Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I am well used to entering UK villages for the first time and being surprised by the grandeur of the village church. Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire gave me early warning that its' church was extra special when I saw it from a distance of a mile or so http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_37_alt1.html Fotheringhay, the birthplace of Richard III, is entered via a bridge flanked on the left by the church http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_37_alt2.html After being imprisoned for 18 years in various locations Mary Queen of Scots was brought to Fotheringhay in 1586 and beheaded at the castle in 1587. Fotheringhay castle was demolished in 1635 on the orders of James I and its' stone used for other dwellings and walls within the village, only a grassy mound remains. Blue thistles grow on the old castle site and are supposed to have been planted there by Mary Queen of Scots as she awaited her execution. http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_37_alt3.html The village takes about thirty seconds to drive through from crossing the bridge to reaching the last houses shown on the left of this pic http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_37_alt4.html PAW 37 The church http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/week_37.html PAW Index: http://www.geebeephoto.com/html/paw_index.html Graham http://geebeephoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html