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Paul Stewart (Wandering Spirit)
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 16 ก.พ. 2010
The channel is dedicated to my journey primarily around the UK, and to some of the new and loved places i visit.
St Michaels The Archangel, Shalfleet, Isle of White
The dedication to St. Michael was made in 1964 as the previous dedication had been lost.
It has a tower that was built in 1070. It originally had no ground level door, and the entrance was through a door on the roof. Parishioners had to access the room by climbing a ladder. The walls of the church are five feet thick and it was a refuge for residents during attacks by the French who had sailed up Newtown Creek. A "3 pound" parish gun which was inscribed 'Schawflet' was kept in the tower until 1779.
The church had a steeple that was added around 1800, but the steeple was determined to be unstable and it was removed in 1912. The money for the steeple was raised by selling the parish gun and the church bells. This resulted in a local rhyme:
"Shalfleet poor and simple people
Sold their bells to build a steeple."
In 1889 the plaster was removed from ceiling and walls-the latter a questionable proceeding-the tower arch unblocked, a new door cut through the north face and the east window of the aisle reconstructed.
The church is fortunate in having escaped late additions and thus remaining an excellent example, with the exception of the tower, of late 13th-century work. The entry is by the north door, bearing the date 1754 on its inner face, through the 12th-century opening with its primitive carved tympanum. The north wall is practically modern work, partly rebuilt on the old foundation and of the same thickness in 1812, when wooden mullioned windows with brick reveals took the place of what may have been 15th-century lights. The insertion of the wide arch in the 13th century, practically cutting away the whole eastern face of the tower at this stage, has resulted in a serious subsidence to the north and east, with a corresponding contortion of the arch. When this was blocked as a precautionary measure there is nothing to show, but its opening in 1889 and the cutting of a door in the northern face of the tower was an unwise and risky proceeding, probably resulting in the serious crack in the upper part of the north-east angle.
A noticeable feature in the church is that the floor slopes down gradually to the east end without a break at the chancel arch.
The two bells in the tower are inscribed 'May all whom I shall summon to the grave, The ransom of a well-spent life receive. Thos. Way, James Street, Churchwardens, 1815. T. Mears of London fecit.' The smaller bell has only the names of the churchwardens, J. Jolliffe and J. Cooper, and the date 1807.[2]
It has a tower that was built in 1070. It originally had no ground level door, and the entrance was through a door on the roof. Parishioners had to access the room by climbing a ladder. The walls of the church are five feet thick and it was a refuge for residents during attacks by the French who had sailed up Newtown Creek. A "3 pound" parish gun which was inscribed 'Schawflet' was kept in the tower until 1779.
The church had a steeple that was added around 1800, but the steeple was determined to be unstable and it was removed in 1912. The money for the steeple was raised by selling the parish gun and the church bells. This resulted in a local rhyme:
"Shalfleet poor and simple people
Sold their bells to build a steeple."
In 1889 the plaster was removed from ceiling and walls-the latter a questionable proceeding-the tower arch unblocked, a new door cut through the north face and the east window of the aisle reconstructed.
The church is fortunate in having escaped late additions and thus remaining an excellent example, with the exception of the tower, of late 13th-century work. The entry is by the north door, bearing the date 1754 on its inner face, through the 12th-century opening with its primitive carved tympanum. The north wall is practically modern work, partly rebuilt on the old foundation and of the same thickness in 1812, when wooden mullioned windows with brick reveals took the place of what may have been 15th-century lights. The insertion of the wide arch in the 13th century, practically cutting away the whole eastern face of the tower at this stage, has resulted in a serious subsidence to the north and east, with a corresponding contortion of the arch. When this was blocked as a precautionary measure there is nothing to show, but its opening in 1889 and the cutting of a door in the northern face of the tower was an unwise and risky proceeding, probably resulting in the serious crack in the upper part of the north-east angle.
A noticeable feature in the church is that the floor slopes down gradually to the east end without a break at the chancel arch.
The two bells in the tower are inscribed 'May all whom I shall summon to the grave, The ransom of a well-spent life receive. Thos. Way, James Street, Churchwardens, 1815. T. Mears of London fecit.' The smaller bell has only the names of the churchwardens, J. Jolliffe and J. Cooper, and the date 1807.[2]
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All Saints Church, Godshill, Isle of White
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According to legend, the original foundations for the church were laid in a flat, easily accessible site; each morning they were found transferred to the hill where the church exists today. Eventually the builders gave up building it in the planned flat location and built it on the hill.[1] The church is medieval.[2] It is noted for its medieval wall painting of a Lily crucifix, one of only two...
