"Forlorn splendor" describes not only this wreck of a beautiful building but also other decaying sites in Great Britain, destroyed by people who mark their presence as do dogs... Here in the States we have no relics of this age save for the mounds and pyramids of indigenous cultures; and these, too, have been leveled by succeeding populations. Thank you for recording Skidbrooke for us, Mr. Barton. May you be blessed by whatever spirits remain.
As someone who would give their eye teeth to stand in the shadow of something older than two hundred years, I simply cannot understand what satisfaction is gained by destroying something so beautiful. It should be revered for the skill to build, the history the walls could speak and the lessons for the future to absorb. I wish I could visit Great Britain to try and wrap my head around the fact that something can still be standing after so long. The destruction to me is simply heartbreaking. Thank you for the lovely videos. I enjoy them so much. 🇦🇺
Hi Allan! As we were walking about the building, my mind began to imagine what life would have been like then. This building where baptisms, weddings, and funerals would have happened was the very center of community life. This was a place of laughter, weeping, surrender and hope. Where sacred words were read, songs sang, and prayers earnestly offered up. Where children played, confessions made, and young people fell in love. Eventually, each member would take their place of rest in the churchyard while those still living would carry on with the routine that was life. This now silent place stands witness that those so long dead were not all that different from us. Thank you indeed, Allan.
What a beautiful building. The thought that this ancient site has survived the changes brought about by the last 800 years, is fascinating. So much has been built, fought over, and brought down, but this little church has survived it all. Amazing place. So peaceful and serene. Thank you, Allan.
A very interesting history about this ancient church 😊👍👍 Its a great shame that our youth have no respect for holy ground and the church 😔 The Church of England should protect their legacy better….and….parents should raise their kids up….better too.
Quite shocking that one man's silliness can lead to all that damage to a once (and still) beautiful expression of the local community's love of God. And that so many fools can cause such wreckage.
Hello Allan! So wonderful to hear your voice again! It sounds like your few weeks were full of travel productivity and family and I hope it was greatly restorative for you. What a beautiful place! “Forlorn splendor”. I couldn’t have put it better. So sad about the vandalism but still a sight to behold. Happy to see you back! 😃
Welcome back, Allan!! It's such a shame to see such a BEAUTIFUL church in such disrepair!! I wonder what the diocese thinks of iy all?! Thanks again for the excellent content, as always!! ❤💗👍
That is quite a grand building! And there's a certain beauty in its stubborn, abused state; this church was built to stand, so stand it will, in spite of everything! It's interesting from a conservation point of view; the derelict state tells a relevant story, but it must make it a nightmare to prevent it from decaying too far. Tricky decisions about how much to intervene - and at which point. I hope somebody will maintain the roof, because that at least offers some protection against the elements, even with the windows gone. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you, Allan, it is wonderful to have you "back" once more. What a glorious, if greatly desecrated church. It is not difficult to see what it may have once been. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of this place, and so much else. I look forward to more.
Dr. Barton, I'm so happy to hear of your travels and lectures. After 32 coronation videos/eight hours of content and being sick, you deserve a bit of a vacation, even if you're working. 😊 This is a beautiful church. I'll never understand the desecration of churches and cemeteries.
I've had a busy time, but a change of pace has made a world of difference. I'm not one to stop really! It is a beautiful church, I was talking to my Dad earlier this week and he remembers it when it was still complete - it does seem mindless the vandalism.
A lovely video, thank you. What a peaceful spot. I always feel an affinity to churches dedicated to St Botolph as my family were from Boston. His patronal festival was yesterday 17 June.
It's surreal to see this lone survivor in an area that was once so vital. A real testament, as well, to the craftsmen who built it. I must say it doesn't look paranormal to me -- at least not on a bright summer's day. 😊
Thank you so much for this presentation. To stand alone there and feel the atmosphere would bring back the memory of all the people who worshipped there back through the centuries would be an unforgettable experience. I have just opened the June issue of The Antiquary and nothing but one of your videos would tear me away from that!
