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Cygnus the Swan region (Milky Way)
North America nebula at top. Konica TC SLR camera with 50mm f/1.4 lens set to 2.8. Lumicon minus violet filter. Exposure 12 minutes while tracked with an Astrokits quartz-stepper drive. Ektachrome Elite II 100 transparency film pushed 2 stops in development. Taken at Westhampton Beach, Long Island New York. Slide scanned with Plustek 7500i and processed with SilverFast 6.6
Some may question why shoot looking over the ocean when I could have driven the other way up north of NYC into the Catskills or further north. Mountain air is said to be more clear and far less humid than being on a beach. True, but my experience is the ocean view offers a 100% guarantee there will be no unwanted light of any kind. The dome of city lights can be seen on time exposures over one hundred miles away but the ocean has no cities. The air is thicker and more humid but it seems to have little to no effect on wide field images taken with an ordinary SLR camera. Having said that, my images taken in the Catskills came out fine as long as objects were well above the horizon.
What about salt laded ocean air getting into the camera? It's not an issue. Sure on some nights there was fairly strong winds coming directly from the ocean, but I was just far enough to avoid direct moisture, a few hundred feet. Plus I used my car as a wind block. While I wouldn't consider setting up a fixed photo observatory so close to the water, I had no problems with my gear being used there a dozen or so nights a year.
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Question mark sign in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden right across from the Walker Art Center. Goes perfectly with the new Writing Topic on red Ravine inspired by playwright and actor Anna Deavere Smith - 3 Questions. Read more about her work at red Ravine.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Field Number: IMG_7251
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I have some itchy fingers for sewing, but I'm a bit stuck on what to sew.. what would you like to see here?
I still have the commission list going, but I'm not sure what turns life is going at the moment so I don't feel like I can start it up just yet.. sorry for everyone waiting on it. It is very much on my mind.
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We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. - Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
Texture from Paurian's Art Textures
I wouldn't normally post a photo with such awful backlighting, but this one was hard to pass up. A boy is looking up at a woman who towers over him threatening to snuff out his torch. Is she the angel of death? Does she have to make room on earth for the baby on her left arm? And what is the kid grabbing with his left hand?
This sculpture is actually called Mother. It was commissioned from Albin Polasek by the cemetery for it's 50th anniversary in 1927. So maybe she's protecting the older child's torch even as a new sibling has joined the family.
Soon, when my Red Hood story line is over, my Scarecrow comics will be on a small hiatus. So, my question is, while that is happening... Should I make comics about Mystic? Comment below your thoughts!
~Scarecrow
Here is my latest drawing! I'm just a hobbyist! I've obviously taken no art classes and don't have a steady hand, nor am I good at perspective, but I still try to create cool images! This is supposed to be on another planet where the planet's crust has just formed. The life on it came from another planet and is very advanced. This particular colony is one of the less developed of the entire species, but it's still impressive to us. The moon-like things in the background are other colonies of the same species living in satellites around the newly crusted planet. They are in a decreasing series because many are under construction still in that order. The mountains in the background are newly formed and have yet to be eroded. The architecture is inspired by humans and is slightly gothic and greek! The sky looks like it is breaking because the upper atmosphere is very violent and sediments are being dispersed in super-super-super tornado like things.
~QUESTION OF THE DAY~
Have you ever had that a random person starts talking to you? Or that someone says something and you're like "What?" but after saying "What?" three times you just laugh.
Insert funny stories below.
Fire chief having some final instructions and asking if there are any questions. (I went through this school 17 years ago and am now driving one of the firetrucks.)
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The Egg or the Biscuit? Great thinkers across time remain baffled and, if we're honest, a little intimidated.
We're Here consider the biscuit today, in all its crumbly magnificence.
Tripod-mounted & filter-free & remote-triggered & mostly lit by a Speedlite on a stick.
No that wasn't a question! I want you to like my legs! If wanting isn't sufficient, then I demand that you like my legs!
This snug fitting strapless black & gold minidress that came from coquetryclothing.com.
I've matched it up with my super shiny Platino Cleancut 15 denier pantyhose over Hanes Alive Barely There pantyhose and my 5½" black patent pumps.
