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St Giles church in Nether Whitacre possess a short red sandstone west tower of 16th century date, but was otherwise entirely rebuilt in the 1870s, with nave and chancel (plus north chapel/vestry) very much of their time.
It is however worth visiting for some small elements of 14th century glass and a wall monument of 1775 (in the vestry so normally difficult to see)..
It is also, happily, one of the very few churches in the north of Warwickshire that are kept regularly open and welcoming to visitors.
The real treasure of Nether Whitacre church is this superb early 14th century kneeling angel using a censer, situated in the tracery of the south chancel window.
It appears to be in reasonably good condition and has an especially fine head.
It is possibly a composite of two mirror image tracery figures from the old church since parts of the present figure (notably his lower half) appear to be painted on the outer face, suggesting they had been reversed at some stage.
The church of St Peter & St Paul at Nether Heyford is tucked away down a quiet lane and at first sight appears fairly modest by some standards with its simple squared-off tower and it's delightful caramel-coloured stonework.
The building is largely 14th century with later alterations and within is surprisingly spacious with an emphasis on width rather than height. The internal walls refreshingly retain their plaster, lightening the interior considerably (along with mostly clear-glazed windows). The most notable features here are the medieval Mauntell brass in the sanctuary and a fine mid-16th century wall monument to the Morgan family in the south aisle.
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The church appears to be open and welcoming to visitors.
The village of Nether Winchendon beneath stormy clouds and a hovering bird of prey - probably a red kite. 30th March 2013.
These pictures do not belong to me, they belong to Lego. These sets were revealed at Comic-Con. Source: Brickset
Netherdale, the home ground of RBS Premiership rugby union club Gala. Formed in 1876, Gala moved in 1962 to this ground, built at a cost of £20,000. Technically, it is New Netherdale.
Sedos presents Jennifer Haley’s award-winning thriller The Nether
Bridewell Theatre
26-30 September 2017
www.sedos.co.uk/2017/nether.htm
Photo by Stephen Russell
Ursula first wife of Richard Hutton 1648 who died c1635 shortly after the birth of her daughter Ursula who died in her infancy. Ursula was the daughter of Sir Edmund Sheffield, son of 1st Earl of Mulgrave
Ursula was named after her grandmother Ursula daughter of Sir Robert Tyrwhitt 1581 and Elizabeth Oxenbridge flic.kr/p/q3fcSg
Sedos presents Jennifer Haley’s award-winning thriller The Nether
Bridewell Theatre
26-30 September 2017
www.sedos.co.uk/2017/nether.htm
Photo by Stephen Russell
While trying to make my way to a portal construction site I was planning in the Nether, I saw this glowstone growth way above me.
With my graphics card upgraded today (yay!), I felt more confident about venturing up there without frame-rate issues hampering my progress, but I was still concerned that there would be a gaping hole into a lava lake, once I'd got up close to the glowstone.
There are times when I like to be wrong, and this is one of them! The ground is lovely and flat, with no precipitous drops nearby to give me sweaty palms (I get those a lot in the Nether, and not from standing near lava...).
Mind you, knowing my karma, I'll hack one out, and be met with a new lava fall that I can admire for the few remaining seconds of my avatar's life...
UPDATE: No problems mining it, and I ended up with 32 glowstone dust. Nice.
Nether Hill is the smaller rounder peak to the right of the summit of Arthur's Seat. In terms of the summer solstice sunset with the sun behind Ben Lawers (my so far unverified suspicion) Nether Hill is I believe a bit closer to the astronomically correct position. The line from there to Ben Lawers passes (at least very close to) through this stone on Calton Hill.
I first posted a quickly cropped ex-camera jpeg of this image, just to show the place. Ex-camera jpegs from my Sony A350 tend to be of very good quality in good lighting conditions, and can't be much improved on by rummaging about in the RAW image file. In this case the ex-camera jpeg was complimented on its excellent image quality, So it's a good text example to see what improvement (if any) processing with care from RAW can do.
