2018

SK8881 : The nave and crossing of St Mary's Church, Stow

taken 6 years ago, near to Stow, Lincolnshire, England

The nave and crossing of St Mary's Church, Stow
The nave and crossing of St Mary's Church, Stow
The Shell Guide to Lincolnshire describes St Mary's Church at Stow: "From the centre of the great flat plain, north-west of Lincoln, rises this great fortress-like Norman church, with an obscure little village clustering around it. Very French looking. Traditionally it is Sidnacester, the Saxon cathedral city. Nave and transepts are early Norman. ... a place of great romance." Pevsner in 'The Buildings of England: Lincolnshire' says of it: "Of the early parish churches of England Stow is one of the most monumental." He discounts the probability of this being the cathedral of Lindsey on the Roman site of Sidnacester, but goes on to say: "Yet the size of Stow church, though now partly Anglo Saxon and partly Norman, was very probably already before the Conquest more or less the same as today.. The crossing is remarkably spacious - about 26 feet wide and long." He describes the crossing arches as "unforgettable" and "Their scale (30 feet high) and consistency are unique."

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SK8881, 118 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Marathon   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 29 September, 2018   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 9 October, 2018
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 8819 8199 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:19.6494N 0:40.6394W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 8817 8199
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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