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Ss Peter and Paul is an odd place. It is situated on an escarpment overlooking the Romney Marsh, beside the military canal, yet it doesn't feel like a marsh church.
To get to it, you have to either drive or walk through a working churchyard, down a tall hedge-lined lane to the church gate, and as you pass through, to the right you see a farm sitting inside what is clearly a moat.
A bell sits in a frame near the ground, no longer hanging in the bellcote.
Its not quite as primitive as nearby Bonnington, as it has electricity, but has view along the down and over the canal to the marsh, though that was lost in mist this day.
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Over the south door is a blocked round-headed window, a sure sign that this was a Norman nave, although the current chancel is a thirteenth century addition. The short tower is fifteenth century. The latter was never completed and was finished off with a timber belfry. The east windows are the result of the nineteenth century restoration and are somewhat shorter than if they had been original thirteenth century work. There is a fine Royal Arms of 1774 and a lovely reredos by Kruger Gay - rather reminiscent of the work of Ninian Comper.
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BILSINGTON.
THE remaining parishes in this hundred lie for the most part on the clay-hills above the Marsh. The next of which, adjoining to Newchurch northward, is Bilsington, called in Domesday, Bilsvitone. The upper part of it on the hill, together with the church; is within the jurisdiction of the justices of the county; and the lower or southern part, which is below the hill, within the level of Romney Marsh, and the liberty and jurisdiction of the justices of it.
THIS PARISH is mostly situated on the clay hills, on the side of which the road leads from Limne through Bonnington hither, and so on to Ruckinge and Warehorne. The village stands on it, at a place called Bilsington cross, below which southward there is near half a mile plough-land down to the Marsh, a very little distance from which, near the foot of the hill, is the church. Close to the west end of the church-yard is the court lodge of Bilsington inferior manor, having a deep moat round it, filled with water. The remains of the priory are near half a mile northward of the above road, pleasantly situated, having a fine view over the Marsh southward. The house of the farm is formed out of the ruins of the priory. There is the stone work of a large window over the porch at the west end, and another at the east end, and two more on the south side. At the south east corner is a higher building, of three stories, with very small windows, and a circular stone stair case. Adjoining to it there seem to have been other buildings contiguous on the north side, and many foundations have been dug up thereabout. Near it there is a piece of land, called the church-yard, but there are no bones, not any figns of a burial place. It is all built of stone. Mr. Blechinden, the tenant, who lives in it, is descended from those of Aldington, where several of his family lie buried. If the church stands due east and west, the priory house stands seemingly south-southeast and north-north-west, I should otherwise think the present house was the chapel of the priory. There is much wood northward above the priory, belonging to that estate, and more eastward nearer to Bonnington. The soil is in general a very stiff clay, but towards Bonnington there is some little sand at different places. From Bilsington-cross northward by Broadoak and Mersham, is the high frequented road, and the only tolerable one from thence and this part of the county to Ashford. The upper or southern part of this parish is in the district of the Weald.
A fair is kept here yearly on July 5, which, before the alteration of the stile, was on Midsummer-day. It was formerly called Woodcock fair.
BILSINGTON, at the time of taking the survey of Domesday, in 1080, was part of the possessions of Odo, the great bishop of Baieux, the Conqueror's half-brother, under the generaltitle of which it is entered there, as follows:
In Limowart left, in Neucerce, the bishop of Baieux holds in demesue Bilsvitune. It was taxed at four sulings. The arable land is fifteen carucates. In demesne there are five, and forty seven villeins, with twenty-seven borderers having fourteen carucates. There is a church, and ten sa'tpits of one hundred pence, and ten acres of meadow, Wood for the pannage of fifty hogs, and two fisheries of five pence. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth ten pounds, and afterwards thirty pounds, now fifty pounds, and yet yields of ferme seventy pounds. Alnod Cilt held it. In this manor the bishop has alienated three dennes, which remained without the division of the Earl of Ewe.