St Clements Church, Old Romney
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St Clement's Church is an Anglican church, in the village of Old Romney, Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The church is dedicated to Saint Clement, a successor to Saint Peter at Rome.[3] It is built on an artificial mound to protect it from floodwater. It is thought the original church was built in the 8th century.[4] In the 11th or 12th century the Saxon church was replaced by a...
St James Church, Sheldwich
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Twin Brother Channel Journeyman www.youtube.com/@journeyman1066 St James' Church, Sheldwich and its history The village of Sheldwich was first recorded in the year 784. Its importance came from its position astride the highway between the port of Faversham and the market of Ashford. The road was turnpiked about 1765 and the old toll house window can still be seen beside the A251 road. When St J...
All Saints Church Maidstone
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Founded by Archbishop of Canterbury William Courtenay in 1395 as part of a new College of All Saints, the church replaced an earlier one on the site dedicated to St Mary.[2] Courtenay died in 1396 and the church and college were completed by his successor, Thomas Arundel, between 1396 and 1398.[1] Richard II endowed the college with land and income from the Hospital of St Peter and St Paul in M...
St Marys Church Oxted Surrey
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The church was built in the mid 12th century. Only the ground stage of the tower and portions of the nave walls remain from that original building. Later in the 12th century the aisles and the upper stages of the tower were added, and the chancel was rebuilt in the mid 13th century. Restorations were made after fire damage of 1637 and 1719 with further restoration and additions of the 1870s. Th...
St Bartholomew Goodnestone
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History St Bartholomew's is a Norman church built in the 12th century.[1][2] Alterations and additions were made in the 14th and 15th centuries.[1] The porch was rebuilt in 1837 after it had been damaged by an earth tremor.[2] In 1876 the church was restored at a cost of £400 (equivalent to £40,000 in 2021).[1][4] The church was declared redundant on 1 June 1985, and was vested in the Churches ...
St Nicholas & Wade Church
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Site of a rural community church since the early 12th century. Built from a mixture of Kentish ragstone, other local stone and some roman tiles (possibly from the Roman fort at Richborough). It also incorporates Caen stone from Normandy, which was imported to be used in Canterbury Cathedral and other local churches. It is faced in flints, sourced locally in this chalky area and the walls were a...
St Nicholas Ringwould
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St Nicholas Church is the Church of England parish church of the village of Ringwould in east Kent.[1] A Grade I listed building, it was constructed in the 12th century, with alterations in the 14th century, restorations from the 19th century and a west tower dating to 1628
St Peters & St Pauls Ospringe
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A beautiful church just outside Faversham in Kent The Church of St Paul and St Peter was built in the early 1200s. In 1384, it was under the Abbot of Pontiniac (in France). Then it (and the attached parsonage) became a possession of the Maison Dieu. In 1558, the parsonage was privately leased by Robert Streynsham (a former secretary of the 1st Earl of Pembroke), and then passed through his fami...
St Thomas The Apostle Sheppey
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The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Harty on the Isle of Sheppey in the county of Kent is a Grade II* listed building.[2] The date of founding cannot be fixed with certainty. The official listing dates it to late 11th or early 12th century. In their guide book to the church, Patience & Perks start by reporting the raid by Harold in 1052 and then note that ""The date ascribed to the church of...
All Saints Church Ulcombe
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The church was begun in the 12th century, with alterations made during the next three centuries. Internal alterations were made in 1956-63 and the church was restored in the 1980s. The church is constructed variously of coursed and rubble stonework and plain tiled roofs to the nave and chancel. It is a Grade I listed building.[1] The nave is adjoined along its south side by an aisle and on the ...
Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough
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Holy Trinity Queenborough was built around 1367 and is unusual in that we know when work commenced on the building, who undertook the work and how much it cost. The church has a tower of six bells and the view from the tower is greatly admired. Holy Trinity Queenborough is a friendly, peaceful and beautiful church with some unusual decorative features. It is also animal friendly and has several...
