The Quest for England
This is the third part of the recent walking video exploring The Greensand Way that cuts through Surrey where we started at Wotton Church. These walks are part of a longer series in which Matthew Holdsworth and I explore the belt of greensand across Surrey and Kent. ——————————————————————- PLEASE SUPPORT THE BALD EXPLORER My videos […]
Another mini series of three videos exploring further sections of the Greensand Way in Surrey. I am joined once again by the ever knowledgeable Matthew Holdsworth. We start at Wotton Church, a rural, downland building, remote in the Surrey Hills just off the A25. John Evelyn the 17th century diarist was buried there. Splendid views […]
I am continuing my exploration of the rural West Sussex village of Duncton, a few miles south of Petworth and about thirteen from Chichester. Today I am joined by John Mayes, local historian, and we are examining the history of the first church in the village. St Mary’s is no longer there, although the churchyard […]
Today I have teamed up with Kevin Hall to visit Tuxlith Chapel in Milland, a tiny religious house tucked behind the towering Victorian St Lukes Church. We are playing detectives, looking at the interior features and speculating on the original construction, and that goes for the incredible invasive moss in the graveyard too. We hope […]
Today Julia Hartley, Cynthia Julian and myself are exploring the terrible tragedies that occurred towards the end of the Second World War close to a rural download church in West Sussex. St Mary’s the Virgin, The Church in a Field, lies a few miles south of Petworth. A Norman built church with very little changes […]
In a previous video I was fortunate enough to explore the beautiful village of Tillington, in West Sussex, with a local resident. Today my fortunes have doubled because another local man, Gerald Gresham Cooke, is going to show me around the delightful All Hallows church and take me right to the top of the iconic […]