Four years after the taking of the above survey, the bishop of Baieux was disgraced, and all his possessions were consiscated to the crown. After which this manor appears to have come into the family of Albeni. William de Albeni, son of William, who had come over with the Conqueror, and was surnamed Pincerna, from his being chief butler to king Henry I. seems to have held it in sergeantry in that reign, by the service of performing that office at the king's coronation. He was earl of Arundel and Sussex, (fn. 1) in whose descendants it continued down to Hugh, earl of Arundel and Sussex, who died in the prime of his youth in 1243, in the 43d year of king Henry III. s. p. and his great inheritance was dispersed among his four sisters, of whom Maud, the eldest, married Robert de Tatteshal; Isa bell to John Fitzalan, lord of Clun and Oswaltre; Nicholea, to Roger de Somery; and Cicely, to Roger de Montholt. Upon the division of their inheritance, John Fitzalan, lord of Clun and Oswaltre, had two parts of the manor of Bilsington in right of Isabel his wife, and Roger de Somery, in right of Nicholea his wise, (two of the sisters) had the other third part, and alienated it to John Mansell, clerk, as will be further mentioned hereafter, and being thus separated, it became two manors; the former, in the possession of John Fitzalan, being from its situation called the manor of Bilsington inferior, alias Bilsington court-lodge, from its comprehending the scite of the antient mansion of it; and the latter, in the possession of Roger de Somery, being called the manor of Bilsington superior, alias Bilsington priory. The whole being held as abovementioned, in sergeantry, by the service of being chief butler to the king at his coronation.
The MANOR OF BILSINGTON INFERIOR continued in the possession of the descendants of, John Fitzalan, down to his great-grandson Richard Fitzalan, who was by king Edward I. in 1289, made Earl of Arundel. His grandson Richard, earl of Arundel, in king Edward III.'s reign, alienated it to Edmund Staplegate, who died possessed of it in the 46th year of that reign, holding it in sergeantry, by the service of presenting three maple cups at the king's coronation. He was succeeded in it by his son of the same name, then a minor, between whom and Richard, earl of Arundel, whose father had alienated this manor, there arose a great contest at the coronation of king Richard II. who should perform the office of chief butler at it, but as there was not then time to examine into the merits of it, it was ordered that the earl should perform it at that time, with a saving however to the right of Staplegate, and all others. (fn. 2) In the name of Staplegate this manor continued till the beginning of Henry VI.'s reign, when it was sold to Sir John Cheney, of Shurland, who died anno 7 Edward IV. holding it in capite, together with the manor and lands called Cockride, lying in the Marsh, but within this parish and Ruckinge, formerly parcel of the manor of Kennardington, held in like manner. In his descendants it continued down to Sir T. Cheney, lord warden, &c. whose son, H. Cheney, in the very beginning of Elizabeth's reign, conveyed it to Francis Barnham, esq. then of London, but afterwards of Hollingborne. (fn. 3) His grandson Robert Barnham, esq. of Boughton Monchensie, held it at the time of the coronation of king Charles II. by the service of carrying the last dish of the second course to the king's table, and presenting him with the three maple cups, which he performed by his deputy, and three years afterwards he was created a baronet. (fn. 4). At length his grandson Sir Robert Barnham, bart. leaving an only daughter and heir Philadelphia, she carried this manor in marriage to Thomas Rider, esq. whose son Sir Barnham Rider, died possessed of it in 1728. His son Thomas Rider, esq. performed the above service for this manor at the coronation of king George III. when, as had been usual at others before, the king, on receiving the maple cups from the lord of this manor, turned to the mayor of Oxford, who stood at his right hand, and having received from him, for his tenure of that city, a gold cup and cover, gave him these cups in return. He was some time afterwards knighted, and died unmarried in 1786, and this manor, among the rest of his estates in this county, came by his will to his second cousin, and nearest heir male, Ingram Rider, esq. of Lambeth, being the son of William, Rider, of Burston, the youngest, but next surviving brother of Sir Barnham Rider be fore-mentioned. He married Margaret, daughter of Ralph Carr, esq. of Durham, by whom he has several children. He is now of Boughton Monchensie, and is the present possessor of it. A court baron is held for this manor.