This is the result. There is a little more detail resolution present, most obviously in the foreground figure which is in focus. The background is slightly out of focus, so little if any significant extra detail there. In the previous quickly cropped jpeg image I simply downsized by 50% linearly in order to sharpen up the out of focus hill. That inevitably lost some of the detail present in the sharply focused smoker. And in preparing the new image there's more detail in the smoker, but it's at least nearly all lost by the severe downsizing necessitated by the out of focus background.
Hey, it was a quickly snatched shot to get the moment of ignition! To get both figure and hill really sharp I would have had to use a tripod and wait for the figure to stop moving quickly. This is one of those situations where the moment is so important you simply have to make the most the best of what technique and technology can be brought to bear in a split second. So as a fair comparison I've downsized the new image by 50% too. In effect that's turned my 14MP camera into a 3.5MP camera -- just a rather good 3.5MP camera :-)
I've improved the rendition of the clouds, improved the contrast on the hill, and stopped the loss of colour in the bright sun facing parts of the figure's face. There's also more detail in the bright white of the tent in middle distance. So in those specific technical ways I've improved the image quality. However, it's arguable that in doing so I've made the image less natural -- I've lost the glare of the sun which washed out the colour of the face front, the tent, and so on.
So it's really not clear to me that in spending some time rummaging out some aspects of extra image quality from RAW I've actually improved it. Compare this one with the previous ex-camera jpeg and tell me what you think.
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St Nicholas
Church of England
Early 13th century church, located in the centre of the village, and listed as one of Simon Jenkin's 'England's Thousand Best Churches'.
The Nave
The Nave
Looking West. Showing the Box Pews and Musician's Gallery.
01.08.09 Nether Craig Campsite - Aylth Scotland.
After some ringing about we managed to book this campsite. Brilliant helpfull people who run the site. Also very clean, tidy quiet site, the only fault was, its a bit out of the way. (for us) But insaying that I would use the site as a stopover to the Highlands.
St Nicholas
Church of England
Early 13th century church, located in the centre of the village, and listed as one of Simon Jenkin's 'England's Thousand Best Churches'.
The Nave
Ten Commandments
Located on the north wall at the west end.
Sedos presents Jennifer Haley’s award-winning thriller The Nether
Bridewell Theatre
26-30 September 2017
www.sedos.co.uk/2017/nether.htm
Photo by Stephen Russell
A brief incursion over the Leicestershire border brought us to Nether Broughton and its attractive ironstone church of St Mary. We were of course too late to see inside (though it probably wouldn't have been open anyway being in a different and less visitor-friendly diocese) but did explore it externally at least.
The stonework is quite dramatically eroded in places, particularly on the tower (where the pale limestone decorative elements and parapet are holding up well while the honey-coloured ironstone appears to be significantly less hardy). The windows of the church appears to be glazed entirely with plain textured glass.
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075069-church-of-st-mary-...
Located on the high street in this attractive village which is famed for having a house once lived in by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The tollhouse is available for holidays see:
www.ruralretreats.co.uk/rr/properties/property.jsf?ref=SO025
A brief incursion over the Leicestershire border brought us to Nether Broughton and its attractive ironstone church of St Mary. We were of course too late to see inside (though it probably wouldn't have been open anyway being in a different and less visitor-friendly diocese) but did explore it externally at least.
The stonework is quite dramatically eroded in places, particularly on the tower (where the pale limestone decorative elements and parapet are holding up well while the honey-coloured ironstone appears to be significantly less hardy). The windows of the church appears to be glazed entirely with plain textured glass.
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101075069-church-of-st-mary-...
Sedos presents Jennifer Haley’s award-winning thriller The Nether
Bridewell Theatre
26-30 September 2017
www.sedos.co.uk/2017/nether.htm
Photo by Stephen Russell