We're back after a pleasant Frank-Fest with two fun - if penetratingly chilly - visits to Chester Zoo (a few images to follow).
It's been a joy to discover a treasure trove of fabulous images awaiting our return - you have been busy! - wonderful stuff.
[We're still VERY busy with a whole bunch of life-stuff, so must continue to trust you'll forgive our intermittent and random appearances as thread hosts].
As Phil meanders through just under 4,000 raw files, a few stragglers from our cycle to Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England (back in the mists of 2024!).
(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels. These shots are by Phil - Karen took the food/ drink!).
You can find out more about Cartmel Priory by clicking
Here.
P&K
1. Almost 500 years before the foundations of Cartmel Priory were laid, in around 680 AD, the monks of Lindisfarne took ownership of the land. (Note: The priory was built in stages which involved alignment adjustments - plus, Phil's attempted 'portrait orientation stitching' met with only limited success...
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2. This Christian era remained until 1189 when William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, founded Cartmel Priory.
3. The Priory was saved at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the early 1530s, owing to William Marshall being granted an altar in one of the Priory’s chapels and villagers successfully petitioned to be allowed to keep the church as it was their only place of worship.
4. Despite this, the lead was stripped from the nave until in 1618 when George Preston, a landowner at nearby Holker Hall, provided considerable finances to reinstate the roof.
5. In 1643, during the English Civil War (1642-51), some Roundhead troops stayed in the village, stabling their horses in the church. Bullet holes from this time are still visible in the southwest door of the nave.
6. The nave was used after the Dissolution as a prison and later between 1624 and 1790 as a grammar school.
(Sources: Cartmel Priory, Wikipedia).