To see more pix of me in other tight, sexy and revealing outfits click this link:www.flickr.com/photos/kaceycdpix/sets/72157623668202157/
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The question isn't where I took this photo—that's easy, at the Haight Street Art Center at 215 Haight Street—and I urge everybody to go see the phenomenal Herb Greene retrospective exhibit which is up until May 28th! The question is: Where did Herb Greene take this famous photo during the Summer of Love?
A prtty goddess straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
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Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty, Tall Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty, Tall Blond Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess in Seaside Bluff Cliff! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3
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Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown / Blond Hair!
And here're a couple of HD video movies I shot of the goddess with the 4K Sony:
Enjoy! Be sure to watch in the full 1080P HD!
The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).
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Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Odyssey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!
Welcome to your epic hero's odyssey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Odyssey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic odyssey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Truth, Beauty, and the Light of Physicist Dr. E's Moving Dimensions Theory's dx4/dt=ic . The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c. Ergo relativity, time, entropy, and entanglement.
New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!
Ask me any questions! :)
Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown Black Hair!
All the best on your Epic, Homeric, Heroic Odyssey into the Art of Photography from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Dynamic Dimensions Theory's First Law and equation: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c: dx4/dt=ic.
Check out my macro photos HERE
I frequently get asked about my macro gear, so here are some details about what I use. Most of my gear is pretty basic and inexpensive. The extension tubes are a great way to turn your kit lens into a macro lens at a fraction of the cost and all the items featured here cost less than $45 each (with the exception of the Nikon D3100 & 18-55mm lens).
Note: The photos used as examples in this post have been added to the comments section below.
Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens: Varies, but most often my Nikon AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.
Extension Tubes: Generic Nikon AF Extension Tubes (Ebay)
Set of 3 (12mm, 20mm & 36mm) total 68mm when used together
Flash: Generic i-TTL flash (Amazon)
Teleconverter: Vivitar Series 1 2x AF 7-Element Teleconverter (Ebay)
Flash Cable: 10' flash extension cable (Amazon)
Sometimes I use a mini tripod from the dollar store to hold the flash in position. Other times I use a flashlight to add some extra light.
I have a set of manual extension tubes that work well and were excellent to learn with but I use my set of AF extension tubes more often. I don't use auto focus when shooting macro; however, the AF extension tubes allow the metering and flash to function which give me a more consistent exposure. It also makes it much easier to get a good macro shot.
I also use a teleconverter to increase the magnification ratio but it is not necessary. The extension tubes paired with my kit lens (18-55mm) give me a usable magnification ratio of about 1.65:1. Adding a 2x teleconverter between the extension tubes and camera body increase the magnification ration to about 3.3:1 (2 x 1.65:1)
Generally, the magnification ratio of a macro photo is 1:1 or greater. This means that the size of the subject when projected on the image sensor would be life size or greater. Imagine taking a photo of a ruler at a magnification ratio of 1:1, the width of the image would be that same width as the image sensor in the camera. For example, a Nikon D3100 image sensor is only 23.1mm across, so an image captured at a magnification ration of 1:1 would only show 23mm of the ruler. So, at magnification ratios of 1.65:1 and 3.3:1 you would get images that were larger than life size and they would only show 14mm and 7mm of the ruler, respectively. (Hopefully this wasn't too confusing)
When taking macro photos, you will generally be working with a limited depth of field (DOF). The DOF is the area of the photo that is sharp and in focus. In the macro range this is usually only a few cm or mm and in general, the DOF will decrease as the magnification ratio increases. In my water drop photo below, the DOF is the area across the leaf, where the largest water drop is in focus. There are several ways to increase the DOF such as stopping down the aperture or using a focus stack.
Stopping down the aperture:
You know how you normally would open the aperture all the way to get that nice out of focus blur and bokeh in the background of your photo? Well, in macro, you want to do the opposite. The DOF can be increased slightly by stopping down the aperture; however, this is at the expense of light. So, when stopping down the aperture, you will need an extra light source (flash or flashlight) to ensure the photo is properly exposed. In my water drop photo, the aperture was stopped down to f/36 to give me enough DOF to get the large water drop in focus and a flash was used to provide the required light.
