W/NW: Churches

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St.Helen's Poké Stop :eek:

The oldest parts of the church date from the 13th century.
St Helen's is one of only two Grade I listed buildings in the Borough of Wyre, both of which are visible from our house, and includes:
a "lepers' window" or "squint";
a grave marker for the village's only victim of the Black Plague;
a large rafter, once known as the "new beam", supposedly presented to the parish by King Henry VIII
The circular churchyard with several yew trees point to its original use as a Druid temple. It may be the site where Christian missionaries from Ireland first set foot in Lancashire at the end of the navigational portion of the River Wyre.



In the graveyard, un-named infants:

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Chicago's St. Boniface church, saved from demolition (yet again!) at the last minute, soon (maybe!) to be turned into residences and a some art studios.

Zorki 4, Jupiter-12, Kodak print film:

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A reconstruction of Thjodhild's church (about 1000 AD) at Brattahlíð, Greenland, 2006.
The actual church was excavated nearby. Thjodhild, wife of Erik the Red, and the church are known from the Icelandic Sagas.
 
The bell tower of Saint Paul Cathedral in St. Paul, Alberta; about 100 miles NE of Edmonton--taken with my trusty Digilux 2...
 

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