road.
Lovely Sue ❤
Thanks Andrew ❤️
Great👍👍👍
Thank you 👍
Sue this was an absolutely amazing story about the church... thanks for the history of this beautiful place... from Aussie pete stay safe
You're welcome
Beautiful church and graveyard. What a place to be.
It sure was stunning to see
Beautiful church, inside and outside. It seems the memorials inside the church are more legible than the monuments in the graveyard. The graveyard is very interesting, unfortunate that not many monuments are legible anymore. You mentioned that sandstone does not hold up well as a headstone after a period of time. I have heard the same about granite. In your experience, is there a type of stone that will hold up fairly well after a couple of centuries? Awesome video, thank you very much Sue. Have a great day. 😊
Funny thing is, the headstones that have been covered in overgrowth you'll find they are easy read, slate sometimes looks better
@SerenitySueGraveyards Very interesting. So overgrowth is useful sometimes. I will try to remember that about slate. Thank you very much for the information Sue, and for getting back to me. Take care.
Beautiful old church. Why are there chairs and no pews?
No idea, bit strange alright
Hi sue that brings back memories I got married there and only walked through there few days back and I couldn't believe how old some off the graves are keep up the work this is brilliant
Glad you enjoyed it Philip, I hope you had a wonderful day, certainly is a beautiful town, church and graveyard
What a hidden Gem, Some very nice and pleasing Masonry too, Back in the days of Coal, Pollution in the atmosphere caused Acid Rain , Lime Stone and Sandstone don't fair well to it over long periods of time , Great Video, have a Good one 👍
Thanks Harold ❤️
Looks like limestone eaten away by pollution acids and rain. Frost does not help with spawing eather.
Definitely hasn't held up too well
beautiful church
Absolutely 💯
I find it sad that the tombstones and markers have been allowed to deteriorate. More efforts should have been made to protect them. Such works of art and snippets of history barely readable. Ofcourse this is from a U.S. standpoint, a much younger country than the U.K. But the only cemeteries you see here in deteriorated shape are those which were abandoned decades ago.
All this just makes me want to clean and polish my relatives bronze plaque headstones, once I am ambulatory again.
Such wonderful churches maintained and restored.
One of my favorites in California is the Carmel Mission. It was restored from ruins not that many decades ago. Missionary Father Junipero Serra is interred below the altar. He was instrumental in establishing the California Mission System when California was still owned by Spain. The circuit of missions is on what is known as the "El Camino Real" now.
Thank you for another great video.
You're correct this one is the UK but most of my videos are Ireland, thank you, it's good to hear of a restored church
I wonder if acid rain could explain why some places hold up better than others.
Yes, definitely
Anothet wonderful vifeo Sue
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am watching your video just now in the church
Thanks
Hay unas tumbas que evidencian haber sido instaladas cuando el gran árbol que se encuentra junto a ellas era aún joven y les permitía espacio. Con el tiempo el tronco del árbol creció, y empujó dichas tumbas hasta inclinar la postura de las mismas. Evidentemente no pensaron que el árbol crecería tanto. Curiosa imagen que le agrega mayor belleza al entorno.
Yes, I agree, maybe it was only small, now look at it, certainly gives new meaning to life after death
It's so sad when they puss away so young god bless them hope they all rest in peace I love watching your videos sue take care ❤👍
Thanks a million 😊
Such a beautiful church❤
It looks like the church is built with Sandstone ,it’s got a creamy yellow hue.,also a lot of the chest tombs look the same stone .The problem is it does not weather very well at all and the fumes of the cars ,industry etc produce a type of acid that eats the stone away.I have never seen so many chest tombs.I have seen Bed tombs before but only a few.The bosses(heads) are meant to look down at the worshipers in the church..Symbolic of angels watching down on you I believe .its beautiful inside the Church and gorgeous leaded windows too.The wood ceiling looks like a newer addition but it’s rich and suits the place.Its also well maintained inside and not modernised with horrid blue or red chairs.Thanks for taking us along ..Love n Light to you both🥰
Thanks so much Christine ❤️
Hello Sue. Am from Sherborne in Dorset, England. You ask about the stone - called sandstone just like our abbey here is made of - really lovely!
It's so beautiful
, thank you
The unusual one is called a "bed" tomb. It is supposed to represent a headboard, mattress, and footboard. So a bed tomb. It is a nice addition to an otherwise plain churchyard of box tombs.
Thanks Mary ❤️ sure gave me an impression of a bed
Serenity Sue at church you're right it was absolutely stunning but it was so gorgeous and that pipe organ it would be something to hear those stained Windows was absolutely gorgeous
It is a beautiful church, so much history
Beautiful trees x I bet they could tell a tale or two x
Loved the trees
You would be amazing at paranormal SS. X X
I've done a few videos, we even started a separate channel but it's time consuming