How sad. this church was once obviously well-loved once but has been vandalized by people with no respect for the spiritual. My first thought was is nothing sacred anymore, but to certain sick souls nothing has ever been sacred. Thank you for this. I wonder if the spirits are at peace or lonely? Kathleen in California
I think the otherwise excellent Churches Conservation Trust are to seek in leaving it as a roofed ruin. Surely something more could be done to secure the building, restore the window mullions and glaze the windows. A depressing situation that does few people credit. Thank you for drawing attention to it.
Welcome back! Glad you and your family could share some time together. That church is just so beautiful. It’s really quite majestic in its emptiness. How sad that no one goes through the cemetery. Thank you Allan!
Welcome back Allan! I hope you have had a restful, fruitful break. Skidbrooke church still has great bones and was obviously well adorned once. It isn't small as you say so I wonder if the Medieval congregation was large. An odd assortment of buildings still standing despite the ravages of the past years. Thanks again for your insights.
First visited this church on a misty autumn day in 1993, very atmospheric, although I was less concerned about the supernatural, than I was about being defacated on by pigeons who seem to have made it their home at the time! It's unfortunate that the publicity drew the wrong sort of visitor. Indeed, I first heard of it well before my visit on a video narrated by the late Christopher Lee! Have visited several times over the years, a lovely building. Also of interest in a corner of the churchyard are the graves of the sailors of the S.S. Orsa. Very interesting and informative video. Hadn't realised it was built of Ancaster Stone - as you say, shipped from Boston, but still would some way have had to be transported to there from the Ancaster area.
This video has been sitting waiting on my feed as a treat during a challenging time in my personal life. Almost all the content was new to me even as to the very words used to describe parts of church buildings. When reading books set in England I usually skip over such words. My head is spinning with your marvellously articulated succinct history lesson, Allan. I shall return. Thanks
I feel so frustrated that mindless destruction like this can't be prevented. How can anyone (especially in the UK) not see the beauty even in ruins, and leave them as is? Thank you for showing us what remains, and the lovely countryside on such a lovely day - we can still dream....
Hi Allan - have recently come across your channel and thoroughly enjoy the content. Your videos are paced so well - I don't feel rushed through but also doesn't ever feel laggy. Cheers and take care!
Thanks very much Andy, I am glad you have found your way here. I try to keep it as natural as possible, so that people take things in. I've spent years working as a lecturer, an you are always taught to pace speech. There is a tendency to for people to talk too fast these days.
Hi Alan, welcome back. Fascinating as usual, but what a shame such a beautiful building has been allowed to be left is such a state. Possibly a reflection of the society we now live in? Have you ever been to Brookland on the Romney Marsh in Kent? The church is quiet unusual!! I was there last week...never seen its like! Regards Mick
@Allan Barton - The Antiquary check out the church you line. I thought it was a grain store standing directly next to it. Turns out it's the spire, as being on Marsh land, the ground couldn't support the weight. Also the lead font, incredible. Well worth a visit next time you down south. I love your channel, also informative and relaxing. Thanks for all your research and hard work. Regards Mick
Thank you sir for this interesting video. It makes me so sad and angry that the house of God can be treated as this church has been. I don't have an answer, unfortunately.
American congregations should adopt these churches that still have decent foundations and structure and restore them if the Church of England cannot. Or use them as class projects for restorative architect majors at local colleges and craftsmen. Not covering the busted-out windows is only hastening water damage on the inside. It is sad that the tombs of the locals' ancestors are never visited and overgrown with weeds. The nearby parishes should at least host outings to visit and tend the graves. Nothing is sadder than visiting the graves of loved ones and notice that there are never any flowers on nearby graves of others who only died 20 years ago. St. Botolph's Church looks like a peaceful haven above a sea of lowland marshgrass greens.
I can’t help but hope there will be a use found for it to restore it to some semblance of its former Grace. It would be a lovely place for retreats or even a family home.
What a beautiful location! I could watch all the details of this church for at least an hour! Let the ghosts keep their church when the people don't need it any more. Although for them they could better go "home" but aslong as they call this church their home, they will stay.
What a beautiful place, even in the state it is in. I’m sure the feeling of the place of hundreds of years of worship and peace far negates the awful stupid things that have gone on. Desecration however is unforgivable.
