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Taken from Sutton Bank, this shot seems as if it was in the clouds. The main trunk road in this area is very long and steep from top to bottom, and caravans and trailers are banned from using it. Behind the photographer is a gliding club taking full advantage of the atmospheric conditions created by this unique geography,
In sacred memory of the undermentioned members of this church and congregation who gave their lives in the cause of freedom during the Great War 1914-1919
Killed in action -
John Thornel; James Barley; Joe Godson; Thomas Jarrell ; Fred Jarrell; Bert Godson
The following also served in HM Forces: -
Walter Wether; Lionel Harris; Hargreaves Sutton; Frank Barley; George Barley; Percy Godson; Albert Woolams; Harry Compton; David Barley; Charles Godson; Harold Bartlett; Albert Taylor; William James Sutton
This scroll was placed in Sutton under Brailes parish church after the closure of Stourton Methodist chapel & dedicated in 1986 -Church of St Thomas A Beckett, Sutton Under Brailes Warwickshire
Sutton United
The Us
Gander Green Lane
Founded 1898
Capacity 14000
First Visit Poole Town FA cup 18/10/1980
Result Us 4 Town 1
Berger Istmian
I was very disappointed with how my photos of the sutton hoo helmet turned out so decided to use them as post processing practice.
St Michael, Sutton, Norfolk
Sutton is a pleasant if fairly ordinary village off the road between Stalham and Potter Heigham, but the church is away from it along narrow lanes that will eventually take you all the way to Ingham. I suppose that in the great scheme of things it is, like its village, a relatively insignificant church, very restored and without anything particularly exciting inside. But I remembered how much I had liked it when I'd passed this way fifteen years previously, and I had been looking forward to going back.
You approach from the east, the narrow chancel folding back the south aisle like a wing behind it, the bulky south porch failing to follow and standing proud. It rises rather surreally high above the south aisle, and was built right on the very eve of the Reformation as the typically 16th Century entrance suggests. But despite this and Herbert Green's familiarly dull restoration of the 1890s, much of the construction here is of the early 14th century, before the Black Death put a crimp in so many Norfolk church buildings and our hearts were still full of joy and light.
The font is contemporary with this building phase, and sits in an interior which is thoroughly clean and well-cared for. As I had remembered, it was a pleasure to sit here for a few moments. So many of the churches around here are full of wonders, all bells and whistles, but here is a simple village church, with details surviving from every century, every generation, doing what it does best - just being there.
'Sutton Hoo is the site of two Anglo-Saxon cemeteries dating to the 6th and early 7th centuries CE that is located near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. One contained an undisturbed ship burial including a wealth of Anglo-Saxon artefacts of outstanding art-historical and archaeological significance, which are now held in the British Museum in London. Other sites before then had already produced significant finds, but many had been looted.
Sutton Hoo is of a primary importance to early medieval historians because it sheds light on a period of English history which is on the margin between myth, legend and historical documentation. Use of the site culminated at a time when Rædwald, the ruler of East Anglia, held senior power among the English people, and played a dynamic if ambiguous part in the establishment of Christian rulership in England; it is generally thought most likely that he is the person buried in the ship. The site has been vital in understanding the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of East Anglia and the whole early Anglo-Saxon period.
The ship-burial, probably dating from the early 7th century and excavated in 1939, is one of the most magnificent archaeological finds in England for its size and completeness, far-reaching connections, the quality and beauty of its contents, and for the profound interest of the burial ritual itself...'
Plan of the church of St Thomas A Beckett, Sutton Under Brailes Warwickshire consists of a nave , chancel & south tower / porch. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/m1Z24j
The eastern part of the 12c nave remains from the original church . In early 13c a chancel was added to the east which was extended late 13c. Above the chancel arch are primitive carved heads of BVM and the child Jesus www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/45JCj7
The tower was built against the south wall of the nave in 14c with entrance porch below where hangs the ropes to ring the 5 bells all cast in 1701 by William and Robert Cor, bellfounders. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tF68e8
In 15c the nave was extended westwards and heightened with clerestory windows.
In 1879 there was a thorough restoration during which the interior walls were stripped and pointed, the west wall of the nave was rebuilt, and most of the furnishings and fittings replaced.
During recent years extensive repairs have been carried out to the roof and floor of the church, and in 1983 the bells were restored and rehung at a cost of £8000. In 1987 the building was rewired and new light fittings provided. There was major tower restoration in 2000.
According to the guide, the hamlet of Sutton with about 80 inhabitants is justly proud of the care it gives to its parish church.