The MANOR OF BILSINGTON PRIORY, otherwise called Bilsington superior, and East Bilsington, which, as has been mentioned before, was separated from the other part of Bilsington manor, by the division of it among the coheirs and sisters of Hugh Fitzalan, earl of Arundel, in king Henry III.'s reign, was sold by Roger de Somery to John Mansell, clerk, a man of much note in that time, for his great courage, wisdom, and abilities, who was in such favour with the king that he first made him his chaplain, and then his chief counsellor, and keeper of his seal, and heaped such continual preferments and offices on him besides, that at last his income amounted to more than 4000 marcs per annum, insomuch that there was not a clerk found so wealthy as himself, and as an instance of it, Matthew Paris says, that he entertained at dinner the kings of England and Scotland, a multitude of nobles and prelates, and such a number of guests, that seven hundred dishes were scarcely sufficient for the first course. (fn. 5) Some years before his death, about 1253, being then provost of Beverley, he founded here a priory for canons regular, of the order of St. Augustine, and gave this part of the manor of Bilsington, among other premises, towards the foundation and endowment of it, to hold in free, pure, and perpetual alms, and he ordered that it should be free, and not subject to any other house wharsoever. and perpetual alms, and he ordered that it should be free, and not subject to any other house what so ever.
The proiory Of Bilsington thus founded, was built on the north-east part of this manor, on the height of the clay-hills, among the woods. The priors of it, who were chosen by the convent, and presented to the patron for his confirmation, and were installed by the archdeacon, who for his perquisite had the liberty of staying at the priory two nights and a day, and receiving both victuals and drink there during the time, but nothing further; and in the 3d year of Edward I. the prior was adjudged to hold a certain part of a sergeantry, being this part of Bilsington manor, by serving the king with his cup on Whit-Sunday; and the whole of the possessions of it were confirmed to it by letters of inspeximusin the 5th year of king Edward IV. In which situation it continued till the 27th year of Henry VIII. when, on the general visitation of religious houses, it was so managed by the commissioners, that many of the religious desired to leave their possessions and habit, and some of them gave up their houses, among which was the prior and convent of Bilsington, who signed their resignation on the 28th of February that year, anno 1535. (fn. 6)
It was then valued at 69l. 8s. per annum clear, and 811. 1s. 6d. total annual revenue. John Moyse, alias Tenterden, the last prior, on the surrendry of it, had a pension of ten pounds per annum.
Two years after the surrendry of this priory, the king granted a lease of the scite of it, with the lands and possessions belonging to it, and the rectory of the church of Bilsington, to Anthony St. Leger, esq. of Ulcombe; and afterwards, in his 29th year, he granted the scite of the priory, with the lands and appurtenances belonging to it, parcel of the above premises, excepting the advowsons of churches, to archbishop Cranmer, in exchange for other premises elsewhere. In which situation they have continued to this time, being now parcel of the possessions of the see of Canterbury, the possessors of the manor of Bilsington having constantly been the lesses. Ingram Rider, esq. is the present lessee of it.
But the manor of Bilsington superior, alias priory, with the church of Bilsington, seems not to have been included in this grant to the archbishop, but to have remained in the crown, and to have been granted afterwards in fee to Anthony St. Leger, whose descendant Warham St. Leger sold it, in the 10th year of queen Elizabeth, to Francis Barnham, esq. of London. Since which this manor, with the church of Bilsington, has passed, together with the manor of Bilsington, alias Lower Bilsington, in the like succession of ownership, down to Ingram Rider, esq. the present proprietor of both of them.
There are no parochial charities. The poor constantly relieved are about twenty, casually thirty.
BILSINGTON is within the ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION of the diocese of Canterbury, and deanry of Limne.
The chruch, which is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is a small building, of but one isle and one chancel, having a low pointed wooden turret on the roof at the west end, in which are two bells. There are no memorials in it. In the chancel there are four stalls, two on each side at the west entrance of it.
