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Churches (254) : St Anne, Bagshot

The parish church of St Anne in Bagshot, Surrey is Victorian. The church was built in the early 1880s and consecrated in 1884. It replaced an earlier church dedicated to St Anne. The church is in the Early English style and has a nave with north and south aisles, clerestory and transepts. There is a west tower with a spire. 

The church is built from red brick with a Bath stone dressing.

Rain gauge

A few week ago i had to replace my original windsock after it vanished after one storm too many. Hopefully the improved fastening arrangement with windsock 2.0 will prove more survivable (although to be fair, the first lasted over ten months!) The next meteorological toy to be installed in the garden is a rain gauge, naturally there wasn't a cloud in the sky as i installed the gauge though as this is Britain it won't be long until precipitation is being recorded in it!

Caldicot

It has been sometime since i last went to Wales (indeed, over a year since i went to Chirk!) So, it was high time i returned, especially as it was St David's Day on Saturday. I went to Caldicot / Cil-y-coed in south eastern Wales, Monmouthshire to be exact. Caldicot is a nice little place with a superb castle to explore and also a rather fine church. You can see my photos here, lets try and make the next trip to Wales soon.

Berkshire Places (4) : Sandhurst

Sandhurst is a town on the south eastern edge of the county.

The town has Anglo-Saxon origins, the name is probably derived from the sandy soils and hursts (or tree covered hills) in the area. However, Sandhurst is not mentioned until 1175. For centuries Sandhurst remained a small farming village on the edge of Windsor forest.

The big change came to Sandhurst in the 19th century when the Royal Military College moved to there from Marlow in 1812. This helped the village grow into a town with expansion continuing into the 20th century with the building of new housing estates.

Sandhurst gained a railway station in the 1850s though this was only temporary, the current Sandhurst station dates from 1909.