15 April 2022

Burghwallis

Good Friday. Good Friday was , well, good. The sun shone and Clint (shown above) transported me to a Yorkshire village I had never previously visited - Burghwallis. I had already worked out another long walking route.

Before parking in Burghwallis, I made a detour to a larger village called Campsall in order to see a Grade I listed church dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. Unfortunately, there was a Good Friday service in progress so I didn't get to look round the interior. However I snapped this picture of the magnificent west door which dates back to the twelfth century.:-
Also in Campsall, this street sign caught my eye. It says "No Road" but it was a road with several houses on each side. Strange:-

On my circular walk from Burghwallis, I noticed this very strange hut in the village of Sutton. It was beneath some electricity lines and connected with the old Yorkshire Electricity Board. It is too narrow to be a lavatorial facility. I have never seen such a hut before:-
At All Saints Church, Owston, I noticed these tenacious daisies appearing from a crack in the stone path:-
When I returned to Burghwallis after three hours of steady plodding, I intended co take a couple of pictures of the village church - dedicated to  St Helen. However, clouds were thwarting my plan at that point so I sat on an old  platform grave and drank some water from my flask as well as chomping a juicy red apple. Patience often has its rewards and after five minutes the lovely old church with its ancient construction history was duly illuminated to my satisfaction:-

35 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:33 am

    No Road doesn't look terribly official. Maybe just a No Through Road placed by locals.

    You could have lain on the grass and put your head inside the box to see what you could see but as the sign says, this is a danger of death.

    The church is very handsome.

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    1. "No Road" is definitely an official road sign placed there by the council. A quick check of property for sale in Campsall showed properties listed on "No Road" - it is their official address!

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  2. That is a magnificent door!

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  3. That church door is magnificent, as is the house on No Road. Very english and very beautiful.

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    1. How come nobody has remarked on Clint's South Korean handsomeness?

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  4. Most people pass by things and never give it a thought. You question everything and discover something and pass it on.

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    1. That is an uplifting comment Red. Thank you.

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  5. I like the not-very-vandalproof shed.

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    1. I think it might be what they call a "she shed".

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  6. I always marvel at those extremely old buildings, constructed so well, still standing and still beautiful after all this time. Modern "artistic" structures just don't compare in my opinion.

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    1. Old buildings often become more beautiful as centuries pass by.

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  7. Magnificent is the right term for that door! Maybe you can persuade Clint to carry you back to Campsall some other day for a look at the interior, when there is no service.
    No Road is quirky, like Argument Yard in Whitby.
    The small hut is probably protecting (more or less!) some thing or other to do with the electricity line.

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    1. I think you are right about the hut but I have never, ever seen a similar one. I guess it is simply a survivor

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  8. The old church picture is very Lilliput Lane in style. It could be in Dorset.

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    1. Oh you mean those little models of village buildings? I bet you come across a few of them when car booting.

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  9. There are still villages in Yorkshire you haven't visited?? ;)
    Love all the photos you chose for this post!

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    1. Thank you DT. By the way, there are hundreds of Yorkshire villages I haven't visited!

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  10. Beautiful Norman door. Could it mean that the 'no road' is a private road and doesn't go anywhere, like most of us. Handspan five daisy flowers and it is definitely spring.

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    1. About "No Road" - it is the actual name of the road! Property websites use it as the address - for example Number 5 No Road, Campsall.

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  11. I can’t imagine all the people who have used that door in the last 900 years. It is mind boggling.

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    1. This is why I love old churches. They speak of past times, past congregations, past weddings and christenings and funerals. For me it is not so much about God and all that stuff but about communities. I can almost hear the echoes of their conversations.

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  12. Again, I love the churches, and even that odd looking hut.

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    1. Henceforth that hut will be known as Bob's Hut - providing free rustic accommodation should you ever visit "England's Number One County".

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    2. I have always wanted a hut named after me, one day soon I shall come see it in person!

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  13. Quite the contrast between the hut and the church!
    Perhaps "No Road" is the name of the manor. I think I'm just kidding.

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  14. Clint is looking sleek and shiny clean! Do you give him a good wash before you set off?
    Another great hike! Keep up the good work!

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    1. He's a big boy, he can look after his own personal hygiene.

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  15. I must say Clint looks very spiffy YP! He's had a good wash and polish by the looks of things. To quote a well known phrase - he scrubs up well.
    That really is a magnificent church door, and built to last through the centuries. An address like No Road must cause confusion at times. Another interesting walk in good weather. Thank you YP.

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    1. And I in turn thank you for your characteristically pleasant comment Lady Carol. Remember - don't overdo the sangria tonight!

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  16. That's impressive ironwork on the door!

    The last little church is lovely. Country churches tend to be wooden, painted white around here. Pretty in their own way, but not like your photo.

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    1. Parts of that last church are a thousand years old but it has evolved through time.

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  17. One of the 19th Century popes gave a private audience to an English Catholic gentleman from an old recusant family.

    *Do you know Dean Stanley?* asked the pope, referring to Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815-1881) Dean of Westminster, Anglican priest and historian.
    *Tell Dean Stanley that he is like the Angelus Bell that calls the faithful to prayer, but remains forever outside,* the Pope said.

    I thought of this when you admired the little church of Saint Helen's with its 900 year old door, but circumvented the Good Friday Service.

    Stanley was the high society churchman of his day and preached at the funerals of Thomas Carlyle and Benjamin Disraeli.
    But as far as the pope was concerned, Stanley remained Forever Outside.

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  18. Good job waiting for the light to change. I hate it when I'm about to take a picture and the sun goes behind clouds!

    The church door is amazing. And "No Road"! How peculiar!

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