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boxfrenzy
25-03-2009, 02:49 PM
Here's one for yer mom...

St Mary's Lead church, near Towton, north Yorkshire. The village of Lead has gone, and all that remains is this fourteenth century church.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3334265238_84ee345546.jpg

The church is deconsecrated, and is only used for one service a year. It is very small.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3333432811_15121e525b.jpg

I loved the worn stone altar.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3336/3333438047_5d79f9b5ca.jpg

The stone flagged floor has tombstones set into it.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3333436343_95ea2c4643.jpg

The village of Lead has gone, and a few bumps remain in the grass. A heavy oak door keeps out the sheep and the cold wind.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3320/3333430601_3d522844a2.jpg

Carnations
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3561/3333434437_bcd6c70dac.jpg

Over ten thousand men were killed nearby during the battle of Towton in 1461, which ended the Civil War. The Cock Beck is said to have run red with blood. Today, it was just brown.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/3333441041_7cb4da00c5.jpg

ERNIE99_UK
25-03-2009, 03:01 PM
its one of my favourite little buildings. I like the history in there.

The yorkists beat the lancastrians on this occasion with Henry VI fleeing north towards scotland.

The date was 29th march 1461 and it left 28000 dead.

http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/archsci/depart/resgrp/towton/

boxfrenzy
25-03-2009, 03:14 PM
Cheers Ernie. That is an astonishing number of dead people. It must have been such a horrible battle. Interesting link too mate.

Muse
25-03-2009, 03:21 PM
Great photos, the alter pic is brilliant.

28000 is an astonishing number of people to die in a battle in those days:ohmy

BB
25-03-2009, 07:22 PM
Great pics there :thumb

Really captured the place

BA
25-03-2009, 07:38 PM
I love the floor shot and the one of the worn stone alter! :thumb
Looks a really great place :)

Bunkerkid
25-03-2009, 07:45 PM
Great pics:thumb
Shame it's not used much and mostly left to rot:(
But the flowers seen to be hanging in their ok:lol:

Neosea
25-03-2009, 07:57 PM
That's cool, I was just reading about this place yesterday. Worth a visit.

Rochester
25-03-2009, 09:43 PM
cool images fella..

thesmurfinator
25-03-2009, 10:25 PM
what a lovely place, nice find and lovely photos too :)

coops
26-03-2009, 10:27 AM
Nice one mate your pictures really captured the atmosphere of the place

missfish
26-03-2009, 03:11 PM
I like this!

myke
18-06-2011, 11:09 PM
know this place well my name is in the visitors book often apparantly it was much bigger but the roof colapsed so the church was rebuilt on a smaller footprint with donations from locals and ramblers. also known as the ramblers church as they shelter in there when it rains (all hearsay as i know a lot of people in this area)

nonsense
19-06-2011, 12:47 PM
Beautiful. :)

Do66o79
19-06-2011, 04:45 PM
what a lovely little church...same its is a sorryfull state :(

skeletonkey
19-06-2011, 05:04 PM
The place is just oozing with charicter and youve captured it so well
I like alot .
Cheers
SK / Neil :smile

myke
06-07-2011, 10:03 AM
what a lovely little church...same its is a sorryfull state :(

actually its in goog condition but very oldly worldly. no electric or water open 24 hours (need to shove your finger in the hole in the door and lift latch) as far as i know it has had little vandalism, its still concecrated and a mass is said there at least once a year.

Cruachan
29-08-2011, 05:56 PM
actually its in goog condition but very oldly worldly. no electric or water open 24 hours (need to shove your finger in the hole in the door and lift latch) as far as i know it has had little vandalism, its still concecrated and a mass is said there at least once a year.

Thanks for the tip. I've driven past this church many times and stopped to photograph it once - got some rather unsuccessful external shots. But I've never mastered the trick of getting inside. I think I'll pop over there next weekend and have another go.

J

blinkscott182
30-08-2011, 05:28 PM
very nice looking building, im in no way religious but theres something spectacular about churches.