The church of Bilsington was antiently an appendage to the manor, and seems to have passed with that part of it which was sold by the heirs of Hugh de Albini to John Mansell, and settled by him on the priory of Bilsington, to which it was appropriated by the consent of archbishop Islip, about the middle of Edward III.'s reign; (fn. 7) with which it remained, together with the advowson, till the suppression of the priory in the reign of king Henry VIII. when it came into the hands of the crown, whence it was afterwards, with all its appurtenances, granted with the manor, to Anthony St. Leger, esq. and has since passed with it in like manner, down to Ingram Rider, esq. the present impropriator of it.
¶There does not seem to have been ever any vicarage endowed in this church, but it most probably was served by a curate at the pleasure of the prior and canons here. Since the suppression of the priory it has been esteemed as a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the owners of the impropriation, Ingram Rider, esq. being the present patron of it.
It is now of the clear yearly certified value of thirty pounds. In 1640 here were sixty-eight communicants. Great part of the wood-land in this parish pays no tithe, as lying within the bounds of the Weald.
"C-ICE: Ice tea with Swiss cannabis. Fantastic natural feeling / Eistee mit cannabis-geschmack / Ice tea with cannabis flavour."
It has a plausibly herbal and reasonably pleasant taste, but no "fantastic natural feeling" except that of having one's thirst quenched by something that tastes okay.
Cicely Mary Barker (1895 – 1973) was an English illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Barker's art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the Croydon School of Art. Her earliest professional work included greeting cards and juvenile magazine illustrations, and her first book, Flower Fairies of the Spring, was published in 1923. Similar books were published in the following decades.
African American actresses nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture, Arts & Sciences as Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 1927-2009
Top: Dorothy Dandridge in Carmen Jones, Diana Ross in Lady Sings the Blues, Cicely Tyson in Sounder, Diahann Carroll in Claudine
Bottom: Whoopi Goldberg in The Color Purple, Angela Bassett in What's Love Got to Do with It?, Halle Berry in Monster's Ball, Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
I've got a set of Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies and I've set myself a challenge to do each of them in a different setting and, hopefully, a different style. This one features transparency stonework and alcohol ink.. Don't know how successful it'll be, but here are the first four.
The window on Main Street, U.S.A. at Disneyland park for Disney Legend Cicely Rigdon. See: d23.com/walt-disney-legend/cicely-rigdon/
More about her window located by the China Closet:
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This image was captured with a Canon EOS Rebel 2000 and the negative was scanned using an Epson Perfection V600 photo scanner.
Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, was a local artist who lived within a few minutes walk of this delightful church. She painted seven panels for the font depicting the Seven Sacraments. Larger, more public works by her can be seen in other south London churches. She is known to have used local people as models and it is interesting to wonder how many of the subjects in these panels can remember being painted by her, or who can remember relatives' tales of having been part of this work. Some sceens clearly seem to be placed in this church.
She is more famous perhaps as creator of the Flower Fairies, which perenially popular works can be seen in print to this day, and are reproduced in many other forms.
From our collection of botanical photographs, illustrations, and paintings. We hope you will enjoy these images as much as we do.
We hope you will enjoy these illustrations as much as we do. To let us know you like them, to help others discover the collection, attribute to www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com.
The painting that hangs in the church is a triptych. The larger centre panel is entitled 'The Great Banquet' and depicts Jesus parable and teaching from Luke 14. Cicely Barker used local people as models for the painting. The two smaller side panels show St John the Baptist (the patron Saint of St George's mother church - now knowm as Croydon Minster) and Saint George.
The man on the far left is wearing a sign saying "Nearly Blind".
Photos by Miller Taylor.
September 2016 CreativeMornings/Raleigh event (global theme: Magic) with guest speaker Dr. Cicely Mitchell.
Dr. Cicely E. Mitchell, Ph.D., the president and co-founder of the Art of Cool Project, a 501c(3) jazz presenting nonprofit organization located in Durham, North Carolina. The mission of the Art of Cool Project is to present, promote and preserve jazz-influenced music. The goal of the project is to expand the audience for jazz. Mitchell oversees the presentation of high quality live music concerts in unique venues throughout the Triangle. She spearheads the organization’s two major programs, the Art of Cool Festival and StArt of Cool.