Focus Stacking:
Focus stacking is an advanced technique that can be used to increase the DOF. This is done by taking many photos of the same subject, each photo would have a different plane of focus and you would stack them with software such as Photoshop. The end result would be the sum of all the in-focus pieces from each of the individual photos, giving you a sharp and in-focus image. My photo below of an ant is an example of a focus stack macro stacked from 29 photos.
Thanks for taking the time to read this. Hopefully it will give you a better understanding of macro photography and encourage you to take some macros of your own. Please post any questions in the comments below and I will do my best to answer them.
Thanks for checking out my photostream!
-Nick
Fab pants in new, perfect condition, only worn once.
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I'm thinking of repainting these figs. Should I? If so, what colors or camouflages?
Also, I ordered from BrickWarriors last night (11:37 I think it was ;P) and I'm getting:
4 pairs of much needed Black Vambraces,
5 Mystery Packs,
1 Black Muscled Cuirass,
and 1 Steel lobster Armor
Thanks BrickWarriors!
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Haii people xD So, I got a lot of questions from my friends, so I thought I would start this one off! Here we go :3 Oh yeah, this photo I took in the mall a few days ago xD
Who was your first Bratz doll? My first doll was First Edition Cloe. But, she's gone now, and I'm still looking for one in a good condition.
What's up with you and Blondie? xD Well, we talk in school a tad, and we text alot, but I'm afraid to get close to him like I was. Let's just say his girlfriend wants me to jump out of an airplane....without a parachute.
Who would bully you? That's a good question. Honestly, I think it's the people that are prissy and bitchy. Why? Because I'm different. I don't like being a stuck up slut. I like being a freak.
How many dolls do you have? Well, in total with every type of doll I have....I'd say around 150, maybe more O_O
When will results be up? Results will be up before the weekend :) Just school got in the way again ._.
How are you doing? I'm doing pretty good, just tired xD
Why do you have better taste in music than me? xD! I didn't know I did x3
Do you like jerkey? Weell...I'm a vegitarian so...no xD
Why am I asking so much? Because you can xD
What's your fave movie? Hmmm....I like all the National Treasures, Goonies, all Pokemon movies, and Love and Other Drugs. I can't choose one xD
Whos your celeb crush? Avan Jogia <333333333333333333333
What kind of socks are you wearing? I don't have any socks on :O
Who's your fave MH? Either Frankie or Ghoulia :D
Whos your fave bratz doll? In my collection...It's a tie between Jenna and Misty :)
Do you like the 10/10/10 Bratz better than the Bratz now? Nope, I hate almost all the new Bratz right now. I don't like the body shape, nor the faceups. I usually buy for clothing. xD
How long is your hair? It goes down to the bottom of my back...Idk how long that is exactally >.>
What is your religion? I'm Protestant, but I don't go to church...I'm not really a die hard religious girl, but I (for the most part) believe in God, Jesus, etc.
Whos your fave singer? Taylor Swift :D If you ask me what band, I will not be able to tell you. I will combust.
What pets do you have? I have a 28 year old slider/box/mud (we really don't know xD) turtle named Mr. T, and a Domestic Shorthaired cat that's 2 years old. Her name is Little Miss Kitters ^O^
Do you have any deformaties? I started laughing when I read this question xD I AM NOT AN ANIMAL. I AM A HUMAN BEING. (old movie reference xD) And well...Hmm....the whites of my eyes aren't white. They're a light blue. My doctor said it's because I was supposed to be blue eyed, but it faded and just never really...left. xD And I'm short. xD I can't think of any others!
If you had to eat either 16 raw steaks, or 500 Fire Ants, which would you pick? Uhhmm...Again, being a vegitarian I can't eat the steaks...So...I'm stuck with Fire Ants a la EWW. xD
What is your wishlist for Bratz dolls? I have many on the list, I'll make a seperate photo for that. But, my number one doll right now is Sweet Dreams Sierra I believe :D
How do you cut doll hair? I'm really not that good at it xD I usually brush it out, get it wet, straighten it, then cut to the length I want to. If I screw it all up, I figure out some way to make it work.
