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Swamimalai is fourth among the six padai veedu or sacred shrines dedicated to Lord Muruga. The presiding deity here expounded the meaning of the Pranava mantra OM to his own Father Lord Siva Himself.
Mythology says that saint Bhrugu before commencing an arduous tavam or penance, got the boon that anybody disturbing his mediation will forget all his knowledge. Such was the power of the penance that the sacred fire emanating from the head of the saint reached up to the heavens, and the frightened devas surrendered to Lord Siva praying for his grace. The Lord extinguished the sacred fire by covering the saint's head by hand. With the saint's penance thus disturbed the Lord became oblivious of all his knowledge and is said to have regained them by learning the Pranava mantra from Lord Muruga at this shrine.
Once when Brahma, the lord of all creations was proceeding to Kailasa, the ever-playful child Lord Muruga asked him for the meaning of the Pranava OM. When Brahma admitted his ignorance, the Lord imprisoned him. With Brahma imprisoned, all creations came to a standstill and the devas prayed to Lord Siva to get Brahma released. When Muruga insisted that the imprisonment was a just punishment for the ignorance of Brahma, Lord Siva asked him whether he himself knew the meaning of the primordial Pranava OM. Lord Muruga said that he knew the meaning of OM and can expound it to the latter only if he can accept him as guru and listen to the exposition as a devoted disciple. As Lord Siva acceded to the request of Lord Muruga and heard the exposition of OM as a disciple, the place came to be known as Swamimalai and the presiding deity as Swaminathan
Exhibition dedicated to the discovery of the capital of the Thracian Kingdom of the Odryssians. Unfortnunately now the city is under the waters of Koprinka Dam.
Seuthopolis
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Seuthopolis was an ancient city founded by the Thracian king Seuthes III, and the capital of the Odrysian kingdom since 320 BC. It was a small city, built on the site of an earlier settlement, and its ruins are now located at the bottom of the Koprinka Reservoir near Kazanlak, Stara Zagora Province, in central Bulgaria.
Seuthopolis was not a true polis, but rather the seat of Seuthes and his court. His palace had a dual role, functioning also as a sanctuary of the Cabeiri. Most of the space within the city was occupied not by homes but by official structures, the majority of the people living outside the city.
The dual role of Seuthes' palace (royal court and sanctuary) indicates that Seuthes was a priest-king: the high priest of the Cabeiri among the Odrysian Thracians. A hearth altar stood in the center of the Cabeiri sanctuary, the Cabeiri being associated with fire and metallurgy and with the smith-god Hephaestus.
The cemetery of Seuthopolis included a number of brick tholos tombs, some covered by tumuli, in which the upper-class were interred, sometimes along with their horses. The less affluent were cremated, with modest grave goods laid alongside.
The ruins of the city were discovered and excavated in 1948 by Bulgarian archeologists during the construction of the Georgi Dimitrov (later renamed Koprinka) Reservoir. However, it was decided to continue with the construction and flood the dam, leaving Seuthopolis at its bottom.
In 2005, Bulgarian architect Zheko Tilev proposed a project to uncover, preserve and reconstruct the city of Seuthopolis (the best preserved Thracian city in Bulgaria) by means of a dam wall surrounding the ruins in the middle of the dam, enabling the site's inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and making it a tourist destination of world importance. Tourists would be transported to the site by boats. The round wall, 420 metres in diameter, would enable visitors to see the city from 20 metres above and would also feature "hanging gardens", glass lifts, a quay, restaurants, cafés, shops, ateliers, etc. It would be illuminated at night.
The project was donated by the architect to Kazanlak municipality and funds are being raised to begin construction. According to Tilev, it would cost minimum €50 million.[1]
Dedicated in perpetual memory to the men of Simpson County who gave their lives in the Following Wars:
World War I
World War II
Korean War
Vietnam War
This is locate don the grounds of the Simpson County Courthouse in the town square of Franklin, KY.
This photo was uploaded in honor of Memorial Day 2017.
