medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thursday, June 2, 2011, at 4:43 pm, Rosemary Hayes wrote:
> On our way home today, we visited Warkworth, one of the Percy castles
> in Northumberland - absolutely superb as is the Norman/15th century
> parish church. I will mount photos in due course.
Indeed. While we're waiting, herewith a few visuals of the church from last year's "saints of the day" notice of its titular, St. Lawrence (10. August):
i) The originally earlier twelfth-century (tower, ca. 1200; expanded, later fifteenth-century; portions recently restored) St Lawrence Church in Warkworth (Northumberland):
Illustrated, English-language account:
http://tinyurl.com/23wosq7
Other views:
http://tinyurl.com/244b7o6
http://tinyurl.com/2bkfhk5
http://tinyurl.com/2epruz6
http://tinyurl.com/25xb65t
http://tinyurl.com/279yogv
http://tinyurl.com/2chmkxh
http://www.mikr79.net/stlawrence/albums_general.html
Rosemary, did you also take photos of the late medieval gatehouse defending the Warkworth side of the town's bridge over the Coquet? FWIW, herewith a few snaps of that pulled from the Web:
http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/81/warkworthgate.htm
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5537614417_d32647f1d2.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mstanyauk/5646261561/
http://tinyurl.com/3n2vatc
http://tinyurl.com/3by323n
http://tinyurl.com/3nvg7s2
Best,
John Dillon
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