February 17th 2017
Aldbury to Market Harborough - Our first day on the Grand Union Canal, Market Harborough
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St
Giles Church, Cheddington
Church Micro 9894 |
3-Bay Nave and North Arcade
St Giles Church, Cheddington |
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Window in Memory of
Rector Frederick Burn Harvey d.1893 by Cakebread Robey & Co., London St Giles Church, Cheddington |
Early C17th Pulpit with panelled sides, carved
grotesque scrolls and
crested tester St Giles Church, Cheddington |
Village Sign
Cheddington |
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Mentmore
Towers
Batman's 'Wayne Mansion' |
Walker Organ, 1864 and
Minstrels' Gallery All Saints' Church, Wing |
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1. 'The Prophet Samuel' and 'King David' by C.E.
Kempe, 1902
2. 'St John the Baptist', 'St John and St Peter'
and 'St Paul', 1891
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Monument to Sir Robert Dormer, 1552 and his wife
Christine Dormer
All Saints Church, Wing |
Classical monument to William Dormer, d.1575, erected
by his second wife Dorothy Catesby in 1590
All Saints Church, Wing |
William Dormer Monument (detail)
All Saints Church, Wing |
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Monumental Brass
Civilian and wife, c.1470 All Saints Church, Wing |
Shield from the tomb of Robert Dormer, 1552
Brass inscription to Mary Sydney, d.1541, first wife of William Dormer, d.1575 All Saints Church, Wing |
C15th Octagonal Font with quatrefoil panels containing
instruments of the Passion
All Saints Church, Wing |
Monumental Brass
Harry Blaknall d.1460 and wife Agnes d.1489 All Saints Church, Wing |
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C15th-C16th Rood Screen and the widest Chancel
Arch in England
All Saints Church, Wing |
C15th Nave Ceiling with Carved Bosses
All Saints Church, Wing |
Three Weepers on the William Dormer Monument representing
3 infant deaths
All Saints Church, Wing |
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Market Harborough Grand Union Canal Basin
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Approaching one of the many narrow bridges
as we near Foxton Locks |
Making our way from Market Harborough to the Foxton
Locks on the Grand Union Canal
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Gillian navigates the Grand Union Canal
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Tug-o-war with a 2 ton narrowboat
Grand Union Canal |
Gillian ties up our narrowboat for the night near
Foxton Village
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Gillian prepares tea on our first day on the
Grand Union Canal |