Veterans organizations presented colors at the POW MIA Memorial was dedicated on July 3, 2015 at the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. The memorial honors North Dakotans who were either prisoners of war or missing in action from World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm and is a joint effort of the Viet Nam Vets / Legacy Vets and Second Brigade motorcycle clubs. There are 461 names on the wall. The cemetery is located 6.5 miles south of Mandan, North Dakota and is administered by the office of the adjutant general. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Bill Prokopyk, North Dakota National Guard Public Affairs Office/Released)
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Over 50 dedicated volunteers helped cleanup Bear Creek near Charlesmont at our Joint Cleanup of Clean Bread and Cheese Creek/Maryland Waterways Foundation / Neighbor Space Cleanup Event. Volunteers removed over 75 bags trash from the historic Bear Creek on Saturday (9/25/2021) including 2 shopping carts, 2 submerged tents, a mattress a crab pot, a box fan, a bike, a chain link fence and a kiddie pool! Thank you everyone so very much for all your incredible hard work in support of the National Park Service’s War of 1812 trail! Our volunteer dedication to working toward a cleaner, greener, healthier community and environment is beyond measure!
While this cleanup was planned and run by the aforementioned groups, we couldn’t do any of it without our incredible volunteers and our wonderful supporters. We would also like to thank the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Ocean Conservancy, American Rivers, Day to Serve, and National Public Lands Day and for all their assistance and support on this cleanup. Atlantic! We would also like to thank the students and faculty of General John Stricker Middle School and the community for all the incredible volunteers they supplied! Thank you also to Baltimore County Highways for supplying us with a dumpster for our cleanup. We would also like to send out a special thanks to National Park Service Ranger Marks and historian Robert Reyes who brought maps and photos to help highlight the historical significance of Bear Creek and the Battle of Northpoint during the war of 1812.
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Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linn. (family Malvaceae), known colloquially as the Chinese hibiscus, is an evergreen flowering shrub native to East Asia. It is also known as China rose and shoe flower. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant throughout the tropics and subtropics. The flowers are large, generally red in the original varieties, and firm, but generally lack any scent. Numerous varieties, cultivars, and hybrids are available, with flower colors ranging from white through yellow and orange to scarlet and shades of pink, with both single and double sets of petals.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis viene coltivato in piena terra solo nelle zone a clima invernale mite.Ha foglie ovali persistenti, di colore verde scuro lucido, fiori ad imbuto che fioriscono dalla primavera all'estate.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (famiglia Malvaceae), noto anche come ibisco cinese, è un arbusto sempreverde nativo dell'Asia orientale. E 'ampiamente coltivato come pianta ornamentale. I fiori sono grandi e senza profumo. Numerose le varietà, cultivar e ibridi con fiori dai colori che vanno dal bianco,al giallo e all'arancione,al rosso scarlatto e a tutte le sfumature del rosa, con doppie e singole serie di petali.
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This temple is dedicated to Sri Ranganatha (Lord Vishnu), as is the famous temple in Sri Rangam. Also worshiped here is Lakshmi, the consort of Lord Vishnu. There are many side temples including ones dedicated to the Alwars (Tamil Nadu Vaishnava saints), Sesa-sayi Ananta Sayanam with Lord Vishnu reclining on him, and Tirupati Balaji. Also worshiped in this temple are Lord Narasimha, Sita-Rama and Laksman, Venugopala and Ramanujacarya. This temple is managed by priests of the Sri Sampradaya, which begins from Sri Lakshmi, the goddess of fortune. This temple is constructed in the South Indian Dravidian style.
HISTORY
The construction of this temple began in 1845 and was completed in 1851, at the cost of 45 lakhs (4.5 million) rupees. It was built by Seth Radha Krishna and Seth Govindadasa of Chennai (Madras). This is the biggest temple in Vrindavana. The outer wall is 231m by 132m. This wall encloses a nice tank and garden. This temple has eight South Indian style gopurams. The main entrance to this temple is the western gate. There is a six-storey (31m) gopuram, which is completely covered by carvings. There is an 18m high flag staff (dhwaja stamba.
Worship Method The style of worship in this temple is the system established by Ramanujacarya and the worship is done by South Indian brahmanas.Earlier Non-Hindus (non-Indians) were not allowed enter the main temple area where the Deity is located, but now they can enter the courtyard If you are not an Indian, you can only enter the first two gateways.