Holy Trinity Church East Peckham
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The "New Church" of the Most Holy Trinity was built in 1842 to replace the medieval parish church of St. Michael & All Angels which was now situated in the countryside over two miles from where the present 19th century village was later built
St Cosmos & St Damian Blean, Canterbury
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The Origins of the Present Church The present flintstone church, roofed with Kent peg tiles, was rebuilt before 1233, by order of the Crown, and the "Calendar of Liberate Rolls" for 1233 shows Henry lll repaying the sum of £20.3s.8d to Walter de Kirkeham for carrying out this instruction. From about 1200 onwards, the Eastbridge Hospital had acquired a growing interest in the area, the lordship ...
St Thomas Becket Church Northaw Essex
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St Thomas Becket Church Northaw Essex
St Colan Parish Church Newquay Cornwall
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St Colan Parish Church Newquay Cornwall
The Cabin @Hillhead Farm St Columb Cornwall
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The Cabin @Hillhead Farm St Columb Cornwall
St Marys All Saints Church Boxley Kent
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St Marys All Saints Church Boxley Kent
Such a beautiful old church. Thank you for the walk around 😊
Lovely video of a place very dear to me. Thank you 😊
Amazing church, was Married here in 2008 & christened with my daughter in 2011, so very special memories
It is a beautiful church, it’s nice to have personal memories of it
So glad you came to visit our beautiful church! David Treasurer of FASU (Friends of All Saints Ulcombe)
Thank you and the pleasure’s all mine, a beautiful church
Hamlet?? Its become part ov the sprawl of maidstome! Was a village when i was achild.....now as with most places, excessive housebuilding has ruined it
@@jean-paul7251 good morning, you are quite right.All these beautiful places are ruined by the constant stream of people and shabby homes. It’s such a shame
so beautiful I had to revisit this video🙂
@@tericarter2019 thank you that’s very kind of you to watch
History everywhere .love it xx if only the church could talk ,what could we learn xxx
Thank you for the comment, and agreed wouldn’t it be good to have been there in different times in history
1633, 4 years before my mom's ancestors left for the Massachusetts Bay Colony from King's Lynn and Bishops Strortford. Structure could have been a recieving tomb for winter burials. When the ground was too hard/ frozen to dig.
That’s interesting I didn’t know that, thank you I’ll look more into that
This is awesome. I walked through these grounds recently. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for comment I’m glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely stunning. I've been in Maidstone for 30 odd years and have never taken the time to admire this beautiful church! Thank you for the walk around 😊
I’m glad you enjoyed, we all tend to miss the beautiful things on our door step.
My mother is a direct descendant of Sir James Hobart, and I would love to go and see this manor one day, despite the fact it’s not the original building
Thank you Immensely, Mr. Stewart, for your Exceptionally Interesting Video. It is a fitting tribute, to Winston Spencer Churchill, who I personally believe to be the greatest Leader this Planet has ever had, since the beginning of the twentieth century, through to the present, time. He IS indeed, 'THE LAST LION' !! ❤ 🇬🇧 ❤ Roland Singh, Canada 🇨🇦
Good morning thank you very much for the comment. I am pleased you enjoyed the video. I would agree very much with your comments. I wish you a lovely day
Just gorgeous Paul. Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it very grateful for you watching ill get back to making more soon
Looks like stained glass by Morris
Thank you for the lovely footage at an unusual time of year 😊
Thank you very much for watching and glad you enjoyed it
Cheers for the shout out again was a nice yewtree Lovely church. Look forward to your next video
Thanks for uploading this! I was here last summer after a walk through Whitstable. I found a small footpath through the shrubs and ended up in the middle of this graveyard. Such a nice, beautiful place. It was very welcome after walking all day in the scorching sun. I took some pictures but it's very nice to see a video of it!
Thank you for taking time to watch, very grateful for your comments. Glad you had a lovely day when you went.
Yet another beautiful church Paul. Shame it blacked out near the end. 👏
Lovely matey nice to see you filming again, check video from around six and half minute mark image lost . Keep them coming summer is on its way xx
Thank you, not sure why it blacked out at the end. It was ok on uploading. xx
You didnt show or mention the famous Septvans brass from 1306. The music is too intrusive too.
Thank you for the great video. This is the area where my Gibbs ancestors lived from the 16h century onward. The Edmond Gibbs mentioned was the bother of my 7thggrandfather. Take down the signage and the black top from the path and I'm sure it didn't look much different back then.
Really nice
Thanks a lot
@@paulstewart100666 my pleasure
Those children's graves are very famous. The churchyard is described by Charles Dickens. It is where the escaped convict Magwitch catches young Pip at the start of Great Expectations and threatens him into bringing him a pork pie, brandy and a file. The graves are described in some detail.
