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St Catherine, Wickford

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. What a lovely little church. On a busy road in an urban area, but a permanent sign on the noticeboard declares that 'Your Church Is Open Every Day', and the inner doors were hooked back. This is a sweet 19th century church with a surviving 14th century chancel. Lots of excellent early 20th Century glass. They preserve a high church tradition here, the sacrament reserved, candles flickering, etc. I liked it a lot. I was glad it was open, because Wickford is exactly the kind of place that needs open churches. And it must be said that a mile or so off on the other side of town, just before entering countryside again, I came to the more significant medieval Runwell parish church, which was locked without a keyholder notice. Simon Knott, August 2013

 

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