This morning, I woke up in the strangest of moods. After a few hours, I decided to get a couple of my cameras together and go for a walk locally. So, armed with my DJI Pocket 3 and Mini 4 Pro, this is the result.
Horton Kirby parish church is a Grade 2 listed building, dedicated to Saint Mary the Virgin. Dating back to the late 12th century, possibly using masons from Rochester Cathedral, this church was rebuilt in the 14th century, following an earthquake in 1382. In 1552, there is a record of three bells in the tower. Richard Phelps cast a bell in 1733. In 1797, Edward Hasted described St Mary’s church as ‘built in the form of a cross, with a spire steeple in the centre of it, in which hangs a peal of five bells’. In 1817, architect George Smith rebuilt the tower in brick and demolished the eastern half of the chancel. The Victorian architect Ewan Christian carried out restoration work in 1863. Although Hasted noted five bells, by 1887 J C Stahlschmidt found only three – the 1733 bell plus a treble and tenor cast by Thomas Mears in 1817 and 1826. In 1999, Whitechapel cast two bells and rehung all five in a frame for six, adding a treble the following year.
Soundtracks:
Golden Rays of May (v1)
Golden Rays of May (v2)
By David Wilson. (David Wilson Out and About)
