So in we went and up the stairs, Treading as still as cats and hares. The way the stairs creaked made you wonder If dead men's bones were hidden under. John Masefield Peterborough Cathedral #SundaySermons

A hotchpotch of medieval glass at St Peter and St Paul Shiplake, Oxon. #StainedGlassSunday

Even in the wet they come...

Phew, the Choir's not here yet. Chichester Cathedral.

At the crossing in Canterbury Cathedral looking up into Bell Harry Tower.

Every self respecting angel needs a roof under which to shelter. These glorious chaps at Castor found a lovely 1450 roof under which to perch. They were spruced up in 1973, the year that I took my O levels - for a commissioning fee of £300. What would they cost today?

C14 wallpainting at Castor of the martyrdom of St Catherine. Seeing as how she converted her judges it seems especially harsh that she should be subsequently broken on the wheel by her uncle, Emperor Maximus, who had charged her with the heinous crime of becoming a Christian.

Being a vet in the C12 was always such a faff, especially when your equine patient has an elephant on his back. (Castor)

The tiny hamlet of Knook ("we're a village" they cry) in Wiltshire possesses a single post box dating back to when Victoria was Queen. There is something of the Lark Rise... about this. #PostBoxSaturday

Lovely article by @liber-ray.bsky.social www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

Blow my horns and I shall arise to bite your bum! Misericord at Bampton, Oxon.

From today’s Country Life magazine.

Ecclesia (the new church - Christianity) and Synagoga (the old church - Judaism) in the doorway built by Bishop Hamo de Hythe in about 1340 and is the entrance to the cathedral Library.

Lovely interlaced faux arcading inserted into a wall at Old Sherborne Abbey, Dorset.

Having fun going through historicengland.org.uk/images-books... and looking at earlier photos of #FontCovers many of which have been restored/added to/subtracted from. Hemingstone, Suffolk had a whole architectural level added below while East Malling, Kent lost its top.

The small North Wiltshire church of St Andrew Etchilhampton had a major overhaul in the mid C19 during which they found this charming C15 plaque of the Archangel Gabriel. Thought to have been part of an early reredos it now stands in the church as a fond reminder of its past days.

Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden. Gloucester Cathedral. #TilesOnTuesday

16th-century majolica tile flooring. Santuario Casa di Santa Caterina #Siena The tiles were produced at a variety of dates, 1504-1505, 1527, 1579-1582, 1598-1599, 1972. Recently restored & now exhibiting some of their original brilliance. #TilesOnTuesday #Renaissance

Across the Presbytery strainer arches at Salisbury Cathedral. They might have inspired William Joy to build Wells Cathedral's gorgeous 'owls'. (pic 2)

Fire and ice trees at Salisbury Cathedral this evening.

Books that nobody may touch! Hereford Cathedral Library. Books so bad that they've been chained so that they cannot run away.

A column swallower at St Andrew's, Eastleach Turville looking furious at being relegated to the column store. #SundayStonework

The Parish Church of St. Peter Cound is wonderful for many reasons. It is home to this rather wonderful tub font, which is believed to be 12th century in origin. The font is tub-shaped and carved with rosettes and foliage. It is still used for Christenings. #history #churches #Shropshire

Fotheringhay Church - St Mary and All Saints - gently glowing in the midsummer heat. Now only the nave and the tower exist, the chancel was demolished in 1573 by order of Queen Elizabeth I who had noticed that to was in a dilapidated condition when progressing through the village in 1566.

Continuing the medieval brass eagle lectern series, this time from Oundle, Northants. This chap was made in the 15th Century, possibly for Fotheringhay church, and chucked in the river at the Reformation only to be found and installed at Oundle in the 19th Century.

The oldest brass eagle lectern in the country. Poor chap has had his wings clipped by horrid (and hopefully non damaging) microphones. St Michael’s Southampton. #SundaySermons

Simple and commonplace. There’s charm to foliate designs in medieval wall painting.

The oldest church in Southampton, St Mary's has origins back to the Saxon era although what we see today is mostly C18 and C19 and restoration after bombing during WW2. #SpiresOnSaturday #SaturdaySpires

Postbox at Trent, Dorset for #PostboxSaturday

The gorgeous Easter Sepulchre at Sibthorpe, Notts. Pevsner doesn't rate it highly, however, I think it's delightful.

Christ showing his wounds. Pillar painting C15 Axmouth, Devon.

Closest to Halloween spookiness that I can get. Mid C19 Elephant Corbels at St Swithun, Wickham, Berks. This church gives me the chills in a Victorian Gothic Horror story way.

Now, just light that fire please and I can settle in for an afternoon's reading. (Athelhampton House, Dorset)

Former dole hole at Silchester?

Perspective is a curious thing. The lit cupola of the Matrons College, the famous 123 metre Salisbury Cathedral spire and a chimney stack all look about the same height.

Salisbury Cathedral glistening yesterday from during evening walk.

Fisherman trying his hand at 'spaniel ear' fishing from a C15 St Christopher wall painting at Horley Oxon.

Looks like that all nighter at the Comedy Club had left a lasting impression on Harry.

Seating in churches has a long and sometimes complicated history. In the 13th century Isabella was a lady of some importance because somebody has painted 'Here Sits Isabella' so that there might be no confusion. Leckhampstead, Buckinghamshire.

The early C16 screen and angel detail for the same at St Mary's Silchester, Hants.

#Swine, East Yorkshire, is a marvellous place for #Medievalists #Medieval #MedievalSky

Doh…Swine! I’ve found it now

An impressive banner at Silchester although I can’t help feeling that Christ is being presented as a trophy win here.

Arguably one of the most exciting experiences. Opening the door of a new found church!

'Scandalous pictures of one or more persons of the Trinity...shall be taken away and abolished. (Orders of the Commons 1641) Clearly and pleasingly the message didn't make it to Witney and Stoke Charity, amongst others.

A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments. #medievalsky www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...

#SundaySermons from quite the most heavily lime washed pulpit that I’ve ever seen. I say lime but I fear it might even be white wash. Nateley Scures.

Warning about fidelity by a mermaid at Nately Scures. She wooed a young sailor who spurned her by returning to the UK where he fell in love with a young village girl. At the church on their wedding day the mermaid appeared and made off with the lad never to be seen again. Victorian and the original

St Mary the Virgin, Silchester for #SaturdaySteeples #SteepleSaturday

‘Don’t sit under the yew tree with anyone else but me…’