Mitchell maintains a passion for promoting progressive jazz and alternative soul music to a wide audience. AOCFEST extends this passion throughout Durham and the Triangle region. In addition, she founded StArt of Cool in 2014 along with business partner, Al Strong. This jazz education pilot program provides education for students interested in learning more about the performance and fundamentals of jazz.
Mitchell received her bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University in Nashville, and her Master of Science in biostatistics degree and her doctorate in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to her work with the Art of Cool Project, she is a senior statistician for Pharm-Olam International. She currently resides in downtown Durham, NC.
Special thanks to our host CAM Raleigh and sponsors CompostNow, Remedy, for video production, Counter Culture Coffee, who generously provided us with complimentary coffee, and Rise, who provided the tasty breakfast snacks.
I bought this book in the summer from a car-boot sale. I couldn't find out much about Cicely Steed- she was illustrating in 1949- she illustarted some of Enid Blyton's books- and also the 1980's.
Photos by Miller Taylor.
September 2016 CreativeMornings/Raleigh event (global theme: Magic) with guest speaker Dr. Cicely Mitchell.
Dr. Cicely E. Mitchell, Ph.D., the president and co-founder of the Art of Cool Project, a 501c(3) jazz presenting nonprofit organization located in Durham, North Carolina. The mission of the Art of Cool Project is to present, promote and preserve jazz-influenced music. The goal of the project is to expand the audience for jazz. Mitchell oversees the presentation of high quality live music concerts in unique venues throughout the Triangle. She spearheads the organization’s two major programs, the Art of Cool Festival and StArt of Cool.
Mitchell maintains a passion for promoting progressive jazz and alternative soul music to a wide audience. AOCFEST extends this passion throughout Durham and the Triangle region. In addition, she founded StArt of Cool in 2014 along with business partner, Al Strong. This jazz education pilot program provides education for students interested in learning more about the performance and fundamentals of jazz.
Mitchell received her bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University in Nashville, and her Master of Science in biostatistics degree and her doctorate in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to her work with the Art of Cool Project, she is a senior statistician for Pharm-Olam International. She currently resides in downtown Durham, NC.
Special thanks to our host CAM Raleigh and sponsors CompostNow, Remedy, for video production, Counter Culture Coffee, who generously provided us with complimentary coffee, and Rise, who provided the tasty breakfast snacks.
Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, was a local artist who lived within a few minutes walk of this delightful church. She painted seven panels for the font depicting the Seven Sacraments. Larger, more public works by her can be seen in other south London churches. She is known to have used local people as models and it is interesting to wonder how many of the subjects in these panels can remember being painted by her, or who can remember relatives' tales of having been part of this work. Some sceens clearly seem to be placed in this church.
She is more famous perhaps as creator of the Flower Fairies, which perenially popular works can be seen in print to this day, and are reproduced in many other forms.
Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, was a local artist who lived within a few minutes walk of this delightful church. She painted seven panels for the font depicting the Seven Sacraments. Larger, more public works by her can be seen in other south London churches. She is known to have used local people as models and it is interesting to wonder how many of the subjects in these panels can remember being painted by her, or who can remember relatives' tales of having been part of this work. Some sceens clearly seem to be placed in this church.
She is more famous perhaps as creator of the Flower Fairies, which perenially popular works can be seen in print to this day, and are reproduced in many other forms.
Photos by Miller Taylor.
September 2016 CreativeMornings/Raleigh event (global theme: Magic) with guest speaker Dr. Cicely Mitchell.
Dr. Cicely E. Mitchell, Ph.D., the president and co-founder of the Art of Cool Project, a 501c(3) jazz presenting nonprofit organization located in Durham, North Carolina. The mission of the Art of Cool Project is to present, promote and preserve jazz-influenced music. The goal of the project is to expand the audience for jazz. Mitchell oversees the presentation of high quality live music concerts in unique venues throughout the Triangle. She spearheads the organization’s two major programs, the Art of Cool Festival and StArt of Cool.