As it was built using expensive material and there was no chantry I assume it was paid for by some corporate body rather than a patron. I wonder who the patron/ lay rector was.
I can't imagine smashing open graves or shattering ancient stained glass, no matter how alienated I might feel about my country's caste system or traditional culture. It seems like an act of self-hatred or retroactive revenge against the privileged of the past.
paranormal activity my foot. those silly claims always crack me up.... as for some reason "haunted"places always tend to be hunted by the ghost of either queen Mary of the Scots, the grey lady or lady in grey or a monk. and never the ghost of a milkman, window cleaner or a canary bird or a goldfish. It's so sad to see this beautiful Church in this state. Could be converted into a lovely Orthodox Chapel.
I like the orthodox usage suggestion, but I fear it is too remote. The arrival of some orthodox brothers in Walsingham some years ago has been a benefit, one of them quickly gained a reputation as a Spiritual Director, I applied, but he was already fully booked. Sad to see all the destruction, but it appears that our Police have little intention of dealing with feral youth, I have little trust left in them. As for the paranormal, where I live we have had several groups of ghost hunters active in recent years, mainly because of the online sale of "ghost detectors" by fraudsters. They were breaking into churches and disturbing graveyards. Fortunately they seem to have run out of steam lately as one died of Covid (Covid denier ) while another was finally sectioned.
@@1258-Eckhart why, if converting into an Orthodox chapel, does it needs to be rebuild near a community. Thats not really how Orthodoxy works. The church can be converted into a skete community, serving a small group of monks and for visiting pilgrims.
@@alandavies55 that is not how Orthodoxy works. There is no need for an Orthodox Chapel to be in or near a community. in fact a HUGE chunk of all the Orthodox Churches are located in remote locations. There is also an Orthodox monastery on the isle of Mull here in Scotland. way more remote than this location. The foundation of a monastery is in fact remoteness in order to live closer to Christ our Lord.. This wee church would be perfect as a little chapel for a small skete/monastic community with a few reclusive monks.
@@allanbarton make, or used to make stained glass. Church windows are particularly beautiful and I am always drawn to them when I can visit them. Looking at pictures is not the same as looking at them in situ with the sun shining through them in their religious setting.
I would love to meet that stupid man who spread the stupid rumours of ghosts and happenings at this beautiful church in doing so he committed it to be plundered and ruined by louts who are brainless !!!! I can only imagine what the stained windows etc looked like and not only that the time and effort those late masons and glaziers put into it ? What sadness they would have if they could see it now ? Because it makes me very sad to ruin such an iconic😢 building 😣
This is another fabulous video. It such a beautiful building and setting too. I hope that it can be saved and restored. Maybe this video might go some way towards making that happen. I would like to add though that the stupid activities of some thugs is not occult practice. The occult is very often referenced incorrectly. It actually has its roots in knowledge and pursuit of scientific understanding; our earlier explorers and enquirers called this the occult because the forces and physics were hidden from their understanding. The occult does not include practices that harm or frighten and has attracted a superstitious mantle as it was seen as mystical and therefore scary. I could go on but there are many good references to this topic that explain it properly including works by Manly P Hall and Rudolph Steiner. Thanks again though for a really inspiring video.
It may not be sinister to you - but then, you always show the utmost respect to the places you visit; if you smash down the front door of my home, I'm not going to be happy, but if you knock gently...after all, who's to say how many others were there with you - not plainly visible in this life, but very much present in the next? Those who decline to be respectful might very well provoke their ire. But not your sort. They'd have only warmth and gratitude for you.
As much as the Vandals, I Blame the C.E Commissioners who could of easily (there is considerable wealth in their banking assets ) hired a private security firm to police the site
"Forlorn splendor" describes not only this wreck of a beautiful building but also other decaying sites in Great Britain, destroyed by people who mark their presence as do dogs... Here in the States we have no relics of this age save for the mounds and pyramids of indigenous cultures; and these, too, have been leveled by succeeding populations. Thank you for recording Skidbrooke for us, Mr. Barton. May you be blessed by whatever spirits remain.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed the video!
