Simply To Thy Cross I Cling

Thursday, 5 July 2012

Duffield : St Alkmund's Church

Duffield : St Alkmund's Church

**Technical Details**

Date : 12 May 2012 (14.38hrs)

Sony A300 DSLR

Focal Length :18mm (27mm - 135eq)

Shutter Speed / Aperture : 1/60s @ F8

ISO 100

Standing between the main rail line into Derby and the River Derwent, St Alkmund's Church.

There are only eight churches in England dedicated to St Alkmund.

St Alkmund's Church

(circa 1950)

You can purchase this photograph from Francis Firth (see link)

Francis Firth Collection

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St Alkmund's Church

Sunday, 24 June 2012

Eyam : St Lawrence's Church

St Lawrence's Church : Eyam

**Technical Details**

Date : 22 May 2012 - 10.44hrs

Sony A300 DSLR

Focal Length : 18mm (27mm - 135eq)

Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/125s@F9

ISO 100

9th Century Celtic Cross : St Lawrence's Church : Eyam
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**Technical Details**
Date : 22 May 2012 - 10.27hrs
Sony A300 DSLR
Focal Length : 150mm (225mm - 135eq)
Shutter Speed / Aperture : 1/160@F11
ISO 100
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An early 9th Century Stone Cross.
Square stone base with tapering shaft, topped by Celtic Cross.
East face of shaft decorated with foliage scrolls, north and south faces with interlace.
West side of shaft has circular interlace to base with two figurative scenes over,
the Virgin and Christ above, below Angel with trumpet.
Over, head of cross decorated with carved Angels in panels.
Section of shaft missing at top, otherwise Cross is unusually complete.
The Cross is also a scheduled Ancient Monument.
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British Listed Buildings - Celtic Cross
St Lawrence's Church - Eyam

There will be more photographs of St Lawrence's Church, Eyam to follow in later blogs, which will also include a selection of photographs from the graveyard situated to the north of the church. There will also be a dedicated blog to the Plague of 1665/1666 which will include photographs of Catherine Mompesson's tomb, The Riley Graves and Mompesson's Well.
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Anglican Diocese Of England, Channel Islands & Europe.

Anglican Diocese' Of England, The Channel Islands & Europe.

Red Highlighted Text = Province of York

Blue Highlighted Text = Province Of Canterbury

Pos - Diocese - Churches - Deaneries : Areas Covered.

1st - Oxford : 845# : 29 : Berks, Bucks, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire.

2nd - Norwich : 656 : 22* : Norfolk, Suffolk.

3rd - Lincoln : 641 : 22** : Lincolnshire, South Yorkshire.

4th - Exeter : 624 : 25* : Devon

5th - Chelmsford : 614 : 25* : Essex, London, Hertfordshire.

6th - York : 606 : 21 : North Yorkshire, East Riding, Humberside, Cleveland, East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Teeside.

7th - Salisbury : 581 : 19* : Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire.

8th - Lichfield : 579 : 29** : Staffordshire, West Midlands, Shropshire, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Leicestershire, South Staffordshire.

9th - Bath & Wells : 569 : 18* : Avon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire.

10th - Chichester : 513 : 21* : West Sussex, East Sussex, Kent.

11th - London : 487 : 24** : London, Middlesex, Hertfordshire.

12th - St Edmundsbury & Ipswich : 482 : 19* :Suffolk.

13th - Hereford : 424 : 14** : Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Powys, Monmouthshire, Northamptonshire, South Shropshire.

14th - St Albans : 412 : 20* : Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, London.

15th - Winchester : 410 : 15* : Hampshire, Dorset, Channel Islands.

16th - Gloucester : 396 : 9* : Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire.

17th - Peterborough ; 385 : 12* : Northamptonshire, Rutland, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire.

18th - Southwark : 370 : 14* : London, Surrey, Kent, West Sussex.

19th - Chester : 366 : 18* : Gtr Manchester, Derbyshire, Tameside, Cheshire, Merseyside, Wirral, Flintshire.

20th - Manchester : 352 : 20* : Gtr Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, West Yorkshire.

21st - Carlisle : 349 : 11* : Cumbria.

22nd - Ely : 339 : 16* : Cambridgeshire, Norfolk.

23rd - Canterbury : 335 : 15 : Kent.

24th - Derby : 332 : 16* : Derbyshire

25th - Leicester : 322 : 10* : Leicestershire.

