York Gate Garden (featured in my posts at the end of May) is adjacent to the Church of St John the Baptist, in Adel. I took a wander in the churchyard as I remembered it being quite special. The churchyard has for several years been allowed to grow 'wild' with a few paths mown through, so in the spring it is full of bluebells and buttercups, and absolutely delightful.
The church itself is largely Norman, built between 1150 and 1170 and only slightly altered in subsequent centuries. It has a magnificent Norman doorway, with a series of elaborately carved arches.
It would be a pretty setting in which to get married - and apparently, in 1946, the paternal grandparents of Catherine, the Princess of Wales did just that!
I can't help but think that it would also be a pretty setting to rest eternally among the bluebells - though I'm not planning on being buried so that rules me out.
That's some doorway to find on a small church! The churchyard looks delightful.
ReplyDeleteA lovely church.
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea to have wildflowers in the churchyard. Love the carved doorway.
ReplyDeleteThe carvings on that doorway are wonderful. I can't believe the age and how well they have stood up to time & pollution.
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