As someone who would give their eye teeth to stand in the shadow of something older than two hundred years, I simply cannot understand what satisfaction is gained by destroying something so beautiful. It should be revered for the skill to build, the history the walls could speak and the lessons for the future to absorb. I wish I could visit Great Britain to try and wrap my head around the fact that something can still be standing after so long. The destruction to me is simply heartbreaking. Thank you for the lovely videos. I enjoy them so much. 🇦🇺
Such a shame that a church with such a remarkable history has been left to deteriorate as it has.
Hi Allan! As we were walking about the building, my mind began to imagine what life would have been like then. This building where baptisms, weddings, and funerals would have happened was the very center of community life. This was a place of laughter, weeping, surrender and hope. Where sacred words were read, songs sang, and prayers earnestly offered up. Where children played, confessions made, and young people fell in love. Eventually, each member would take their place of rest in the churchyard while those still living would carry on with the routine that was life. This now silent place stands witness that those so long dead were not all that different from us. Thank you indeed, Allan.
Very well said. ❤️
@@ffvvaacc Agreed: very well said 💒
This sums up much of my attraction to these ancient churches. Glad you enjoyed the video 😊
I will forever be amazed that there are places on earth where we can still stand and have such a physical link to our GGGGGGGGGGGG etc. Grandparents.
What is extraordinary is that people are so complacent about them that they are quite prepared to smash them up.
Yes. So very sad.
What a beautiful building. The thought that this ancient site has survived the changes brought about by the last 800 years, is fascinating. So much has been built, fought over, and brought down, but this little church has survived it all. Amazing place. So peaceful and serene. Thank you, Allan.
A beautiful ruin of a once splendid church. Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure, it is a great shame it is in this condition.
@allanbarton It is a shame, yet I feel like I could sing some hymns there, and the acoustics would be amazing.
A very interesting history about this ancient church 😊👍👍 Its a great shame that our youth have no respect for holy ground and the church 😔 The Church of England should protect their legacy better….and….parents should raise their kids up….better too.
Quite shocking that one man's silliness can lead to all that damage to a once (and still) beautiful expression of the local community's love of God. And that so many fools can cause such wreckage.
The structure still has a quiet elegance. Thank you for posting.
Its terribly sad that young people would destroy such a beautiful building dedicated to Our Lord. Heartbreaking.
Hello Allan! So wonderful to hear your voice again! It sounds like your few weeks were full of travel productivity and family and I hope it was greatly restorative for you. What a beautiful place! “Forlorn splendor”. I couldn’t have put it better. So sad about the vandalism but still a sight to behold. Happy to see you back! 😃
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Welcome back, Allan!!
It's such a shame to see such a BEAUTIFUL church in such disrepair!! I wonder what the diocese thinks of iy all?!
Thanks again for the excellent content, as always!! ❤💗👍
That is quite a grand building! And there's a certain beauty in its stubborn, abused state; this church was built to stand, so stand it will, in spite of everything!
It's interesting from a conservation point of view; the derelict state tells a relevant story, but it must make it a nightmare to prevent it from decaying too far. Tricky decisions about how much to intervene - and at which point. I hope somebody will maintain the roof, because that at least offers some protection against the elements, even with the windows gone.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you, Allan, it is wonderful to have you "back" once more. What a glorious, if greatly desecrated church. It is not difficult to see what it may have once been. Thanks for sharing your knowledge of this place, and so much else. I look forward to more.
Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!
Dr. Barton, I'm so happy to hear of your travels and lectures. After 32 coronation videos/eight hours of content and being sick, you deserve a bit of a vacation, even if you're working. 😊
This is a beautiful church. I'll never understand the desecration of churches and cemeteries.
I've had a busy time, but a change of pace has made a world of difference. I'm not one to stop really! It is a beautiful church, I was talking to my Dad earlier this week and he remembers it when it was still complete - it does seem mindless the vandalism.
Oh what a shame :( I wish all these places were properly preserved
So do I, it is very sad to see this.
What a shame, it's a lovely building. Thanks.
So true 😔
A lovely video, thank you. What a peaceful spot. I always feel an affinity to churches dedicated to St Botolph as my family were from Boston. His patronal festival was yesterday 17 June.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Yes, I realised after I'd made it that it was indeed St Botolph's day!
