February 8th 2017
Geocaching for Church Micros around Rutland
Water
Whitwell
- Empingham
- Normanton
- Edith
Weston - Lyndon
- Wing
- Glaston
- Bisbrooke
- Uppingham
- Preston
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Rutland Water is set in 3,100 acres of countryside
and has a 23-mile perimeter track for walking or cycling
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1. 'Annunciation' by Lavers Barraud & Westlake,
1904
2. St
Michael's and All Angels, Whitwell Church Micro 2438 |
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St
Peter's, Empingham
Church Micro 2347 |
Village Sign, Empingham
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St
Matthew's Church, Normanton on Rutland Water
Church Micro 2349 |
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St
Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston
Church Micro 5167 |
Nave Arcading
St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston |
Reredos by Sir G. Frampton, 1896, with reliefs
of 'Christ Enthroned' and the 'Annunciation'
St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston |
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Hatchment of Richard Lucas, d.1846
St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston |
Bishop's Chair
St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston |
'Boy Jesus with Mary and Joseph'
by Hugh Arnold, 1912 St Mary the Virgin, Edith Weston |
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Church
of St Martin, Lyndon
Church Micro 2268 |
Chancel Arch and East window
Church of St Martin, Lyndon |
Marble Reredos with Sgraffito
work, erected in 1866
Church of St Martin, Lyndon |
Alabaster Pulpit, 1856
Church of St Martin, Lyndon |
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wing Church Micro 2269
2. 'The Charge to St Peter' - Window erected to
Commemorate the Jubilee of Rev. Charles Boys, 1889
by Heaton, Butler and Bayne, 1891
3. 'Christ in Majesty' Window in Memory of Rector Charles Boys,
d.1898 and his wife Caroline Goodrich Dobbie d.1876
by Clayton & Bell, 1900 4. 'The Raising of Lazarus' in Memory of Ogle
R. Wintle, d.1875 by Heaton, Butler and Bayne 1890
5. Mid C12th Round Arcading with Zig-zag decorations
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wing |
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Church
of St Andrew, Glaston
Church Micro 2270 |
Chancel Arch
Church of St Andrew, Glaston |
'The Three Marys'
by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1877 Church of St Andrew, Glaston |
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1. Church
of St John the Baptist, Bisbrooke Church Micro 2271
2. 3-bay Nave arcades with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers 3. 'Suffer Little Children' in Memory of Thomas Edwards, Marine Engineer, d.1910 by Burlison & Grylls Church of St John the Baptist, Bisbrooke |
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Forest Books
A Bookshop in Uppingham |
The Rutland Bookshop
Another Bookshop in Uppingham |
Staniland Booksellers
Yet another Bookshop in Uppingham |
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Uppingham,
Rutland
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Preston
Church Micro 8766 |
Stone Reredos designed by Edward
Browning and incorporates a marble relief by Mario Raggi.
It was placed in the chancel in 1881 Church of St Peter and St Paul, Preston |
Early C13th Nave restored in 1856
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Preston |