Churches (156) : Priory Church, Leominster

The Priory Church (dedicated to St Peter and St Paul) in Leominster, Herefordshire was originally a Benedictine priory built in the 13th century, possibly on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon monastery. In 1539 the East side of the church, and most of the monastic buildings, were destroyed but the rest of the priory survived to become a parish church.

The church has a two-tier West tower, a South aisle which dates from the 16th century and a North aisle dates from the 19th. The church is built from ashlar sandstone.

On test

New rolling stock on test passes through Tamworth.

Gloucestershire Places (1) : Kemble

Kemble is a village at the South-Eastern edge of the county deep in the Cotswolds and close to Cirencester. The village has existed since Saxon times or even earlier as it is situated near the Roman Fosse Way. Roman tiles have been found in the nearby village of Ewen.

A pre-Christian 7th century cemetery having been found in the village. The parish church has Norman origins with a tower dating from 1250CE. Kemble is the closest settlement to the Thames Head, the source of the mighty river.

A nearby former RAF base (once home to the Red Arrows) is now known as Cotswold Airport used mainly by light aircraft.

Liverpool rails

At the weekend i headed up to Liverpool for the first time this year, i really would like to go more often. Maybe next year. Anyway i headed around on the Merseyrail network, crossing off three more stations and saw an interesting new train at Lime Street. You can see my photos here.

Churches (155) : St George, Edgbaston

The parish church of St George is in Edgbaston close to Birmingham city centre. The church was built as a chapel of ease for St Bartholomew's church in Edgbaston in 1836-8. The church was built with a nave with two aisles. A chancel was added in 1856.

The church was transformed in 1884-5 with the building of a new larger nave, South aisle and chancel. The original nave became the North aisle, the original chancel became the lady chapel.