What a beautiful setting and a charming little building
It's surreal to see this lone survivor in an area that was once so vital. A real testament, as well, to the craftsmen who built it. I must say it doesn't look paranormal to me -- at least not on a bright summer's day. 😊
Thank you so much for this presentation. To stand alone there and feel the atmosphere would bring back the memory of all the people who worshipped there back through the centuries would be an unforgettable experience. I have just opened the June issue of The Antiquary and nothing but one of your videos would tear me away from that!
Lovely to get to hear your voice again on a new episode! Aloha.
Hello, thank you - lots more to come now I have had a little break.
@@allanbarton We're all looking forward to it. Mahalo!
Another wonderful video and you are just the best to listen to! 😊
How sad. this church was once obviously well-loved once but has been vandalized by people with no respect for the spiritual. My first thought was is nothing sacred anymore, but to certain sick souls nothing has ever been sacred. Thank you for this. I wonder if the spirits are at peace or lonely? Kathleen in California
Perhaps the thought that it was haunted was to keep people out, and sadly it did the opposite. Lovely building even without all its grandeur.
I think the otherwise excellent Churches Conservation Trust are to seek in leaving it as a roofed ruin. Surely something more could be done to secure the building, restore the window mullions and glaze the windows. A depressing situation that does few people credit. Thank you for drawing attention to it.
Welcome back, Dr. Barton. You have been greatly missed!
Welcome back, Allan, thank you
Welcome back! Glad you and your family could share some time together. That church is just so beautiful. It’s really quite majestic in its emptiness. How sad that no one goes through the cemetery. Thank you Allan!
Welcome back Allan! I hope you have had a restful, fruitful break. Skidbrooke church still has great bones and was obviously well adorned once. It isn't small as you say so I wonder if the Medieval congregation was large. An odd assortment of buildings still standing despite the ravages of the past years. Thanks again for your insights.
What an amazing building, let's hope the roof holds out...
It is a crying shame that such an old and reasonably intact building is left to deteriorate.
I can only imagine how beautiful this church 💒 back in the day. Actually, it's still a beautiful church 💒. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
First visited this church on a misty autumn day in 1993, very atmospheric, although I was less concerned about the supernatural, than I was about being defacated on by pigeons who seem to have made it their home at the time! It's unfortunate that the publicity drew the wrong sort of visitor. Indeed, I first heard of it well before my visit on a video narrated by the late Christopher Lee!
Have visited several times over the years, a lovely building. Also of interest in a corner of the churchyard are the graves of the sailors of the S.S. Orsa.
Very interesting and informative video. Hadn't realised it was built of Ancaster Stone - as you say, shipped from Boston, but still would some way have had to be transported to there from the Ancaster area.
Thank
You Allan, it’s a beautiful church and area 🙏
Thank you Alan. Such a shame that vandals wreak such destruction. A beautiful church that's now prey to the elements.
This video has been sitting waiting on my feed as a treat during a challenging time in my personal life. Almost all the content was new to me even as to the very words used to describe parts of church buildings. When reading books set in England I usually skip over such words. My head is spinning with your marvellously articulated succinct history lesson, Allan. I shall return.
Thanks
Thank you Dr. Barton. Such a beautiful place and church. Such places make me so happy!
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Rather sad that people were able to do so much damage in 2yrs
I feel so frustrated that mindless destruction like this can't be prevented. How can anyone (especially in the UK) not see the beauty even in ruins, and leave them as is? Thank you for showing us what remains, and the lovely countryside on such a lovely day - we can still dream....
As long as the building keeps its roof, there remains hope.
Thank you. It would be interesting if anyone had done a 3D reconstruction of the interior as it was when it’s current structure was finished.
Hi Allan - have recently come across your channel and thoroughly enjoy the content. Your videos are paced so well - I don't feel rushed through but also doesn't ever feel laggy. Cheers and take care!
Thanks very much Andy, I am glad you have found your way here. I try to keep it as natural as possible, so that people take things in. I've spent years working as a lecturer, an you are always taught to pace speech. There is a tendency to for people to talk too fast these days.
Thank you Allan, I think this looks a lovely place.
Nicely done Allan. I'd like to drop into this and other churches you visit... but too far away in NSW Australia.
