Friday 30 November 2012

St Mary's at Goosnargh

I have not been inside the St. May's church at Goosenargh.
According to Wikipedia it is 900 years old. However this needs further investigation.
This page should grow when I have the opportunity to visit. My photos are clichés apart from the two servicemen who are buried in the graveyard.
View of the church. This is from the carpark.

A sundial just to the left of the path, just beyond the lych gate

From the rea r of the church. These are very interesting wooden windows. Seems the roof has been slated fairly recently.

This almost identical photo is on the internet!
An early grave, Some letters are visible.

87974 Private W. Parker
Middlesex Regiment
24th December 1918
(There is no extra information on the CWG website,




IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PTE. JOSEPH STEPHENSON L.N.L. REGT.
WHO DIED MARCH 26TH 1916
AGED 18 YEARS
ALSO PAULINA
MOTHER OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED FEB 21ST 1941
AGED 82 YEARS
ALSO JOSEPH STEPHENSON
HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED DEC 9TH 1945
AGED 85 YEARS.
It appears that there are 3 more casualties in this graveyard, but I did not spot them. Their information is here.

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