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:-
No Road doesn't look terribly official. Maybe just a No Through Road placed by locals.
ReplyDeleteYou 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.
"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!
DeleteThat is a magnificent door!
ReplyDeleteIt certainly is Tink.
DeleteThat church door is magnificent, as is the house on No Road. Very english and very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHow come nobody has remarked on Clint's South Korean handsomeness?
DeleteMost people pass by things and never give it a thought. You question everything and discover something and pass it on.
ReplyDeleteThat is an uplifting comment Red. Thank you.
DeleteI like the not-very-vandalproof shed.
ReplyDeleteI think it might be what they call a "she shed".
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteOld buildings often become more beautiful as centuries pass by.
DeleteMagnificent 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.
ReplyDeleteNo 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.
I think you are right about the hut but I have never, ever seen a similar one. I guess it is simply a survivor
DeleteThe old church picture is very Lilliput Lane in style. It could be in Dorset.
ReplyDeleteOh you mean those little models of village buildings? I bet you come across a few of them when car booting.
DeleteThere are still villages in Yorkshire you haven't visited?? ;)
ReplyDeleteLove all the photos you chose for this post!
Thank you DT. By the way, there are hundreds of Yorkshire villages I haven't visited!
DeleteBeautiful 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.
ReplyDeleteAbout "No Road" - it is the actual name of the road! Property websites use it as the address - for example Number 5 No Road, Campsall.
DeleteI can’t imagine all the people who have used that door in the last 900 years. It is mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteThis 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.
DeleteAgain, I love the churches, and even that odd looking hut.
ReplyDeleteHenceforth that hut will be known as Bob's Hut - providing free rustic accommodation should you ever visit "England's Number One County".
DeleteI have always wanted a hut named after me, one day soon I shall come see it in person!
DeleteQuite the contrast between the hut and the church!
ReplyDeletePerhaps "No Road" is the name of the manor. I think I'm just kidding.
I doubt your theory is valid.
DeleteClint is looking sleek and shiny clean! Do you give him a good wash before you set off?
ReplyDeleteAnother great hike! Keep up the good work!
He's a big boy, he can look after his own personal hygiene.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThat 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.
And I in turn thank you for your characteristically pleasant comment Lady Carol. Remember - don't overdo the sangria tonight!
DeleteThat's impressive ironwork on the door!
ReplyDeleteThe 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.
Parts of that last church are a thousand years old but it has evolved through time.
DeleteOne of the 19th Century popes gave a private audience to an English Catholic gentleman from an old recusant family.
ReplyDelete*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.
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!
ReplyDeleteThe church door is amazing. And "No Road"! How peculiar!