26th - Europe : 315 : Western Europe, Gibraltar.

27th - Southwell & Nottingham : 312 : 14* : Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire.

28th - Truro : 309 : 12* : Cornwall.

29th - Durham : 291 : 16 : County Durham, Tyne & Wear.

30th - Worcester : 284 : 13* : Worcestershire, West Midlands, Warwickshire.

31st - Blackburn : 279 : 14* : Gtr Manchester, Lancashire.

32nd - Ripon & Leeds : 270 : 8* : West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, County Durham.

33rd - Rochester ; 269 : 17** : Kent, London.

34th - Liverpool : 257 : 15 : Lancashire, Merseyside, Gtr Manchester, Cheshire.

35th - Coventry : 245 : 11* : Warwickshire, East Midlands.

36th - Newcastle : 242 : 22* : Northumberland, Cumbria, Tyne & Wear, County Durham.

37th - Wakefield : 233 : 11* : West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding, Humberside.

38th - Sheffield : 222 : 12* : South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, East Riding.

39th - Guildford : 217 : 12** : Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex.

40th - Bristol : 207 : 7 : Avon, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire.

41st - Birmingham : 195 : 13* : West Midlands, Warwickshire.

42nd - Bradford : 166 : 8* : West Yorkshire, Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria.

43rd - Sodor & Man : 43 : 3 : Isle Of Man.

Key

* Cathedral, Unknown or Extra Parochial.

** Closed / Unattached Churches.

# includes - St. Birinius Mission - Calcot : Diocese Of Oxford

Does not include the following :-

The Royal Garrison Church Of All Saints - Aldershot

Trinity Hall - Cambridge

Churches in Derbyshire under the Diocese of Chester

Furness Vale : St John's Church
Pott Shrigley : St Christopher's Church
Rainow : Holy Trinity Church
Taxal : St James' Church
Tintwistle : Christ Church
Whaley Bridge : Holy Trinity Church

Churches in Derbyshire under the Diocese of Lichfield

Alstonefield : St Peter's Church
Butterton : St Bartholomew's Church
Elkstone : St John The Baptist' Church
Ilam : Holy Cross Church
Longnor : St Bartholomew's Church
Longnor : St John's Church (Reapsmoor)
Longnor : St Paul's Church (Newtown)
Mayfield : St John The Baptist' Church
Quarnford : St Paul's Church
Sheen : St Luke's Church
Warslow : St Lawrence's Church
Wetton : St Margaret's Church

Monday, 23 April 2012

Alstonefield : St Peter's Church

St Peter's Church : Alstonefield

North side, showing East Window & West Tower.

**Technical Details**

Date : 18 July 2010 - 19.39hrs

Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR

Focal Length : 18mm (27mm 135eq)

Shutter Speed/Aperture : 0.7s@F22

ISO - 100

Alstonefield is situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands area of the Derbyshire Peak District. Located on the south side of the village, St Peter's Church dates back to Norman times. The churchyard has one of the oldest gravestones in the county, dedicated to the memory of Anne Green, dated 1518.

**Post Editing Details**

RAW format converted to JPEG

Resized to 72dpi

Adobe Photoshop CS5

B&W Conversion - Silver Efex Pro2

Colour Conversion - Colour Efex Pro3

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St Peter's Church : Alstonefield

Alstonefield : Staffordshire Places

Saturday, 21 April 2012

Hathersage : St Michael & All Angels Church

**click on any image below for slideshow**

St Michael & All Angels Church : Hathersage

Photographed from Sheffield Road - 10 October 2009

**Technical Details**

Date : 09 October 2009

Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR

Focal Length : 70mm (105mm 135eq)

Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/6s @F32

ISO - 400

**Technical Details**

Date : 09 October 2009

Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR

Focal Length : 112mm (168mm 135eq)

Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/10s @F32

ISO - 400

**Technical Details**

Date : 09 October 2009

Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR

Focal Length : 154mm (231mm 135eq)

Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/6s @F32

ISO - 400

**Technical Details**

Date : 09 October 2009

Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR

Focal Length : 100mm (150mm 135eq)

Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/10s @F32

ISO - 400

**Post Editing Details**

RAW Format converted to JPEG

Resized to 72dpi

Adobe Photoshop CS5

Colour Conversions - NIK Color Efex Pro. 3

::links::

St Michael & All Angels Church : Google Maps

St Michael & All Angels Church : Facebook

Friday, 13 April 2012

Bakewell : All Saints Church

All Saints Church : Bakewell

Photographed from Church Street.