In the month of Chaitra from the 2nd to 12th days of Krishna Chaitra (March-April) there is the huge Brahmotsava Festival of Sri Ranganatha. It is a ten-day festival in which the utsava murti (festival deity) is taken out on procession twice a day in the morning and evening. Over a hundred thousand people come to this festival. On the eighth day of Krishna Chaitra the processional Deity is pulled by devotees on a large 14m (45 ft) high cart from the Ranganath temple to Rangaji Garden, about 700m. The procession takes about 2½ hours. The cart festival is known as Ratha ka Mela. On the days when the main cart is not used, other vehicles are used to carry the Deities. There are fire-works on the tenth day of Krishna Chaitra. There is a variety of asanas (thrones) that are used to carry Lord Vishnu, which are placed on a smaller chariot. There is a Garuda, Hanuman, Surya (the Sun god), Chandra (the Moon god), a lion, an elephant and a horse.
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Red Jumpsuit, c. 1987–90, by L'homme bis
Patterned Suit, 1970, by Bill Blass
Leisure Suit and Shirt, 1970s, by Levi Strauss & Co. and J. C. Penney
Argyle Suit with Clear Cape and Skirt, fall 2008, by Thom Browne
Red Plaid Suit, spring/summer 1984, by Kenzo
"Disko, disco duck...Dii-iiscooo - disco duck"
So I drove my mountainbike over this flagstone path next to the church, passed by the boy-scouts shack and clubhouse and saw that the path turned.Near the turn the flagstone path ran alongside a small brooke with a couple of ducks sitting besides the brooke.I drove on (or is it I rode on when your driving a mountainbike?) and I saw a green lawn with hellish green,wet grass and little ducklings with a couple of their elders sleeping on the grass.At first, I didn't thought anything of it ( you've gotta know that my camera was strapped around my neck and was dangling around when I drove my bike...) I stopped and looked at the cuddly sleeping ducklings but the moment I had stopped, the little ducklings (and a few of their elders) started quacking, got up their feet (?) and started walking towards me.Maybe they wanted to be fed.Anyways, they where used to people thats for sure ! I grabbed the camera and started clicking away kinda franticly.The result is beautiful.These ducklings came nearly as close as my feet !!
Memorial dedicated to members of the Armed Forces of all nations who served in the Alness area - After 50 years of peace in Europe
May 8th 1995
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Mitchell Lane, Alness,
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American linden or bassword (Tilia americana). Dedicated to the memory of Jean Hillery and Thomas Quadros, Food Safety and Inspection Service Compliance Officers, who lost their lives in the line of duty June 21, 2000.
Plaque identifying a tree outside the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters (Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building), Washington, DC
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Used by Federal Register to accompany story ("National Organic Program:
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Used by Federal Register to accompany story ("Designation of Biobased Items for Federal Procurement: A Rule by the Agriculture Department" - February 4, 2011) at www.federalregister.gov/science-and-technology
Used by Federal Register to accompany story ("BioPreferred Program: A Rule by the Agriculture Department" - August 29, 2011) at www.federalregister.gov/
Church in Saint-Loup-de-NaudThe Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Loup at Naud, 8 km from Provins in Champagne in the east of France is distinguished by the outstanding sculptures in the porch of its great doorway, with an ambitious iconographic program in which Saint Loup mediates entry into the mystery of the Trinity. About 980, Sevinus, archbishop of Sens, made a gift to the Benedictine community of the abbey of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif at Sens of four altars in villa que dicitus Naudus, in honore sancti lupi consecratum—"in the demesne that is called Naud, consecrated in honor of Saint Loup"—betokening the presence of a shrine already on this site, a priory under the direction of the abbot of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif. Other documents mention Saint-Loup-de-Naud among the possessions of the abbey at Sens, seat of an archbishop with close political ties to the French Crown, who had Paris within his diocese. Thus, though it lay so close to Provins, a seat of the counts of Champagne and the abbey church was completed by Henri le Libéral, comte de Champagne, the priory at Saint-Loup-de-Naud looked to Sens for its patronage: a visit from the abbot is documented in 1120. In 1160/61 Hugues de Toucy, Archbishop of Sens, presented to the priory the relic of Saint Loup, brought from the abbey of Sainte-Colombe, to that community's dismay;[3] the sculpted portail with an iconography comparable to the royal portal at Chartres[4] was doubtless undertaken shortly thereafter, when pilgrimages brought wealth to the community.