Thank you for commenting and Information, I will definitely look it up
Awesome share, new friend here.
Thank you that’s very kind of you
Amazing views, excellent video
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting
Have a great day @@paulstewart100666
Those steps would have led to a rood screen with a balcony xx ..they were removed alot during the reformation
Thank you for comment and information 😊
Beautiful place Paul. Nothing like a empty church to yourself. Thank you muchly for sharing. 👏
Thanks for watching Kev, glad yo enjoyed
Delightful indeed! A very pretty little church. The gates are lovely (thank you for the mention) as is the door and I love the ironwork on the churchyard wall. Thanks, as always, for the look around 😊
Nice revisit, thanks for the yewtree shot and call out 😊 Looks so different in daylight. Nice video look forward to the next one.
Think I mentioned in one of your previous videos that the steps used to lead to the Rood loft. Maybe TH-cam deleted the comment as they thought it was Rood? 🙂 Pretty sure we looked for this church and couldn't work out where it was. We go up to Seasalter regularly. I've worked on several of the Churches Conservation Trusts churches in the past, but in the West Country where I used to live 🙂🙂
Hi there thank you for the comment, I knew someone had said in the past. Thank you for reminding me. I hope you find the church it’s a beautiful place for sure. Thanks for watching
@@paulstewart100666 That was me 😁Cheers Paul 🙂
Excellent tour 🙂 The truncated arches you saw would have been reduced when the tower was added. Before that they would have carried on to form a vaulted roof. You can see the hatch in the timber floor through which the bells would have been hauled up. The room above the porch is called a Parvis, usually used as a school room or for meetings, highly unlikely to be a priest hole as they probably would have found the priest very quickly if he'd hidden there. I've not seen timber steps up to one before, very interesting. I must pop up there and have a look soon, we live very close. Ta for the video 🙂
Great video , love that coast line and I have many happy memories at minis ❤
Thank you for the mention, you know what I like. Good video lovely church. Even the antique shop looked idyllic. Thank you for the Walkabout.
Thanks John, as ever appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.
Stunning! I love all the old woodwork, particularly the steps. Thank you for the look around 😊
Glad you enjoyed it, it was indeed nice old woodwork. The voiceover was delightful as well I feel.
@@paulstewart100666 Indeed, as always 😊
Love it here ,and st Mawes xxx ...I'm a history nut x ❤️
We love it here ,as members of NT come here often when in Cornwall x
Thank you for comment it is a lovely place
Loved the video .thankyou x
Thank you for comment, glad you enjoyed it
What a fantastic church. And wow an amazing yewtree thanks for showing the tree and the call out. You spoil me with the yews Would love to tap that tree Oh and good video 😊 Catch you on the next one
Hi John thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed. Always a pleasure to spot yew trees for you
@@paulstewart100666 thanks. Micheal is upset he didn't get a shout out lol.
@@ravenrebel2118 dont think he's watched it yet lol
@@paulstewart100666 no not yet but I told him of my call out lol
What a gorgeous church, outside and in, in a very pretty setting too. So glad you were able to get inside and show us around. The windows are stunning! Thank you for the mention, I did enjoy the lovely old gates and doors 😊
Glad you enjoyed the look around, and glad you enjoyed the gates and doors 😊
What a beautiful place Paul. Thank you muchly for sharing. 👏
Thanks for watching Kev, always grateful
Absolutely stunning job Paul. Beautiful find.
A lovey churchyard
Beautiful Church !!!
Thank you it certainly is
My surname apparently comes from the area. Descended from Sir Simon Bigod knight of the garter and standard bearer to one of the kings himself. Of course who knows what hasnt been altered over the years but that has been the story in my family passed down for generations. Bigod took the name felbrigg, 3 or 4 generations later my surname Philbrick came to be.
Such a beautiful setting and a stunning church. Lovely woodwork and windows and obviously well loved! So glad you were able to get inside and show us around 😊
Thank you for watching, and for the comments 😊
You've spoilt me on this video, with yew trees thank you. Good video, lovely church.
Lovely well done matey. Great that you got in to show us around x
It is very beautiful. Did he say when it was built? Did you know Saint Peter and Saint Paul are the patron saints of the City of Rome? Again, thank you for bringing us with you. The details in that church are glorious.
Good video I've stopped at that church before But time was 19:00 and it was locked Good to see inside it. Merry Christmas to you.
Thanks John