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St Martin's Church, Martindale is located in the valley of Martindale in Cumbria, England, UK
It is often referred to as the "Old Church" to avoid confusion with the nearby St Peter's Church which is situated half a mile down the valley. The church is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It is now only in occasional use. The church is a Grade II* listed building.
The date of the establishment of a place of worship on the site of St Martin's is unknown but it is mentioned in a de Lancaster Charter of 1220 and other references state that a chapel was already in existence at that date.
The present building was probably erected at the end of the 16th century, replacing the chapel, the last reference to which occurs in a document of 13 April 1541. In 1714 the church floor was flagged as the congregation were no longer prepared to endure the damp earth floor.
The tiny church bell which hangs in an open cote at the west end of the church is over 500 years old.
The churchyard contains an ancient Yew tree which is estimated to be 1300 years old, documents in the church state the men of Martindale, who were famous as bowmen, used the tree and others in the district to replenish their arms.
Constructed in 1902 at the nearby Smeaton Showgrounds, and relocated in 1922 to the Kingston Agricultural Society's Showgrounds.
Moment captured October 23rd, 2023 at Boerner Botanical Gardens in Hales Corners, Wisconsin. USA
Happy Bench Monday (HBM)
we had a brief monsoon period. the wind blew, the thunder rumbled, tumbleweeds sailed in dust balloons and clouds spit drips and drops of rain.
i rushed out and was rewarded with cool clouds and an empty recliner.
it was all over in about 10 minutes.
It's been pretty horrible weather in the UK over the past few weeks, rather reflected in the images I've put up here, tending to be B&W, however I have resolved to have a 'colour weekend' so here we have Portsmouth, in colour, in 7 images
Canoe Lake at sunset - the swans nearly got me
Rosemarkie beach is a long sandy beach backed by a strip of grass that starts in Rosemarkie and stretches south to Chanonry Point. Rosemarkie is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire, Highland, Scotland and is about a quarter of a mile east of the larger town of Fortrose.