The priory was laid waste by the English in 1432, during the Hundred Years' War and again by the Huguenots in 1567, during the French Wars of Religion.
This memorial to Jackson's fallen officers was dedicated a couple summers ago. The effort to create such a memorial was spearheaded by Jackson City Police Chief John Marshall. The stone was set by the Breathitt County Funeral Home. This series of images showcases photographs taken inside and out the Jackson City Hall building located at 333 Broadway, Jackson, KY 41339.
Dedicated in 1935, Valley of Fire is Nevada's oldest state park. It is located only 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. The rough floor and jagged walls of the park contain brilliant formations of eroded sandstone and sand dunes more than 150 million years old. These features, which are the centerpiece of the park's attractions, often appear to be on fire when reflecting the sun's rays
This weekend was dedicated to all things Scottish so there was a lot of plaid and kilts everywhere - and it was a very cold morning too. I spent most of the day just wandering around aimlessly. There are so many great photo ops that I'm very content with that.
I took these photos in mid-November 2016 at the Texas Renaissance Festival in Todd Mission, Texas, about 50 miles NW of Houston. I think this is the largest Renaissance Festival in the USA.
The Irish National War Memorial Gardens is an Irish war memorial in Islandbridge, Dublin, dedicated "to the memory of the 49,400 Irish soldiers who gave their lives in the Great War, 1914–1918", out of over 300,000 Irishmen who served in all armies.
The Memorial Gardens also commemorate all other Irish men and women who at that time served, fought and died in Irish regiments of the Allied armies, the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African and United States armies in support of the Triple Entente's war effort against the Central Powers.
Designed by the great memorialist Sir Edwin Lutyens who had already landscaped designed several sites in Ireland and around Europe, it is outstanding among the many war memorials he created throughout the world. He found it a glorious site. The sunken Garden of Remembrance surrounds a Stone of Remembrance of Irish granite symbolising an altar, which weighs seven and a half tons. The dimensions of this are identical to First World War memorials found throughout the world, and is aligned with the Great Cross and central avenue. Opposite to the Phoenix Park obelisk, it lies about three kilometres from the centre of Dublin, on grounds which gradually slope upwards towards Kilmainham Hill.
Old chronicles describe Kilmainham Hill as the camping place of Brian Boru and his army prior to the last decisive Battle of Clontarf on 23 April 1014. The Memorial was amongst the last to be erected to the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in World War I (Canada's National War Memorial was opened in 1939), and is “the symbol of Remembrance in memory of a Nation's sacrifice”.[ The elaborate layout includes a central Sunken Rose Garden composed by a committee of eminent horticulturalists, various terraces, pergolas, lawns and avenues lined with impressive parkland trees, and two pairs of Bookrooms in granite, representing the four provinces of Ireland, and containing illuminated volumes recording the names of all the dead.
At the north of the Gardens overlooking the River Liffey stands a domed temple. This also marks the beginning of the avenue leading gently upwards to the steps containing the Stone of Remembrance. On the floor of the Temple are an extract from the "War Sonnett II: Safety" by Rupert Brooke:
"We have found safety with all things undying,
The winds, and morning, tears of men and mirth,
The deep night, and birds singing, and clouds flying,
And sleep, and freedom, and the autumnal earth."
The Garden was subject to two Irish Republican paramilitary attacks. On Christmas night 1956 a bomb was placed at the base of its Stone of Remembrance and memorial cross and detonated, but the County Wicklow quarried granite withstood the blast with little damage. Another attempt was made to bring it down again with a bomb detonation in October 1958, which once more failed, resulting in superficial damage.
A subsequent lack of financing from the Government to provision its up-keep and care allowed the site to fall into dilapidation and vandalism over the following decades, to the point that by the late 1970s it had become a site for caravans and animals of the Traveller community, with the Dublin Corporation's refuse disposal office using it as a rubbish dump for the city's waste. In addition fifty years of storms and the elements had left their mark, with structural damage unrepaired to parts of the Garden's ornamentation.
In the mid-1980s economic and cultural shifts began to occur in Ireland which facilitated a regeneration of urban decay in Dublin, and the beginning of a change in the public's view of its pre-Irish Revolution national history and identity, which led to a project of restoration work to renew the park and gardens to their former splendour being undertaken by the Office of Public Works, co-funded by the National War Memorial Committee. On 10 September 1988 the fully restored Gardens were re-opened to the public, and formally dedicated by representatives of the four main Churches of Ireland, half a century after its creation.
