Bikes and... wait for it, wait for it, Churches!

[Rothchild]

Two for one on my last ride!


View attachment 1001869

Swaffham Prior, that's my manor.

My current favourite loop in this vicinity: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50199495 (which is appropriately named and provides options for pictures of bikes with churches and bikes on bridges ;-))

 

[sjcprojects]

Church of St Nicholas, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire. The church is mainly from the 1480s. More of note is the building in front of the church, which is built into the church walls and was built in 1745 as a watch house, apparently 'to guard against grave robbers looking for fresh corpses for medical study, with friends and relatives of the deceased often guarding the recently buried loved ones with guns'.

 

[Scott-S]

View attachment 1010761

Church of St Nicholas, High Bradfield, South Yorkshire. The church is mainly from the 1480s. More of note is the building in front of the church, which is built into the church walls and was built in 1745 as a watch house, apparently 'to guard against grave robbers looking for fresh corpses for medical study, with friends and relatives of the deceased often guarding the recently buried loved ones with guns'.

Its the little tidbits of history like that which make this thread so fascinating