Mitchell maintains a passion for promoting progressive jazz and alternative soul music to a wide audience. AOCFEST extends this passion throughout Durham and the Triangle region. In addition, she founded StArt of Cool in 2014 along with business partner, Al Strong. This jazz education pilot program provides education for students interested in learning more about the performance and fundamentals of jazz.
Mitchell received her bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University in Nashville, and her Master of Science in biostatistics degree and her doctorate in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to her work with the Art of Cool Project, she is a senior statistician for Pharm-Olam International. She currently resides in downtown Durham, NC.
Special thanks to our host CAM Raleigh and sponsors CompostNow, Remedy, for video production, Counter Culture Coffee, who generously provided us with complimentary coffee, and Rise, who provided the tasty breakfast snacks.
Pupils, teachers and people connected with Church of Ireland primary schools have all contributed to a new book of prayers which can be used in school assemblies. ‘Praying Together: Prayers for Primary School Assemblies’ was launched on Thursday February 6 by the President of Dublin City University, Prof Brian MacCraith, at the university’s All Hallows Campus.
The book contains a wide variety of prayers penned by children and adults connected with Church of Ireland primary schools all over Ireland. The book is the result of a project which began in Spring 2019 when the editor, Jacqui Wilkinson, had an idea for a new resource and project in which the network of Church of Ireland schools could get involved. Jacqui lectures in Religious Education and teaches the RE Cert (Follow Me programme) to initial teacher education students in DCU. She also offers CPD and in–service training in the Follow Me programme to existing teachers in Church of Ireland schools. She contacted all Church of Ireland primary schools last year inviting teachers and pupils to write new prayers for use in school assemblies and received a great response.
Initially it was planned to produce an online collection of the prayers. Then, thanks to the generosity of DCU, it became possible to create a book containing many of the prayers received from schools. The prayers are grouped into more than 30 themes ranging from ‘Our new junior infants’ to ‘Caring for our world’. The prayers cover many of the events in the school and church year and Jacqui hopes they will be widely used.
“I hope that those involved in leading assemblies will find these prayers a useful addition and inspiration for worship,” she comments. “The collection includes prayers which may only be used occasionally, for example when a teacher retires or there is a school inspection. Others may become regular features of assemblies marking the seasonal events of the school year such as sports day or 6th class graduations. There are also prayers when an urgent response is required, for example, in times of sickness or sadness, or if there is a national or local tragedy.”
At the launch Prof Brian MacCraith and Prof Anne Looney, Executive Dean of the DCU Institute of Education, spoke of the importance of listening to the student voice. They acknowledged the work done by Jacqui Wilkinson to include the voices of children in the collection and commended the broad relevance and appeal the collection will have beyond its initial target audience of Church of Ireland primary schools. Archbishop Michael paid tribute to both the editor and DCU. “This book of prayers comes directly from the Church of Ireland context with the children’s voices from their schools. It is the first publication by Dublin City University of a volume from one of its denominational centres, in this case the Church of Ireland Centre,” he said.
After the launch the director of the Church of Ireland Centre at DCU, the Revd Prof Anne Lodge added her congratulations. “Jacqui has produced a superb resource for school assemblies and other contexts that gives a prayerful voice to children, teachers and other school personnel. One of the roles of the Church of Ireland Centre is to support the schools in our network, and this book of prayers makes an exciting and important contribution to this aspect of our work.”
Jacqui Wilkinson thanked all the schools that participated in the project and thanked Dr Bridget Nichols of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute who was the theological adviser.
Special guests at the launch, which was hosted by the Church of Ireland Centre DCU, included the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, the Bishop of Limerick, the Right Revd Kenneth Kearon, Dr Ken Fennelly, secretary to the General Synod Board of Education, Dr Patrick Sullivan of NCCA, Canon Brian O’Rourke of CIPSMA, Dr Bridget Nichols and Dr Andrew McGrady of CPSMA. Teachers representing some of the schools who contributed prayers to the book were also present.
