Beautiful Night - Beverley Knight

Or should that read Beautiful Knight - Beverley Night?

At last, and with no small thanks to Janet, it seemed we had finally found the Elusive Knight. After all it was 30 years or more since I took my children to see him/them and on arrival found it a little different to what had been imagined. It was a direct 50 minutes drive from Parley, so thankfully there were a couple of interesting stop-offs on the way in villages not seen for the same length of time.

DURWESTON

and a picturesque cottage tucked away from the observer.

held a charm of its own including what looked like

MEDIEVAL MONUMENTS

set into the exterior tower walls

View from the Church Yard

Where they put naughty boys and girls.

A large organ for such a small Church?

I found the roof/ceiling BOSSES of most interesting,

a 'Host of Angels' but knowing the superstition

associated with all religions it seemed strange that

there should be 13 of them - just a thought!

Quaint Thatched Cottage on the outskirts of the village.

Next up the village of STURMINSTER NEWTON

and The Bull public House

Note - the steam rising top right is the sun drying out the thatch.

ANCIENT BRIDGE

and finally our destination.

Perhaps not surprisingly I found the PUB first

The ROSE and CROWN

but resisted the temptation.
Eurika - "I have found it" (Archimedes)

Should be the place to find the Knight in Shining Armour

but it seems I just missed the Bell Ringing practise.

Then there they were, just a little tucked out of the way in the Nave

and while in my mind's eye

I had thought them side by side, they are in fact head to toe.

The memories came flooding back of the Regal Gentleman

on the lower level and

and the almost Jolly Roger like collection of bones at the other end.

What the photos do not show is the lack of space around these

beautiful monuments and it was quite a squeeze to get it all in frame.

 

 The accompanying boards describe the 'residents'

 It was of interest that the hero of the John Meade Falkner novel

'Moonfleet' was a certain John Trenchard and wondered if 

Falkner took any inspiration from these tombs?

 the second couple.

The other thing that struck me, which I hadn't noticed before,

was the similarity between the female effigies. almost the same.

who according to the inscriptions were not even related.

IS THERE SOMETHING HERE WE SHOULD KNOW?

The old tower clock mechanism.

Let's take a closer and final look at those faces 

before we move on.

There are a number of other very good artifacts here

including this floor panel which should be just about readable,

a SQUINT

allowing the congregation (mere mortals) to view the High Altar.

Otherwise a fairly standard place of worship with

FONT

HATCHMENT

BRASSES

and BANNERS

Another quick view of the exterior before leaving for

PARLEY

Another brief stop en-route to view the

CERNE ABBAS GIANT

I think all men had 'small ones' in those days!

Clubs that is!

On my return to the farm this tiny egg had been found in the
Hen House, the smallest yet.
GOOD KNIGHT!

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