St
Eadburgha’s Church, Broadway
8 June
and 5 July 2004
When we first tried to visit this church (in April
2002), we found it locked following a robbery – the old parish chest with
three locks is still missing from an earlier robbery |
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We returned recently in June to find it open
again: indeed we were one of three
sightseeing couples there at the same time.
We also went back a month later while Helen was with us. The building dates from Norman times, with later
additions and alterations |
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The tower contains the belfry; the high-level floor, on which the bell-ringers would at one time have stood, has been removed, so looking up one sees the bell ropes, looped up above |
On a wall in the north aisle some of the old bell
clappers have been mounted |
The
chancel and east window |
The font is believed to be early, possibly 10th
Century, and is of a very simple style |
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Helen looking down from the pulpit
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Behind the altar, on the wall is an old memorial brass (left) Other interesting
details are the piscina for washing communion vessels in the south transept,
probably once a chapel, and a wheeled bier said to be in use until after the
Second World War |
Teresa
outside the north transept |
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Home Diary 2004 |