How do you get rid of bangs on a bratz doll? I just cut them off as close to the roots, then I go back with a nail clipper and rip out the little pieces left. xD
Please, ask more questions so I can do another photo! :D
Trending Now Series: 7 of 7
Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - Google, USA
This image brings an end to my thoroughly unscientific and inaccurate trending series. I originally came up with the idea hoping to shine a light on the mindset of our society and the things they find interesting or want to know more about. This leads to questions of WHY do people find these things interesting…and who is generating this interest? Take from it what you will…I’m sure my interpretation is different from yours. Either way, I hope you enjoyed my little experiment. My head is swimming with ideas for another. :)
BTW…I mostly used the Google search engine only because I couldn’t find a better alternative.
The same questions, just another angle.
Agfa Super Silette
with Agfa Color-Apotar 45mm f3.5
Gossen Sixtino 2 light meter
Agfaphoto APX 100 shot at ISO 200
Compard R09 One Shot 1+100 semi-stand development 60 min at 19°C
Agitation 1 min + 10 sec at 30min
Helsinki, Finland 2024
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Dans le fond, qui se travestit : Julien ou Émilie ? Je ne vous cache pas que la question est rhétorique, surtout que derrière ces prénoms se cache une seule et unique personne. Dans une société parfaite et imaginaire, je me réveillerais les orteils peints. Au boulot, on me ferait remarquer que mon liner déchire. Et je libérerais mes petons de leurs escarpins trop serrés dans les transports en commun, attention aux odeurs. Mais dans la vie réelle, dans notre triste société, tout cela n’est qu’un doux rêve. Et pourtant, la seule chose qui me ferait plaisir, ce serait d’être moi-même, uniquement être moi-même.
Sweet berries ready for two ghosts are no different than you.
Ghosts are now waiting for you.
Are you...
Are you...
Dreaming! Dreaming the night! Dreaming all right!
Do we! Do we know, when we FLY?
When we, when we go
Do we die?
It's been a painstaking process but the roads in the CBD area of Studney are almost finished, they're not perfect but I have plenty of vehicles to cover any rough patches.
Comments, criticism and questions are welcome, and keep an eye out for more.
One of the advantages of reposting shots of churches elsewhere, has shown me those I did not do well and would have to go back to.
One of the most significant ones was Upper Hardres, pronounced Hards, where half the shots in the album are of the rather fabulous porch.
So, here I was this morning, trying to get inside.
Key can be found at (name) farm. Only no directions as to where the farm might be.
So after checking nearby, I went to the car to cruise the mean streets of Upper Hardres, until I found the farm in question.
I had tried calling, but poor reception meant calls could not connect.
Anyway, I went to the farm door, rang the bell, and a very nice lady said she was going to the church anyway, to clean the brasses.
Win!
So, I met her outside the porch, and once inside I left her polishing the lectern, while I went round to get my shots.
Very nice glass, although mostly fragments, and in the east window 14th century glass from Stelling when they went all nonconformist.
Several fine memorials and some very old brasses too, but the oldest is hidden, but a rubbing can be seen.
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Drastically damaged in a fire in 1972, the church has been restored. Built as is usual in this part of the county of flint with ragstone dressings, its stands on a plateau between two steep valleys. The tower stands on the south of the church, with only a plain parapet to distinguish its otherwise defensive appearance. The east wall has a pair of thirteenth century lancet windows – tall and deeply splayed internally, which contain some outstanding 14th century glass, restored in the last century by Canterbury Cathedral glaziers. There are also come interesting monuments in the church. The brass to a former priest here, John Strete, dates from the early fifteenth century and depicts him kneeling in prayer. The prayer is carried up on a scroll to St Peter and St Paul, patrons saints of the church. In the chancel is a large monument in alabaster to Thomas Hamon (d 1684). It has to be said that it is not one of the county`s better monuments of the period. However in the south aisle is something altogether finer – a memorial to the last baronet of the Hardres family, Sir William, who died in 1764. This fine architectural tablet has in its pediment a portrait medallion of the deceased. The inscription describes him as `just, benevolent and charitable`.
www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Upper+Hardres
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UPPER HARDRES
OR Hardes, as it is usually pronounced, written formerly Great, and High Hardres, and sometimes Much Hardres, lies the next parish south-eastward from Lower Hardres. The greatest part of it in the upper half hundred of Bridge, but there is a small part, on the eastern side, in the hundred of Loningborough, which is within the manor of Eleham. There is only one borough in this parish, viz. that of Upper Hardres.
