The 15thC wall paintings at St Peter's, Raunds are wonderful and worth making arrangements to visit. Here grinning Death confronts Lady Pride, piercing her with a lance and forcing the sins out of her, such an unusual image. #WednesdayWallPaintings

Beautiful herringbone at St Peter's, Southrop for #WallsonWednesday

The Memorial window of 2005 by Nicola Kantorowicz was a gorgeous splash of colour glowing in the sunshine at St Giles, Great Coxwell. #TraceryTuesday

Three figures at the crucifixion is a stunning example of 14thC artistry at St Mary the Virgin, Meysey Hampton. Removed from the church sometime in the 19thC, fragments which had been found were restored to the church, they're definitely worth searching out. #StainedGlassSunday

The 12thC doorway at St Andrew's, Eastleach Turville is a stonker! Chevron patterned orders surround a tympanum carved with Christ in majesty, all of it in remarkably good condition. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

Derek was beginning to wonder if the decision not to replace his nasal trimmer was the right one at St Kyneburgha, Castor.

The 12thC doorway at St Botolph's, Barton Seagrave has a very lively tympanum. Peopled with a variety of strange beasts and equally strange faces (Mr Potato Head) it's certainly unusual and rather amusing. The 16/17thC door is handsome too. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

What better place could there be for a moth to rest than this! A very elegant skull on the Rysbrack memorial to Harriet Bouverie d1750 at All Saints, Coleshill. #MementoMoriMonday #MonumentsMonday

The 14thC fragments of glass at St Mary the Virgin, Meysey Hampton are well worth making a detour to see. The anguish in the face of The Good Thief is depicted with such intensity. #StainedGlassSunday

'You'd better be listening'.. The two mermaids/mermen on the 17thC pulpit at St Andrew's, Barnwell keeping a stern eye on the congregation! #Woodensday

'Go on, try and impress me' There's almost a quiet air of resignation about the angels on the Salviati mosaic reredos at St John the Baptist, Barnack. #MosaicMonday

The boss at the centre of the rib vault in the chancel at St Peter, Tickencote contains three enigmatic faces, one feline, the other two possibly human, one with very chubby cheeks! Possibly dating from as early as 1160-70 it's a wonderful and fascinating space. #SundayStonework

A tiny jewel-like window caught in the sunshine at St Andrew's, Barnwell. The colours and detail are absolutely lovely for such a small piece of glass, the light made the stars around the angels positively glow. #ThuribleThursday #EveryDayStainedGlass

St Matthew's angel folding his laundry on a 15thC monument at St Peter's, Raunds.

Looking up into the 15thC pulpit at All Saints, Fotheringhay. Given to the church by King Edward IV it's richly coloured and decorated with the royal arms and Yorkist emblems. #SundaySermons

The glorious fan vaulted ceiling of the Wilcote Chapel at St Mary's, North Leigh. Added to the church around 1440 it's believed to have been built by Richard Winchcombe and was commissioned by Elizabeth Wilcote to commemorate her husband and son. #CeilingSaturday

I had the feeling I'd caught the lion doing something he shouldn't be when I entered the porch at St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay. That's the guiltiest expression I've ever seen! #Caturday

The rather sweet early 14thC font at All Saints, Nassington has a lovely design of naive leaves/trees carved into the stem, sadly the giant ballflowers around the base are rather worn but they make perfect resting points for children's art! #FontsOnFriday

Early 18thC royal arms flanked by the Maynard/Grey arms at All Saints, Newtown Linford. Supported by a Satyr and ermine patterned unicorn they're on the chancel beam with rather attractive dangling coronets (I rather hoped one might conveniently drop off into my handbag) #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi

An interesting garden wall in Gaddesby, Leicestershire. I think it could definitely be described as 'rustic'.. #WallsonWednesday

William Darby d1498 and his wife at St Luke's, Gaddesby. I love the folds at the bottom of her dress which subtly suggest the volume of fabric in the skirt. Heavily graffitied over the centuries which is as interesting as the original carving! #MonumentsMonday

On one of the capitals at the base of the tower in St Kyneburgha, Castor a woman turns to us, horrified by the two men fighting next to her. The church suggests it could be the saint herself, her husband and father-in-law killed her father, turbulent times! #SundayStonework #InsensitiveWiring

The otherwise plain octagonal 14thC font at St Mary's, Tansor boasts rather unusual decoration, four massive ballflowers around the base. Whilst being characterful they aren't the finest carving in the world and look like gurning little faces. #FontsOnFriday

A rather wonderful depiction of the last judgement carved in local stone at St Peter and St Paul, Great Casterton. I absolutely love the little munchkins leaping out of their coffins swaddled in shrouds bottom left. #MonumentsMonday #MementoMoriMonday

