St Margaret of Antioch, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire The church of St Margaret of Antioch in Chippenham dates back to the 12th century,although it was considerably remodelled after a fire in 1447. It has a very fine painting of St Christopher which is dated to the 15th century. St Margaret’s is one of the Cambridgeshire churches that…
November Miscellany Items of Interest Carved messages from the castle dungeon Michelangelo’s secret sketches under church in Florence open to public From Twitter Ritual protection in Croome Court
St Mary and St John, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire The church of St Mary and St John dates back to the 12th century. The south chapel, which holds most of the graffiti, dates mostly to the 14th century. Unusually for churches, the most common symbol in St Mary and St John is not initials and names but…
September miscellany Upcoming events Ritual Protection Marks Talks – Autumn 2022 London Fortean Society Haunted Landscape Talks – November 2022 Items of interest 3,500 Year Old Graffiti in Turkey From twitter An interesting morning looking at C19th dowry chests in the Horniman stores. A familiar motif probably more for decoration than protection pic.twitter.com/n2DadIRHFa — Ceri…
April Miscellany Items of Interest Medieval Graffiti Revealed in Lincoln Cathedral New Discoveries Made in Worcestershire During Graffiti Fest Medieval Graffiti: the hidden histories… From Twitter Want to find out more about graffiti and other informal markings in the churches of NE England? Join our Church Graffiti Survey – part of our @durham_uni Belief in…
January Miscellany Upcoming Events Hidden Charms 4 is announced with a call for papers Items of Interest Graffiti in Rochester Cathedral From Twitter Found this fascinating and very moving. https://t.co/zuCneejBsJ — Dig For Archaeology (@ForArchaeology) January 6, 2022 Remarkable c.5,000 year old megalithic art inside the passage tomb of Fourknocks, County Meath. pic.twitter.com/jzfWRhXEJF — Neil…
Duxford Chapel, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire Duxford Chapel in Cambridgeshire is managed by English Heritage. It was built in the 13th century as a hospital but by the 14th century it was in use as a chantry chapel. It had already fallen into disuse by the time Edward VI dissolved the chantries in 1548. Eventually it was taken…
St Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire The church of St Mary and St AndrewSt Mary and St Andrew, Whittlesford dates back to the 12th century12th century with chancel works happening in the 13th century and the south aisle being rebuilt in the 14th. The first item to note is outside. On the south side…
September Miscellany Upcoming Events Hidden Charms 3 – 2 October 2021 Items of interest Historic Church Graffiti in North Hertfordshire Here's the lecture I did yesterday for @TheCCThttps://t.co/FZQzLSszhg — Brian Hoggard (@folkmagicman) September 24, 2021 From Twitter https://twitter.com/justrena/status/1433140628095971329?s=21 Viking graffiti (replicas) at the National Museum of Ireland – thank you Padraig O'Cumasaigh for the images…
July Miscellany Our pictures this month are graffiti found by friend of the site, Sonia Hines, on her visit to Uluru (aka Ayres Rock), Northern Territory, Australia. She says this is graffiti, not rock art, and would have been done in the 1970s and 1980s when tourism around this sacred site was a lot less…
Kings College Chapel, Cambridge There is a danger in graffiti hunting that you focus so much on the details on the walls and columns that you can fail to appreciate the wider beauty of the structures you are visiting. Here’s a tip, if you go looking for graffiti in King’s College Chapel, before you do…