A marble votive relief dedicated to Antinous. It was discovered in front of the vaulted entrance of the stadium of the ancient city of Philippopolis in Thrace. This attests to the cult of Antinous in the city, and its finding in the stadium proves that soon after his death, athletic games were held there to honour his memory.
The inscription on the relief reads:
Ἀντίνοον ἥρωα (to Antinous, the hero)
Shrewsbury Abbey, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, was founded as a Benedictine Monastery by Roger de Montgomery in 1083 as a place of Christian witness and worship on the site of an existing Saxon church. Today, this building is a place of great of historic significance. It has been visited on pilgrimages by Kings, held the first Parliament, and is currently the venue for the High Sheriff of Shropshire’s Legal Service. It has held a monastery, a garrison, a prison, a Saint, and is still in use as a Parish church today. It holds the effigies of nobles dating back from the Conqueror, and includes such notables as Richard Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons under Elizabeth I. Its windows and walls still bear the marks of musket-shot from Cromwell’s troops, as many statues bear the marks of his Reformation destruction. It is one of the few churches in England to have a surviving Royal Crest from the time of Charles I. It was split in half by Thomas Telford in 1836 to enable Irish M.P.s to travel to London more quickly, and its buildings are still split across that road today. In the 20th century, it became the home of the fictional Brother Cadfael, and now receives thousands of visitors a year who want to connect with the stories they have read of the Benedictines who lived in the Abbey. Its art, architecture and historical records make it a true English treasure, and an amazing resource for students of the past.
Scrobbesbyrig to the Saxons, the county town of Shropshire is first mentioned in a charter of 901. Shrewsbury is stunning historic town with over 660 listed buildings and some very strange street names - Dogpole and Mardol, Gullet Passage and Grope Lane.
According to the Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, "It takes a little exploration on foot to reveal the delights of this medieval town."
The ancient city owes its name to the most important Macedonian sanctuary dedicated to Zeus (Dios, "of Zeus"), leader of the gods who dwelt on Mount Olympus; as recorded by Hesiod's Catalogue of Women, Thyia, daughter of Deucalion, bore Zeus two sons, Magnes and Makednos, eponyms of Magnetes and Macedonians, who dwelt in Pieria at the foot of Mount Olympus.[4] Hence from very ancient times, a large altar had been set up for the worship of Olympian Zeus and his daughters, the Muses, in a unique environment characterised by rich vegetation, towering trees, countless springs and a navigable river. For this reason Dion was the "sacred place" of the Ancient Macedonians. It was the place where the kings made splendid sacrifices to celebrate the new year of the Macedonian calendar at the end of September. In the Spring, purification rites of the army and victory feasts were held.
The first mention of Dion in history comes from Thucydides, who reports that it was the first city reached by the Spartan general Brasidas after crossing from Thessaly into Macedon on his way through the realm of his ally Perdiccas II during his expedition against the Athenian colonies of Thrace in 424 BC. According to Diodorus Siculus, it was Archelaus I who, at the end of the 5th century BC when the Macedonian state acquired great power and emerged onto the stage of history, gave the city and its sanctuary their subsequent importance by instituting a nine-day festival of games that included athletic and dramatic competitions in honor of Zeus and the Muses, whose organisation was overseen by the Macedonian kings themselves.
Philip II and Alexander the Great celebrated victories here, and Alexander assembled his armies and performed magnificent sacrifices here on the eve of his campaign to Asia in 334BC.[5]
Many ancient authors speak of the sculptural bronze masterpiece by Lysippos made for Alexander depicting 25 mounted companions who fell at the Battle of the Granicus and later taken to Rome by Metellus.
A city was built adjacent to the sacred sites that acquired monumental form during the reigns of Alexander the Great's successors and Cassander took a great interest in the city erecting strong walls and public buildings, so that in Hellenistic times Dion was renowned far and wide for its fortification and splendid monuments. Dion and its sanctuary was destroyed in 219BC by Aetolian invaders but was immediately rebuilt by Philip V. Many of the dedications from the sanctuary that had been destroyed were buried in pits, including royal inscriptions and treaties, and these have been discovered recently.