The 15thC perpendicular tower at St Peter's, Lowick with its little gold pennants fluttering in the breeze is certainly a stunning sight as you approach. #SteepleSaturday

The 14thC south door at St Kyneburgha, Castor is carved with an inscription 'Ricardus Beby Rector Ecclesie de Castre Fec' and Richard of Leicester was rector here in 1372. It's survived remarkably well, the carving is still very legible. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

The canopies above Ralph Green d.1417 and his wife Katherine at St Peter's, Lowick are backed with the most stunning tracery. Made of alabaster in 1419 in Chellaston, Derby it's a virtuosa piece of carving. #TraceryTuesday

I think we'll call this an 'interesting' use of a medieval grave slab at St Andrew's, Cotterstock. #MonumentsMonday

A rather unusual 17thC painted memorial with faded skulls, crossed bones and hourglasses to Elizabeth Worthington at St Andrew's, Barnwell. Somewhat reminiscent of a hatchment in its shape it's survived in remarkably good condition. #MonumentsMonday #MementoMoriMonday

The stunning fan-vault of 1529 at St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay makes you yearn for what was lost but thankful that it remains to gaze up at. #SundayStonework #Alwayslookup

There's something incredibly rocket-like about the tower and spire at St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Nassington. The lower three stages are 11thC and the spire is dated 1640 🚀 #SteepleSaturday

The door into the saxon tower at St John the Baptist, Barnack is a handsome, sturdy no nonsense affair. The two lower stages of the tower are dated 1000-1020 and the amazing thing is that subsequent generations didn't alter or modernise. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

Three ladies with the most fantastic headgear on 15thC misericords at St Mary's, Tansor. Originally from Fotheringhay they were moved here at a later date and are incredibly well carved. #Woodensday

Although the wall paintings at St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Nassington are somewhat faded they're still interesting and worth seeing. Dating to the mid 14thC, this is St Martin on an incredibly cheerful horse dividing a very ornately patterned cloak for the beggar. #WednesdayWallPaintings

The great 15thC east window at St Kyneburgha, Castor. The altar frontal with its golden fish is rather unusual too. #TraceryTuesday #TextileTuesday

Tiny little prancing birds at St Andrew's, Barnwell. The chancel was remodelled in the 1870s and the tiled floor by Maw's was apparently added then, it's striking without being garish. #TilesOnTuesday

After an excellent talk about graffiti on glass by @graffitiginger.bsky.social at Leicester Guildhall last night here's my favourite teeny skull in the very same building for #MementoMoriMonday

St Peter and St Paul, Great Casterton has a fabulous collection of 18thC gravestones, nearly all carved from local stone. This one shows the sacrifice of Abraham with the ram hiding behind a very unconvincing tree and two bonus children and a donkey! #MonumentsMonday

This stunning carving was found under the chancel floor at St Kyneburgha, Castor in 1928 and is assumed to have come from her shrine. Dating from either the late 8th or early 9thC it's a wonderful thing to get so close to, the folds of cloth, his face.. #SundayStonework

A lone little medieval face at St Peter's, Tickencote. Placed so he's always looking at the jaw dropping chancel arch, such a lucky chap! #StainedGlassSunday

As you climb the steps up to St Peter's, Raunds your first view of the 13thC tower may well stop you in your tracks. The slightly restless nature of the decoration makes for a 'wow' moment. #SteepleSaturday

That brief moment in the 14thC when the tea towel headress was all the rage.

The early 12thC font at St Mary the Virgin, Wansford is a very lovely thing. Found locally and erected in the church in 1902 the carvings around the bowl are still in remarkably good condition. It's well worth a tiny detour off the A1 or the A47 as the church is normally open. #FontsOnFriday

St Andrew's, Barnwell is a 13thC building but the priests door with its rather lovely wonky arch is obviously earlier. One possibility is that it came from the other church in the village, All Saints which was demolished in 1825. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

Foliage nibbling twin Griffins at St John the Baptist, Barnack. #Woodensday

The three living and the three dead at St Peter's, Raunds. The background detail is fabulous, the three dead are shown in a desolate landscape whereas the three living are in a mushroom strewn glade full of white rabbits. #WednesdayWallPaintings

Let there be light said the parishioners of St Peter's, Raunds....

The large, light and airy 14thC chancel at St Andrew's, Cotterstock seems out of place in a tiny village in East Northamptonshire. But when it was founded by John Gifford this was one of the largest collegiate churches in the country, it proclaims it beautifully. #TraceryTuesday

Twit-twoo someone is watching you... Reset Jacobean carvings on the pulpit at St Mary the Virgin, Wansford. (I know they're sunflowers really but they looked very owl-like to me) #OwlishMonday

Two fabulous tiny bedesmen and their rosaries under the feet of Edward Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire d1499 at St Peter's, Lowick. #MonumentsMonday