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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 22/09/2026

Lots of restoration and replacement work there, I spy. 👀

cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 22/09/2026

But it's a beautiful term. A big beautiful term. People say it should have always been named this. It took me to point it out. Now people realise the mistake they made. So sad. AI. It was fake news.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 22/09/2026

"Stupid Intelligence". Named after the inventor of the term "SI". Ok. Got it. 👍

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 21/09/2026

It's probably in the Bestiary book - but I have not looked it up yet.

cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 21/09/2026

14th century monsters The tower arch at Plungar, Leicestershire, features some small carvings. Clockwise, top left we have a dragon/lizard, a monster mouth eating a ballflower ("Appetite for Destruction" vibes), A two-legged beast with man's head & a fox? bishop being eaten by tiny dragons.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 20/09/2026

Skulls and Shrouds. This early 17th century monumental brass to Henry Millner (d.1635) is at Wickenby, Lincolnshire. Lying on a plinth is the shrouded corpse of Henry. Above are the arms of Milner (sable, a chevron between three snaffle-bits or) flanked by skulls on urns.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 19/09/2026

Packed with monuments. Some people have asked where the image from yesterday's Parish Church App announcement was taken. It is the chancel at St Mary's, Bottesford, Leicestershire. An unusual view taken from five metres up and giving a clear view of the Rutland tombs.

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Thank you. I am hoping eventually people will make some discoveries by using it (I've already found a couple of things - very minor things, granted - but without photographic comparison on churches many miles apart, unlikely to be discovered).

Thank you very much for taking an interest. I'm glad it is off to a good start. My next task is to finish photographing the remaining 1800 churches in my remit and, of course, type all the metadata in for the c.8000 churches still to enter. No pressure! 😅

You can - the contact info is in the Extra -> Help of the app and on my website (More -> contact). I will do my best to correct mistakes, but bear in mind it's just me - so it could take some time if I'm deluged with corrections. 😄

Thank you very much Mark. As this is my life's work (well, half a lifetime) it means a lot to release this. To paraphrase Pevsner in the Staffordshire volume of the BoE: this first tranche is just the ballon d'essai. The best is yet to come - when the complete archive of 9000 churches is available.

Further information can be found on the Parish Churches website parishchurches.org and in the Help system within the app. This release provides the churches of Rutland free of charge. Access to the rest of the archive is by subscription. 6/6

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This includes the artists and architects as well as all people commemorated with their dates of birth and death along with brief biographical information where applicable. 5/6

Each church has been photographed both externally and internally along with the contents. The database not only contains photographs but a brief description of each subject. In addition there is a comprehensive searchable index of people associated with the subjects. 4/6

The app has been in development for the past six months and I am pleased to be able to release the first version today along with an initial database of just over 1000 churches and 60,000 images (one tenth of my archive). 3/6

For the past 30 years I have been creating a detailed photographic archive of England’s parish churches. The archive contains nearly 600,000 images. I am currently working towards making this publicly available through the Parish Churches App. 2/6

cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 17/09/2026

Introducing the Parish Churches App: a photographic archive and guide to England's parish churches. Available on Android, Apple iOS, Windows and Apple Mac. parishchurches.org/parishchurch... 1/6

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Early bricks. The ruins of Midley church in Kent stand alone in a field. The church is probably of the 15th century and was falling into ruin by 1573. Of particular note are the courses of brick between the stone and flint rubble of the walls.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 17/09/2026

Yes, it is your photo - I meant the bench end, not the photo.

cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 17/09/2026

I think I posted this very one a few weeks ago.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 16/09/2026

Three Sisters. Stained glass by the Royal Bavarian Art Institute for Stained Glass of c.1894 at Horsford, Norfolk. At the top are the Pyramids and the Alps - the sisters died in Cairo and Davos, 1891-3, presumably having been sent there to convalesce after contracting TB.

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Photographed from a Canberra.

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Stothard was commissioned in 1816 by London's Society of Antiquaries to record the Bayeux Tapestry. He was the first person to record the entire Tapestry in colour and make it available to the public.

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The Bayeux Tapestry. What does this window, depicting Sir William Ferrers at Bere Ferrers church, Devon have to do with the Tapestry? The antiquarian draughtsman Charles Stothard fell off a ladder to his death while recording this panel, high up in the east window, in 1821. 1/2

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I expect there was damage as, yes, the top has been trimmed down. If not originally a piscina it would have to be a capital. The internal lead-lined cavity has sides with apparent unequal thickness, so if a capital conversion I doubt its Victorian.

cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 12/09/2026

what makes you think that?

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 12/09/2026

12th century St George and the Dragon This splendid Norman pillar piscina at Swannington, Norfolk features St George fighting the Dragon on all three sides.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 12/09/2026

Had to be on his own rather than be with the ex-presidents - because otherwise the event would not have been all about him.

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I didn't learn what had happened until it was all over. I had a long drive back to Warwickshire. I recall turning on the radio on the drive back and hearing "Both World Trade Centre towers and the Pentagon have been destroyed". I thought it was a joke until I got home.

Well I will ask this answer: we can never know.

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Nice AI image. Now show us the real one.

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 10/09/2026

On the 11th Sept 2001 I was looking at flats to rent in Cambridge. Beforehand I visited and recorded Landbeach church. The 15th century angel roof was taken at 12:46 GMT and the 17th century angel lectern at 13:03 GMT.

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Cameras One and Ten I started my documentation of English parish churches in 1997 with the Epson PhotoPC 500 - 640x480 images, but amazing for the time. Ten cameras later the Canon 1Dx. Later this year I hope to swap to a Canon R3. It'll finish recording the remaining 2000 churches & their contents

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 09/09/2026

It's a common theme for this time period. What is interesting is the use of an Italian sculptor.