After finishing our walk we went inside this church which, with the exception of a few more modern churches in England, is filled with history.
When excavating to expand the church in the 1700's the excavators found 2,000 skulls and bones and after due inquiry, could find no record as to who these bones belonged to or how they came to be buried at this site. The skulls and bones were re-buried in the vault inside the church below the tomb of Lord Harwick's daughter as shown in the top right corner (photo tried to also capture the wooden timber roof joists which were really superb). This tomb is located just inside the wall on the left just behind arch shown in the bottom left. The angel carries a banner that reads "Gloria in excellis Deo" and is hung high on the stone arch on the left side.
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