April 7th, 2019
Waltham
Abbey - Lee
Valley White Water Centre
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Gillian and Rachael stand beside King Harold's
headstone
Waltham Abbey Church |
Information panel about Waltham Abbey Church
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King
Harold II
Waltham Abbey Church |
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East end of Waltham Abbey Church
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Gillian and Rachael stand Beside King Harold's
headstone
Waltham Abbey Church |
West end of Waltham Abbey Church
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Head Stop
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Norman Arch Doorway
with Tympanum Waltham Abbey Church |
Head Stop
Waltham Abbey Church |
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Elaborately carved, illuminated Reredos, installed
by William Burges during his 1859–60 restoration of the church
Waltham Abbey Church. |
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Funerary hatchments, Waltham Abbey Church
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Charles II Royal Coat of Arms
Waltham Abbey Church |
Queen Elizabeth I Royal Coat of Arms.
The arms of France and England quartered, within the garter, and crowned; supported on the dexter side by a lion guardant, crowned, and on the sinister by a dragon Waltham Abbey Church |
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Tree of Jesse window by Edward Burne-Jones,
1860.
It incorporates patriarchs and prophets in the left and right lights Waltham Abbey Church |
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1. Light 1 - 'The Elation of St Matthais', 'St
Peter Preaches to the people' and 'The Healing of the Lame Man'
Light 2 - 'Descent of the Holy Ghost', 'Baptism of the First Converts' and 'The Apostles Delivered from Prison by the Angel' 2. Designed by Henry Holiday for Powell
& Sons, 1867
3. 'Christ in Majesty' surounded by the 'Seven
Days of Creation'.
Rose window by Powell of Whitefriars and cartoons designed by Edward Burne-Jones
4. 'St George' and 'St Cecilia' War Memorial Window in Memory
of the Cleall family, 1946.
Designed by Smith & Pawle for A.K. Nicholson 5. 'Crucifixion' Commemorative Window for the 900th Anniversary of the Founding of Waltham Abbey Waltham Abbey Church |
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The ceiling, designed by William Burges and painted
by Edward Poynter in 1860,
depicts the 12 astrological months of the year and their labours Waltham Abbey Church. |
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Close up detail of ceiling panels, with the Zodiac
sign Leo on the left and Virgo on the right
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The Nave
Waltham Abbey Church |
Altar and Reredos
Waltham Abbey Church |
Three tier Norman arcade
Waltham Abbey Church |
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Alabaster effigy of Lady Elizabeth Greville, daughter
of Sir John Gray, son of the Marquess of Dorset and brother of Henry,
Duke of Suffolk. (Father of Lady Jane Gray)
Waltham Abbey Church |
'The Denny Monument'
Wall monument to Sir Edward Denny, d.1600 and his wife Lady Margaret. Below weepers represent are their ten children. Waltham Abbey Church |
'The Smith Tomb'
The tomb of Robert Smith d.1697 a sea-captain, is in the north aisle. Made from black and white marble and alabaster. The centre panel depicts a ship avoiding 'The Rocks of Indolence' The inscription reads : By industry small means increase, large ones by indolence decrease. Waltham Abbey Church |
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The arms of Waltham Holy Cross
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Bust of Francis Wallaston, d.1684 aged 16, of smallpox
Waltham Abbey Church |
'The Children's Window' by Henry Halliday, 1860
Waltham Abbey Church |
Monumental Brass to Edward Stacy of Waltham Holy
Cross d.1555 and his wife Katherine d.1565
Waltham Abbey Church |
The Abbots of Waltham Abbey from 1177 to 1982
Waltham Abbey Church |
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Cross Stitch Cushion of the crowning of King Harold
as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Waltham Abbey Church |
Large Rug with biblical motifs, in front of the
altar
Waltham Abbey Church |
Celtic knot design cross stitch cushion
Waltham Abbey Church. |
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Aesop's fable 'The Fox and the Stork'
in the frieze above the reredos Waltham Abbey Church |
Crown
Waltham Abbey Church |
Bishop's hat
Waltham Abbey Church |
Aesop's fable 'The Fox and the Stork'
in the top border of the reredos Waltham Abbey Church |
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Gillian and Rachael
by the altar rail Waltham Abbey Church. |
C15th Doom Painting in the Lady Chapel.
Discovered behind a ceiling in 1905 Waltham Abbey Church |
Gillian and Rachael at the ruins of the C14th gatehouse
and bridge
Waltham Abbey |
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Rachael finds the geocache
Waltham Abbey |
'Ancestor' by Helena Stylianides, 1992 Waltham
Abbey Church Gardens
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Rachael in Waltham Abbey Church Gardens.
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Gillian and Rachael standing on the
'True Meridian' Waltham Abbey |
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Rachael in the walled garden of Waltham Abbey Church
Gardens
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Mosaic tile artwork in the walled garden of Waltham
Abbey Church Gardens
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Gillian in the walled garden of Waltham Abbey Church
Gardens
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Sun Street, Waltham Abbey
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The Meridian Line
15-foot long mosaic depicting a map of the World, the Abbey, King Henry VIII and a pair of Chinese dragons to signify east meeting west. The mosaic, was designed by the Paul Siggins, 2017 Waltham Abbey |
Sun Street, Waltham Abbey
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Canoeing, rafting and other activities at the Lee
Valley White
Water Centre, Waltham Cross.
A white-water slalom centre constructed to host the canoe slalom events of the London 2012 Olympic Games. The centre was officially opened in 2010 by Anne, Princess Royal |
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Gillian and Rachael take in the sights at the Waltham
Town Lock located on the on the River
Lee Navigation at Waltham Cross
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'Viking Ship' by Sebastian Wolfram-Wheeler.
A Viking raiding party was stranded when Alfred the Great diverted the river Lee. This sculpture represents the burnt out hull of a Viking longship Waltham Cross |
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