Always sad to see such historic and beautiful architecture be allowed to crumble.
Another interesting video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Allan, you've been missed! But I'm glad you've had the chance to have a rest and take up other opportunities 😊
Thanks Sophie, lots of videos filmed while I have been away. I'm hoping to do as much as possible to share with you during the winter months.
Instead of being spooked, all I feel when watching your video is serenity. I could stay there for hours to meditate lol
Such a shame about the damage to this beautiful building.
Hi Alan, welcome back. Fascinating as usual, but what a shame such a beautiful building has been allowed to be left is such a state. Possibly a reflection of the society we now live in? Have you ever been to Brookland on the Romney Marsh in Kent? The church is quiet unusual!! I was there last week...never seen its like! Regards Mick
I haven't been down that way at all. I nearly did a few weeks ago but ran out of time.
@Allan Barton - The Antiquary check out the church you line. I thought it was a grain store standing directly next to it. Turns out it's the spire, as being on Marsh land, the ground couldn't support the weight. Also the lead font, incredible. Well worth a visit next time you down south. I love your channel, also informative and relaxing. Thanks for all your research and hard work. Regards Mick
Thank you sir for this interesting video. It makes me so sad and angry that the house of God can be treated as this church has been. I don't have an answer, unfortunately.
Lovely ! Thank You
Very interesting video, nice job.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Flipping heck how stunning x
Impressive, in so many ways.
Enigmatic and eternally Ethereal...And intriguing I'd like to visit 😊
American congregations should adopt these churches that still have decent foundations and structure and restore them if the Church of England cannot. Or use them as class projects for restorative architect majors at local colleges and craftsmen. Not covering the busted-out windows is only hastening water damage on the inside. It is sad that the tombs of the locals' ancestors are never visited and overgrown with weeds. The nearby parishes should at least host outings to visit and tend the graves. Nothing is sadder than visiting the graves of loved ones and notice that there are never any flowers on nearby graves of others who only died 20 years ago. St. Botolph's Church looks like a peaceful haven above a sea of lowland marshgrass greens.
Why on earth has such a beautiful structure been left to rot? It'd be the matter of hours to fit some perspex in the windows
I can’t help but hope there will be a use found for it to restore it to some semblance of its former Grace. It would be a lovely place for retreats or even a family home.
It’s still a pretty little church even if she’s standing in her underwear 😊 thanks for the info
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video it's a shame it is now abandoned
A couple of years ago I spent the night at this church with a paranormal investigation group. Nothing spooky happened but it was bloody cold!
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What a beautiful location! I could watch all the details of this church for at least an hour!
Let the ghosts keep their church when the people don't need it any more. Although for them they could better go "home" but aslong as they call this church their home, they will stay.
love it, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Heartbreaking.
It is awful.
I visited here in July and found it a most pleasant place, very calming and not creepy at all.
No it isn't at all creepy - I'm glad you liked it, it is a lovely spot.
What a beautiful place, even in the state it is in. I’m sure the feeling of the place of hundreds of years of worship and peace far negates the awful stupid things that have gone on. Desecration however is unforgivable.
I agree Lindsay it really does - it is a very peaceful place to be in despite the remoteness.
I will look it up in Pevsner if it is in.
As it was built using expensive material and there was no chantry I assume it was paid for by some corporate body rather than a patron. I wonder who the patron/ lay rector was.
Awesome
I can't imagine smashing open graves or shattering ancient stained glass, no matter how alienated I might feel about my country's caste system or traditional culture. It seems like an act of self-hatred or retroactive revenge against the privileged of the past.
I do not understand why people have to ‘destroy’ and ruin these beautiful places and desecrate the graves of the deceased.
Cos they hav watched 2 many Hammer Horror flicks resurrecting Count Dracula in old churchyards, and the cranks believe its reality
So sad to see this beautiful building left to decay and be abused.
paranormal activity my foot. those silly claims always crack me up.... as for some reason "haunted"places always tend to be hunted by the ghost of either queen Mary of the Scots, the grey lady or lady in grey or a monk. and never the ghost of a milkman, window cleaner or a canary bird or a goldfish.
