Wragby Church Nostell west yorks May 11

[ROYALBOB]

Visited today, not a sole about, it's not dereclict but most of the graveyard is, nice little explore.

The site of St Michael and Our Lady has been a site of Christian worship and devotion since the earliest time. The Venerable Bede tells us that in advance of the Battle of Winwaed in 654 AD King Oswy spent the night in prayer with James the Hermit of Nostell. He promised that if he won the battle he would give his sister Hilda money to build an Abbey at Whitby, give his daughter Elfiida as a novice and provide proper dwellings for James the Hermit at Nostell. He killed Penda, won the battle and kept his promise. The Augustinian Priory of St Oswald was founded in 1000 AD. The penultimate prior, Alured Comyn, anticipating the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII, had the church dedicated in Henry the VIII’s new Church of England. The church of St. Michael and our Lady was built in the perpendicular style of the time. Around the wall plate in the chancel is the inscription in Latin “Pray for the soul of prior Alured, who had this choir built in the ninth year of his priorate and in the year of our Lord 1533”. His portrait is to be seen in the central window above the Vestry door. The only addition to the original building is the vestry added in 1825


IN MEMORY by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


ORGAN by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


PULLS by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


SACRED by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


FRONT by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


HYMMS by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


STAINED by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


WEST VIEW by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


ROOF by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


GLASS by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr


ISLE by ROYALBOB2011, on Flickr

Thanka.

[Clough]

Nice pics. Guessing this isnt abandoned?

[ROYALBOB]

Nice pics. Guessing this isnt abandoned?

Thx, not abandoned but free to explore on a sunday if nowt else is working, not many churches like this left with such nice details, most of the graves are abandoned

[ERNIE99_UK]

Its unusual to see an unplastered roof in a church.

[yorkietommo]

Spot on chief. I love this church.

[Rebel]

Are you sure the graveyard is abandoned? The grass seems to have been cut? It looks very traditional inside. Nice set of pics

[captain cave man]

liking the pics lots.....may i ask what prog r u using for your hdr ?....cheeky i know but if you dont ask you don't get 'bugger off n work it out for your self' hahahaha ....

[ROYALBOB]

Are you sure the graveyard is abandoned? The grass seems to have been cut? It looks very traditional inside. Nice set of pics

Not really, there are lots of ancient graves under trees etc in the grounds

[ROYALBOB]

liking the pics lots.....may i ask what prog r u using for your hdr ?....cheeky i know but if you dont ask you don't get 'bugger off n work it out for your self' hahahaha ....

Hi, i use easy hdr pro, tends jot to be as extreme as photomatrix, and haha, easy to use! Pm me and ill try send you a copy

[BA]

Great stuff, love your shots of the stained glass