Fortification wall
It fell to the Romans in 169BC and the city was given a new lease of life in 32/31BC when Octavian founded the Colony of COLONIA JULIA AUGUSTA DIENSIS here. It experienced its second heyday during the reigns of 2nd- and 3rd-century AD Roman emperors who were fond of Alexander the Great. Dion's final important period was in the 4th and 5th centuries AD when it became the seat of a bishopric. It was abandoned following major earthquakes and floods.
The modern village at the site was called Malathria until 1961, when it was renamed to Dio
Cropredy has ancient origins, a chapel in the church is dedicated to St Fremund, an anglo-saxon saint thought to be the son of King Offa. It's name combines the Old English croppe or hill and ridig, a small stream. The village is only a few miles from Banbury, in hilly country along the banks of the River Cherwell. Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries Cropredy belonged the Bishop of Lincoln. More recently Brasenose College, Oxford, has become a significant landlord giving it's name to the local pub.
Dramatic changes to centuries of agrarian life were heralded by the excavation of the Oxford canal which runs alongside the Cherwell south-east of the church. This busy waterway was superseded by the Great Western railway, the village even had it's own station until 1956.
Unusually Cropredy retains the ringing of the curfew bell, in Medieval times this was a signal to return home and 'cover their fires'. Roger Lupton local priest between 1487 and 1528 was so lost in dense fog that he could only find his way from nearby Chacombe by the ringing of Cropredy's bells. He founded a fund in gratitude which paid for the daily winding of the clock and tolling the bell morning, noon and night. The bell is still rung Tuesday and Thursday nights for five minutes after eight O'clock.
The village is best known for the Civil War 'Battle of Cropredy Bridge'. A rare Royalist victory at a time when the Parliamentary forces were in the ascendancy. In June 1644 the King slipped out of Oxford to avoid two Roundhead armies which were rapidly approaching. At this point the Earl of Essex chose to lead his army south and relieve the siege of Lyme Regis leaving Sir William Waller to pursue the King with half of the men. Waller shadowed the Royal army to Worcester only for the King to double back towards Banbury where the Parliamentary commander saw an opportunity to split the Royal forces which were strung out along the Daventry road. Waller's artillery crossed Cropredy bridge but were too far ahead of the infantry and were overrun. Fierce fighting followed but neither side achieved a significant advantage and a chance of capturing the King was lost. As children we were told stories of a phantom drummer boy.
Cropredy's most prominent claim to fame is their music festival founded when Fairport Convention played the village fete in 1976. Cropredy Music Festival grew from these modest beginnings and now attracts over 20,000 music fans every year.
St. Mary the Virgin is an impressive building constructed from the local rust-coloured ironstone. While part of the wall of the south aisle has been dated to c1050 the present church begins in the 13th century with significant 14th and 15th century additions. The south wall has two tomb recesses thought to be built for Simon de Cropredy and his son c1200. The church has an interesting 13th century parish chest and the chapel dedicated to the anglo-saxon saint Fremund has two 15th century screens, one of which has the initials AD which may stand for Alice Danvers. The nave arcading, tower and choir arches are Perpendicular in style with no capitals and continuous moulding from ground level. The tower is early 15th century with the belfry and parapets added 80 years later, There are eight bells, six from the late 17th century, two added in 2007 called Fairport and Villager. Fragments of a Doom survive above the chancel arch. The church has a 17th century pulpit and a rare pre-reformation eagle lectern which is said to have been hidden in the river before the Battle of Cropredy where it lost one of it's lion feet. The beak has a slot for collecting 'Peter's Pence'. There is a beautiful 15th century head of the Virgin Mary in stained glass which was found in the churchyard. There are two fonts, one Norman and one Victorian. In the tower is a magnificent clock by John Moore of Clerkenwell dated 1831.
Cropredy is just off the Daventry road a few miles from Banbury about an hour from Stratford-upon-Avon.
Members of the 50th Reunion class dedicated the new Class of 1965 Bunkhouse at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge on June 11, 2015. Built of locally sourced white pine, the new timber-frame structure can sleep 26 people, and will be Dartmouth's only winterized residence at Moosilauke.
(photo by Jeff Woodward)