THE PARISH is a very lonely and unfrequented place, situated on high ground among the hills, having large tracts of woodland on each side of it. The Stonestreet way runs along the valley, near the western boundary of it; the soil of it is very poor, consisting mostly of either chalk, or a hungry red earth, covered with sharp slint stones. Hardres-court stands on high ground, a most retired and sorlorn situation, and for some years past an almost deserted habitation; near it is the church and parsonage. There is no village, but at some distance further, near Stelling and the Minnis, there is a hamlet of cottages called Bossingham.
THE MANOR OF UPPER HARDRES, written in Domesday as it is now pronounced, Hardes, was at the time of taking that survey, in 1080, part of the possessions of Odo, bishop of Baieux, under the title of whose lands it is thus entered in it:
The bishop of Baieux himself holds in demesne Hardes. It was taxed at two sulings. The arable land is four carucates. In demesne there is one, and nine villeins with two carucates. There is a church and five servants. Wood for the pannage of twenty bogs. In the time of king Edward the Consessor it was worth seven pounds, and afterwards one hundred shillings, now seven pounds, and yet it pays ten pounds. Eduin held it of king Edward.
Four years after which, the bishop was disgraced, and all his estates consiscated. After which the seignory or see paramount of this manor was granted to Rich. Fitz-Gilbert, whose descendants took the name of Clare, and became earls of Gloucester and Hertford. Of them the manor of Hardres was again held by a family who assumed their surname from it; for in the record quoted by Somner as Domesday, Robert de Hardes is said to have then held land of the archbishop, as of his manor of Liminge, and probably, therefore, resided here as early as the year 1080, the 15th of the Conqueror's reign. His descendants bore for their arms, Gules, a lion rampant, ermine, debruised with a chevron, or, in token of their holding this manor by knight's service, of the castle of Tunbridge, which was the antient seignory of the Clares, earls of Gloucester; these being an allusion to their arms, which were Or, three chevrons, gules; (fn. 1) and they continued the possessors of this manor, and to reside here, down to Thomas Hardres, for so the name was then, and had been for a long time written. He was with king Henry VIII. at the siege of Bullein, in France, and for his service there was permitted to bring from thence the gates of that city, which still remain at Hardres-court, in the garden wall, opposite the church; and the king on his return lay here two nights, and as a further mark of his favour, left his dagger, which was very lately preserved in the house. He died in 1556, holding this manor in capite by knight's service, whose lands were disgavelled by the act of 31 Henry VIII. His two sons dying both s.p. this manor came to his brother Richard Hardres, who afterwards resided here, where he kept his shrievalty in the 30th year of Elizabeth, whose son Sir Thomas Hardres married Eleanor, daughter and heir of Henry Thoresby, esq. master in chancery, by whom he had Richard, his successor here; Thoresby, who left issue; Peter, D. D. prebendary of Canterbury, and Sir Thomas, king's sergeant-at-law, ancestor of John Hardres, of Canterbury, M. P. for that city in several parliaments of queen Anne's, and in George I.'s reigns, whose two daughters and coheirs, Martha and Pledwell, both lately died unmarried there, which branch bore the arms without the chevron. Richard Hardres, esq. the eldest son of Sir Thomas, was first knighted, and afterwards made a baronet in 1642, in whose descendants, baronets and residents at Hardrescourt, this manor continued down to Sir William Hardres, bart. who died possessed of it, s.p. in 1764, and by his will devised it to his widow Frances, one of the daughters and coheirs of John Corbet, esq. of Salop, on whose death intestate in 1783, it became vested in her heirs, who were her four sisters and their representatives, in like manner as has been already fully mentioned before, under Stelling, and they are in manner as is there mentioned, at this time jointly entitled, in undivided shares, to the possession of this manor and seat. A court baron is held for this manor.
