Tag Archives: Ruins
#SundayStills ~ If only old buildings and objects could talk…what stories would they tell #Photography
Hugh from Hugh’s Views and News is hosting the Sunday Stills feature this week for Terri Webster Schrandt
This week’s theme is OLD. What images are conjured up by that word? And what things do you consider to be old? My choices today, I think, definitely deserve to be classed as old.
#WordlessWednesday ~ Penmon Priory & Dovecote #Photography #Ruins
#WordlessWednesday ~ A Woodland Walk #Photography
Whitby Abbey Ruins #Photography Yorkshire
The impressive ruins of Whitby Abbey are perched on a headland overlooking the town of Whitby and the North Sea, and are said to have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, along with certain areas of the town.
#WordlessWednesday ~ #Helmsley Castle Ruins, Yorkshire #Photography
#WordlessWednesday ~ Valle Crucis ~ Another Abbey to fall foul of Henry VIII #Photography
#Historic Edlingham ~ #MondayBlogs Church & Castle #Ruins #EnglishHeritage
It was just by chance we found this tiny little hamlet of Edlingham, which comprises only a small group of houses and sits in a beautiful valley. I love finding unexpected treasures like this. Included in this out of the way place is the medieval 11th century church of St John the Baptist. According to the information booklet in the church, there were earlier wooden structures on the site but the first stone building took shape during the year 1000.
Sometimes it’s nice to see the basic and unpretentious structure without all the opulence and wealth associated with the church in later years. Continue reading