On Friday February 7 the book was presented to Templebreedy National School in Crosshaven at their daily assembly. Pupils from the school read their school prayers which feature in the book. The books will be sent to all Church of Ireland primary schools in the coming weeks.
Report by Lynn Glanville, Dublin & Glendalough Communications Officer
A lovely, sunny day up at Highdown Gardens near Worthing, in West Sussex.
Cicely or Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is a herbaceous perennial plant belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is the sole species in the genus Myrrhis.
Synonyms include -
Chaerophyllum odoratum
Lindera odorata
Scandix odorata
Selinum myrrhis
The genus name Myrrhis derives from the Greek word myrrhis [μυρρίς], an aromatic oil from Asia with a characteristic smell. The Latin species name 'odorata' means 'scented'.
Myrrhis odorata is a tall herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 2 metres (6 ft) tall, depending on circumstances. The leaves are feathery and fern-like, with whitish patches near the rachis. The plant is softly hairy and smells strongly of aniseed when crushed. The flowers are creamy-white, produced in large umbels. The flowering period extends from May to June.
Myrrhis odorata is native to mountains of southern and central Europe, from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus. It has been introduced and naturalized elsewhere in cultivated areas, woodland margins, roadside verges, river banks and grassland.
Its leaves are sometimes used as a herb, either raw or cooked, with a rather strong taste reminiscent of anise. The roots and seeds also are edible. Additionally, it has a history of use as a medicinal herb.
Like its relatives anise, fennel, and caraway, it can also be used to flavour akvavit. Its essential oils are dominated by anethole.
Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, was a local artist who lived within a few minutes walk of this delightful church. She painted seven panels for the font depicting the Seven Sacraments. Larger, more public works by her can be seen in other south London churches. She is known to have used local people as models and it is interesting to wonder how many of the subjects in these panels can remember being painted by her, or who can remember relatives' tales of having been part of this work. Some sceens clearly seem to be placed in this church.
She is more famous perhaps as creator of the Flower Fairies, which perenially popular works can be seen in print to this day, and are reproduced in many other forms.
Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, was a local artist who lived within a few minutes walk of this delightful church. She painted seven panels for the font depicting the Seven Sacraments. Larger, more public works by her can be seen in other south London churches. She is known to have used local people as models and it is interesting to wonder how many of the subjects in these panels can remember being painted by her, or who can remember relatives' tales of having been part of this work. Some sceens clearly seem to be placed in this church.
She is more famous perhaps as creator of the Flower Fairies, which perenially popular works can be seen in print to this day, and are reproduced in many other forms.
Dicentra formosa 'Bacchanal' from Kilmurry Nursery (Gold Medalists, Chelsea Flower Show 2006, and suppliers to Cicely Roche's magnificent gardens in Gorey, Co Wexford).
Title from a poem by Irish Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney who is 70 today.
"And some time make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore,
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other
So that the ocean on one side is wild
With foam and glitter, and inland among stones
The surface of a slate-grey lake is lit
By the earthed lightning of a flock of swans,
Their feathers roughed and ruffling, white on white,
Their fully grown headstrong-looking heads
Tucked or cresting or busy underwater.
Useless to think you'll park and capture it
More thoroughly. You are neither here nor there,
A hurry through which known and strange things pass
As big soft buffetings come at the car sideways
And catch the heart off guard and blow it open."
'Postscript' (from 'The Spirit Level' collection, 1996).
Cicely Mary Barker, 1895 - 1973, was a local artist who lived within a few minutes walk of this delightful church. She painted seven panels for the font depicting the Seven Sacraments. Larger, more public works by her can be seen in other south London churches. She is known to have used local people as models and it is interesting to wonder how many of the subjects in these panels can remember being painted by her, or who can remember relatives' tales of having been part of this work. Some sceens clearly seem to be placed in this church.
She is more famous perhaps as creator of the Flower Fairies, which perenially popular works can be seen in print to this day, and are reproduced in many other forms.