Truly vast numbers of holiday photos

[wellinghall]

The Chapter House at Lincoln Cathedral.


A door lock in Lincoln Cathedral.


The font at Lincoln Cathedral.


A wedding in Lincoln.


Bassetlaw District Council. Basset hound. Geddit?


The house we stopped in, side view. Typical local brickwork.


The roof of the indoor riding school, Bolsover Castle.


The view from Bolsover Castle. It occupies a superb defensive position; you can see traffic coming up the M1 from miles away.


A folded napkin in Bolsover Castle.


Cresswell Crags.


Jewellery in a shop window in Newark on Trent.


The nave of St Mary Magdalane, Newark on Trent.


Chancel ceiling, St Mary Magdalene.


Memorial, St Mary Magdalene.


Memorial, St Mary Magdalene.


Memorial, St Mary Magdalene.


Medieval Dance of Death, St Mary Magdalene.


Building on market place, Newark on Trent.


Torksey Castle, Torksey.


A damselfly, Idle Valley Nature Reserve.


A grasshopper (or cricket), IVNR.


A bee, IVNR.


lanciatore.


skordh


jane_somebody


Angry Birds Yoda.


The back of the house.


B.


J.


adaese, with J photobombing.


louisedennis


All Saints church, South Leverton.


tovaglia


The front of the house.


Woodlands, where my parents and I moved when I was seven (and where my paternal grandparents lived before that).


Reeded Cottage, where my parents and I lived until I was seven.


Belvoir Castle


The kitchen garden at Belvoir.


Dairy Cottage, Belvoir.


One of the many quirky houses in Harlaxton.


The initials at bottom right are those of my maternal grandfather.


The Duchess of Rutland's window.


A memorial plaque to the Duke of Rutland's brother.

Comments

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

That looks like a really good trip. It's hard to have a favourite - I do love the Duchess of Rutland's window - but then I really like that second picture of the lock, and the 7th one, of the wooden roof arches, and... and so on!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Captions will follow.

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[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

I love the lock! :) and the baptismal font (?) with winged creatures - and the brockwork! - and the rafters - and the battlements and the origami bird and the quiet waterway and the tongue-and-groove (is it?) ceiling and the man who gazes mildly and unafraid at death and the insects and the glorious sunshine. And you all look wonderful! :)
Thank you for sharing your holiday!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Captions will follow.

ETA: And now with captions.

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Lovely! I particularly like the brickwork chevrons, and the grasshopper. It looks like you had a good time!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you - we did!

Captions will follow soon(ish) ...

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[helenajust.livejournal.com]

You saw some lovely things!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We did indeed! There will even be captions soon (ish), to tell you what they are :-)

ETA: And now with captions.

[helenajust.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the captions!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You are very welcome :-)

[sally_maria]

Thank you for some very interesting pictures, I very much enjoyed looking at them (and reading the captions ;-D).

I think the wedding was at the White Hart Hotel in Lincoln, where the AGM was held in ?2004.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-)

(and yes, it was).

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

It would be very nice if you & adaese could show us around your patch of Lincolnshire some time and tell us more about those last few photos. (Goodness knows when though... .)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

That would be a pleasure.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And, um, with difficulty? ;-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We went to a whole exhibition of them a while ago:
http://www.waddesdon.org.uk/collection/exhibiitons-archive/folded-beauty

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

Was there any special reason that the fifth Duchess of Rutland was honoured with a window? Was it that she was the only local duchess who hadn't got one already, and they felt sorry for her, or did the Manners family lean on the village to put it up? I looked on the internet and I can't see that she's especially known for good works or anything.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

The fifth Duke was very deeply in love with his wife, and did a lot with / for her; they rebuilt Belvoir Castle together; rebuilt it again when it burnt down; and finally, he built the mausoleum for her (http://www.antiquaprintgallery.com/leics-mausoleum-belvoir-castle-antique-print-c1840-37406-p.asp). I wouldn't be surprised if he had made it known that some token of appreciation from his tenants would be appreciated.

And yet, she also seems to have been loved by many other people. Her funeral procession was huge, with what seems like everyone from miles around taking part; and so I also wouldn't be surprised if the local tenantry had done this off their own bat.

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely story - and I have since read an obit from the Gentleman's magazine (http://onelondonone.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/death-of-elizabeth-5th-duchess-of.html) which shows why she might have been so well thought of by the tenants and villagers.
But was the window put up by those who actually knew or remembered her? It looks modern - i.e twentieth century. (Speaking from ignorance of course.)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It is early(ish) 19th century. (I'll read the obit when I get home - both my work internet access and my phone are being a bit awkward ATM).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

http://wellinghall.livejournal.com/1091835.html

has details of the funeral procession.

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

:) heading off now to stand by the side of the road for the procession!

(and thanks for setting me straight on the dating re: the window. :) )

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

You're welcome :-)