THE MANOR OF LINSORE, alias LINCHESOER, lies in the south-east part of this parish, in a deep vale, called from it Linsey-bottom, enveloped with woods on the rising hills on each side of it. It was given by Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, by the name of the land called Licesora, to Winhere, abbot of St. Augustine's, for seventy marcs in money. (fn. 2) Before the taking the survey of Domesday, it was granted away by one of the abbots, in fee-ferme, by which it was held by R. Clifford, of the abbot. After which, in king Richard the IId.'s reign, it was held in like manner by the family of Garwinton, whence it was sold to Clarke, and at the beginning of Henry VIII. was alienated by Hugh Clark to Thomas Beal, gent. of Canterbury, and he, anno 7 of that reign, vested it in feoffees, who sold it to William Brent, of Wilsborough, whose son Robert Brent, esq. of that place, dying s.p. anno 12 Elizabeth, devised it by will to Thomas Brent, of Charing, and he dying s.p. likewise in 1612, gave this manor by his will to his nephew Richard Dering, esq. of Pluckley, son of Margaret his sister, by John Dering, esq. late of Surrenden, in whose descendants it continued till king Charles I.'s reign, when Sir Edward Dering, bart. became possessed of it, at which time he describes it as having no mansion belonging to it; that there were the foundations of an old chapel in the middle of Lynsore wood, called then Sir Thomas Garwinton's chapel; that it was reported to have been all plain ground, till the contests between the houses of York and Lancaster, when the country being drained of its inhabitants, no one was left to till the ground, and it became wood, and so remained at that time. He sold it to William Young, yeoman, of Goceston, in whose descendants it remained till Mr. Peter Young, gent. of Ashford, dying about the year 1787, his only daughter and heir entitled her husband the Rev. Edward Norwood, to the possession of it, and he is the present owner of it.
There are no parochial charities; but Mrs. Denward, of Hardres-court, has, at her own expence, within these few years, built and endowed a free school in this parish, for the teaching of the children of it to read and write. The poor constantly relieved are about ten, casually as many.
THIS PARISH is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Bridge.
The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, consists of two isles and two chancels, having a low flat tower on the south side, in which are three bells. The church is small, and seems antient. In the high chancel, which is as long as the church, is the burial place of the family of Hardres, where are several monuments and gravestones, some with brasses for them. A monument for David Jones, A.M. another, with the figure of a man lying at full length, for Thomas Hamon, youngest son of William, of Acrise, obt. 1651. A stone, with figures, inscription, and ornaments in brass, for John Strete, once rector, ob. 1404. In the south chancel a monument and several gravestones, most of which have brasses, for the Hardres's. In several of the windows are remains of painted glass, but all much defaced. In the east window of the high chancel there were, within these few years, the arms of Clare, Or, three chevrons, gules. In the south part of the church-yard is a tomb for George Sherwin, gent. obt. 1675; arms, A pelican wounding its breast. The church is kept very neat and clean, and has been lately repaired and beautified, at the expence of Mrs. Denward, of Hardres-court. When the altar was raised and new-paved, the gravestones were removed, which had once figures and inscriptions in brass, which had been all long since gone, but were probably for some of the family of Hardres. The rest of the chancel is paved with small square tiles, coloured red and yellow.
¶The church of Upper Hardres, with the chapel of Stelling annexed, seems to have continued in the patronage of the lords of the seignory of the manor, long after the manor itself had been granted away by them; for it appears by the inquisition taken after the death of Hugh de Audley, earl of Gloucester, anno 21 Edward III. that he died possessed of sixpence annual rent in Hardres, together with the advowson of this church, by which rent it must be understood, that this rectory was then esteemed a manor; and a like inquisition was found after the death of Edmund, earl of Stafford, lord likewise of this seignory, anno 4 king Henry IV. Not long after which, the patronage of it became vested in the Hardres family, since which it has continued in the same owners as the manor of Upper Hardres, and is now, with it, the property of the heirs of lady Hardres, deceased, being her four sisters, or their representatives, as has been more fully mentioned before.
It is valued in the king's books, with the chapel of Stelling, at 19l. 13s. 1½d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 19s. 3¼d. (fn. 3) In 1588 it was valued at seventy-seven pounds, communicants one hundred. In 1640 at ninety pounds, and the like number of communicants.
William Durrant, rector of this church anno 1549, purchased fifteen acres of land in this parish, which were conveyed to trustees for his use, and his successors, rectors of this church.
Peter Hardres, D. D. by his will in 1678, devised to his nephew Thomas Hardres, clerk, his study of books, with a desire that he would leave the same to the person who should succeed him in the parsonage of Great Hardres, in case his said nephew should succeed him in it, and so successively to the rector of this church for the time being.
by Francis de Tuem
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