It's so sad to see this beautiful Church in this state. Could be converted into a lovely Orthodox Chapel.
But for that, you'd need to take it down and rebuild it near the community. Loved the idea of a window cleaner as a ghost 🙂
I like the orthodox usage suggestion, but I fear it is too remote. The arrival of some orthodox brothers in Walsingham some years ago has been a benefit, one of them quickly gained a reputation as a Spiritual Director, I applied, but he was already fully booked.
Sad to see all the destruction, but it appears that our Police have little intention of dealing with feral youth, I have little trust left in them.
As for the paranormal, where I live we have had several groups of ghost hunters active in recent years, mainly because of the online sale of "ghost detectors" by fraudsters. They were breaking into churches and disturbing graveyards. Fortunately they seem to have run out of steam lately as one died of Covid (Covid denier ) while another was finally sectioned.
@@1258-Eckhart why, if converting into an Orthodox chapel, does it needs to be rebuild near a community. Thats not really how Orthodoxy works. The church can be converted into a skete community, serving a small group of monks and for visiting pilgrims.
@@alandavies55 that is not how Orthodoxy works. There is no need for an Orthodox Chapel to be in or near a community. in fact a HUGE chunk of all the Orthodox Churches are located in remote locations. There is also an Orthodox monastery on the isle of Mull here in Scotland. way more remote than this location. The foundation of a monastery is in fact remoteness in order to live closer to Christ our Lord.. This wee church would be perfect as a little chapel for a small skete/monastic community with a few reclusive monks.
I wonder how old the stained glass would have been?
The east window I remember was by a Victorian firm called Heaton, Butler and Bayne - 1880s I think it was. Somewhere I have a very old photo of it.
@@allanbarton make, or used to make stained glass. Church windows are particularly beautiful and I am always drawn to them when I can visit them. Looking at pictures is not the same as looking at them in situ with the sun shining through them in their religious setting.
So heart-breaking. Why isn't the Conservation Trust conserving this? If they can't, I would pray someone would buy it and live in it.
This would make a beautiful home....
After an exorcism.
I would love to meet that stupid man who spread the stupid rumours of ghosts and happenings at this beautiful church in doing so he committed it to be plundered and ruined by louts who are brainless !!!! I can only imagine what the stained windows etc looked like and not only that the time and effort those late masons and glaziers put into it ? What sadness they would have if they could see it now ? Because it makes me very sad to ruin such an iconic😢 building 😣
This is another fabulous video. It such a beautiful building and setting too. I hope that it can be saved and restored. Maybe this video might go some way towards making that happen. I would like to add though that the stupid activities of some thugs is not occult practice. The occult is very often referenced incorrectly. It actually has its roots in knowledge and pursuit of scientific understanding; our earlier explorers and enquirers called this the occult because the forces and physics were hidden from their understanding. The occult does not include practices that harm or frighten and has attracted a superstitious mantle as it was seen as mystical and therefore scary. I could go on but there are many good references to this topic that explain it properly including works by Manly P Hall and Rudolph Steiner. Thanks again though for a really inspiring video.
Thank you a south african😊
People really are disgusting.
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Yes, it radiates something unpleasant.
It may not be sinister to you - but then, you always show the utmost respect to the places you visit; if you smash down the front door of my home, I'm not going to be happy, but if you knock gently...after all, who's to say how many others were there with you - not plainly visible in this life, but very much present in the next? Those who decline to be respectful might very well provoke their ire. But not your sort. They'd have only warmth and gratitude for you.
As much as the Vandals, I Blame the C.E Commissioners who could of easily (there is considerable wealth in their banking assets ) hired a private security firm to police the site
I agree! What a bunch of nonsense. It's a beautiful ruin with a very warm and welcoming atmosphere. Nothing sinister about it.
the kids that did this are adults now, i hope they see this church everyday.
What a shame to let a bldg like this deteriorate.
Disgraceful. Humans are far crueler in their mindless behavior than so called ignorant animals.
Shame left to be neglected and abused.
It could have been converted..
Paranormal paradise? An oxymoron certainly.
Absolutely - it is a deeply odd thing to write, but journalists eh!
This is an absolute disgrace!