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St Margaret, Downham

Click on the 'play' symbol in the second image to see all my photographs of this church as a slide show, then click on any image in the slideshow to see it large in a new page. Alternatively, if you don't have flash enabled, you can go straight to the set for this church on flickr. A stunning spot, but a dying church. The red brick building is away from its village and towering over the valley, which falls away over wooded countryside to the Thames in the distance. Breathtaking. If the church was open, there is no doubt it would become a spot of regular pilgrimage, but in their ignorance the PCC keep it locked without a keyholder notice, and so it will soon fall prey to vandalism and break-ins. Very sad. There is an 18th Century dovecot and stables on the edge of the churchyard. It really felt as if this one should be open. Simon Knott, August 2013

 

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