Cuxwold is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Swallow, in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies in the Lincolnshire Wolds, 4 miles (6 km) east from Caistor and 10 miles (16 km) south-west from Grimsby. In 1931 the parish had a population of 98.[1] On 1 April 1936 the parish was abolished and merged with Swallow.
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St. Nicholas Church is an 11th Century Grade 11 listed building with an earlier Saxon tower. Very small but intimate, with some beautiful, interesting features.
Popcorn & I visited it on the 21st of June 2024.
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| St. Nicholas Church. The graveyard is immaculately maintained and there are Commonwealth War Graves here. |
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| Lovely stonework and Gothic arched window. |
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| The Lincolnshire weather has taken it's toll on this carving. |
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| The interior is very plain but I find these out of the way churches more appealing than larger churches or cathedrals. A large brass oil lamp hangs above the Nave. |
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| The west to east view looking toward the chancel. |
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| And the oil lamp, now converted to electric. |
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| An Arts & Crafts style candle holder. |
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| The small organ will have accompanied many services, Christenings, marriages and funerals plus others over hundreds of years. |
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| Another view to show the inside of that Gothic arched window. I personally prefer plain latticed windows to the stained glass ones. |
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| And Popcorn watched on patiently while I took my photo's. Nikon Z6 ii + 24 - 70mm lens. |
What a delightful church, quite beautiful and even elegant in some ways. That light fixture is very interesting and I can imagine a conversion to electric would make it much simpler to use, but it must have been lovely when lighted by oil and that glow it produces. I would like to hear the organ. Popcorn looks very well behaved and patient. I know he loves these adventures. Someone has taken great care with the church and grounds both it seems and you have photographed them beautifully. Take care. Ann K
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you liked this post. I enjoy photographing these little churches. Thanks for your comments, always valued, I hope you're managing to cope with the hot weather you folk are having.
DeleteTake care Ann, David.
What a lovely church and hope that Popcorn enjoyed it too. We often pop into these small churches when out walking, they mostly have have a special atmosphere, especially if one else is about. All good wishes ~ Mike.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mike, I often find one thing in these little churches that make them special. I this case it was the oil lamp. Take care, David
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