**Technical Details**

Date / Time : 22 June 2010 : 18.10

Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR

Focal Length : 47mm (70mm 135eq)

Shutter Speed / Aperture : 1/20s @ F32

ISO - 100

**Post Editing Details**

RAW Format converted to TIFF

TIFF converted to JPEG

Adobe Photoshop CS5

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All Saints Church : Bakewell (From Yeld Road)

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Castleton - St Edmund's Church

**Click on any image below for slideshow**

St Edmund's Church : Castleton

Photographed from the Church grounds - 29 June 2010
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 28mm (42mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 3s@F22
ISO - 100
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Peveril Castle
Photographed from St Edmund's Church grounds - 29 June 2010
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 28mm (42mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/90s@F10
ISO - 200
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Memorial Cross
Photographed in St Edmund's Church Graveyard - 29 June 2010
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 28mm (42mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/45s@F5.6
ISO - 200
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The Peaks Inn : Castleton
Photographed on How Lane
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 43mm (65mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/90s@F10
ISO - 200
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War Memorial : Bargate, Castleton
Showing West & South faces.
An ornately carved Latin Cross mounted on a square base.
The West side of the cross is carved with an angel of victory holding a sword and above it, a recumbent deer inside a laurel wreath.
(Further information - See Link at foot of this post)
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 63mm (95mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/60s@F8
ISO - 200
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Memorial Cross
To The Memory Of
Arthur Arnold Payne
Lieut. Pilot R.A.F
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 53mm (80mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/60s@F8
ISO - 200
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Cloud Formation over Cave Dale
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**Technical Details**
Date : 29 June 2010
Fuji FinePix S2Pro DSLR
Focal Length : 30mm (45mm 135eq)
Shutter Speed/Aperture : 1/90s@F11
ISO - 200
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**Post Editing Details**
RAW Format converted to JPEG
Adobe Photoshop CS5
Black & White Conversion - Silver Efex Pro2
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::links::
The Peaks Inn
Castleton War Memorial
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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"Simply To Thy Cross I Cling"

"Simply To Thy Cross I Cling" ...

I started this photographic pilgrimage in 2009, with the target of visiting and photographing the exteriors and interiors of all the churches and chapels under the Church of England banner.

I'd been photographing churches since I took up photography, but there was a lack of cohesion to my body of work. It was after studying and researching the Church of England churches and chapels, that I decided on concentrating solely on those within the Derbyshire Diocese and Peak District boundary.

Initial studies led me to believe there were just over 90 churches within the perimeters of my studies. On further research and much closer inspection, that figure is now over 330!

During 2009 when this idea was born and 2010, I was fortunate to have access to private transport. 2011 saw me become a daily user of public transport, starting out in Sheffield and making my way across the Derbyshire towns and Peak District villages. On reflection, I prefer the travelling by bus, I see more than I ever would sat behind the wheel of a car. Though being restricted to timetables and mileage, I believe I would have passed the 200 mark by now.

On my travels I've met many inspirational people, from travelling preachers to ex-miners tending to their church gardens and even a Finnish woman who spent time with me on the roads to churches across the county.

As I research even further into the histories of the churches, villages, myths and folklore tales, I feel as though what was a minimum of five years to complete the work, it will be a lifelong study, of which I cannot complain.

The object of this work is to provide a reference for future generations, I feel as though it will be a photographic legacy to leave for those who have an interest in Derbyshire, The Peak District, Churches and Chapels and photography too.

For those who wonder why such a subject. Personally, I love being alone in churches, taking in the history, the atmosphere, the serenity and calmness. Silent prayer, when all around outside, the world is racing at break neck speed to complete and compete, is a luxury I don't take for granted. I was asked, "Do you get frightened by being surrounded by death and sadness?" ... to which I replied.. "Those who have passed away can't harm me, or anyone else, it's the living that do that!!"

The name of this photographic project is taken from a memorial carving situated in Eyam, St Laurence's Churchyard. Of which there will be a photograph at some point amongst the posts on here.

So, if you're reading this... and happen to cross my path at some point, make sure you come over and say "hello" ...

Taylor

April 1st 2012