The general appearance of the church is 12th century. The stones in the porch are fragments of ancient Anglo-Saxon crosses, flat tombstones of the medieval period, & the figure of a knight from the top of a tomb. Clearly the church has been there for close to a thousand years, while the A Saxon cross fragments mean they may have been an even earlier one here. The gate in the churchyard wall likely leads to the local Manor House, where the Lord's who endowed the church lived. Otherwise it may just lead to the Vicarage, where the priest who worked from the church lived. Most of these Churches are Church of England since the Reformation. Very few old churches remain Roman Catholic, & very few country Parishes. So if there is only 1 ancient church in a place 99% of the time it is C of E. Catholics had to build new churches of their own from the mid nineteenth century when they were allowed to after centuries of being banned. None conformists, such as Methodists etc., also had to create chapels etc for themselves, which they were permitted to do from the later 17th century, so their buildings are also much newer than these Medieval churches. They are usually quite small, & often built of brick rather than stone. Both Catholic & other none Anglican places of worship sometimes copy Medieval styles of architecture, but this is usually 'too perfect', without the worn appearance of great age, while really old churches have clear signs of wear & tear, repair & alterations, built up over many generations & centuries of wear & weathering. There are, of course, many Anglican churches built since the Middle Ages, which may have been built in any number of architectural styles, from 'Roman', through Byzantine, Gothic to ultra modern, but these will clearly show their recent build, again through the lack of signs of old age.
For a church that started in the twelfth century your text from scripture and commentary were particularly apposite - obviously C of E now, it would have been Catholic till the mid 15 hundreds.
Hello Rich. Thanks for sharing. 1am. Sunday night. Great name St. Cuthbert. Kind regards Niall O'Connell Eire.🇻🇬👍
Beautiful old church, great video, thank you
@jerrysimmons8227 Thanks Jerry, more coming soon!
Thank you, enjoyed that.
@larafairhurst2469 Thanks as always for commenting. Lara!
I think the church people who unlock the church each day are very trusting .
Vandalism can happen. Beautiful church though. Thanks for showing. 😊
@@maxineblick451 Yes, usually open only in the countryside
Beautiful church. I wouldn't go inside alone bit scary. Thank you nice video 😊
@@fruitypie3219 Come on in, I'll look after ya Fruity 😄
@@richexplores 🤭😅
The general appearance of the church is 12th century. The stones in the porch are fragments of ancient Anglo-Saxon crosses, flat tombstones of the medieval period, & the figure of a knight from the top of a tomb. Clearly the church has been there for close to a thousand years, while the A Saxon cross fragments mean they may have been an even earlier one here. The gate in the churchyard wall likely leads to the local Manor House, where the Lord's who endowed the church lived. Otherwise it may just lead to the Vicarage, where the priest who worked from the church lived. Most of these Churches are Church of England since the Reformation. Very few old churches remain Roman Catholic, & very few country Parishes. So if there is only 1 ancient church in a place 99% of the time it is C of E.
Catholics had to build new churches of their own from the mid nineteenth century when they were allowed to after centuries of being banned. None conformists, such as Methodists etc., also had to create chapels etc for themselves, which they were permitted to do from the later 17th century, so their buildings are also much newer than these Medieval churches. They are usually quite small, & often built of brick rather than stone. Both Catholic & other none Anglican places of worship sometimes copy Medieval styles of architecture, but this is usually 'too perfect', without the worn appearance of great age, while really old churches have clear signs of wear & tear, repair & alterations, built up over many generations & centuries of wear & weathering. There are, of course, many Anglican churches built since the Middle Ages, which may have been built in any number of architectural styles, from 'Roman', through Byzantine, Gothic to ultra modern, but these will clearly show their recent build, again through the lack of signs of old age.
For a church that started in the twelfth century your text from scripture and commentary were particularly apposite - obviously C of E now, it would have been Catholic till the mid 15 hundreds.
@@PaulStockill Off to Hades I trot 😄