Friday, 29 May 2009
Monday, 25 May 2009
Tissington Well Dressing 2009
Tissington is a very picturesque village in Derbyshire about 4 miles north of Ashbourne. It is most famous for being the mother of all well dressing villages and has 7 wells dressed for the week.
The small village Butcher's shop
The Church stained glass window depicting Noah's Ark.
Well dressing consists of erecting boards covered in clay, into which thousands of flower petals are pressed to create an elaborate tableaux of some biblical or topographical scene. It is probable that well dressing took place here in 1348, in thanksgiving for the village’s escape from the Black Death, which the villagers attributed to the purity of its water. Tissington having escaped the plague, while other local villages had been ravaged.
Tissington Hall which is open to visitors on certain days of the year and during well dressing weekend.
The biggest well is Hall well opposite Tissington Hall.
The small village Butcher's shop
The Church stained glass window depicting Noah's Ark.
Well dressing consists of erecting boards covered in clay, into which thousands of flower petals are pressed to create an elaborate tableaux of some biblical or topographical scene. It is probable that well dressing took place here in 1348, in thanksgiving for the village’s escape from the Black Death, which the villagers attributed to the purity of its water. Tissington having escaped the plague, while other local villages had been ravaged.
Tissington Hall which is open to visitors on certain days of the year and during well dressing weekend.
The biggest well is Hall well opposite Tissington Hall.
Friday, 1 May 2009
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Thriplow Daffodil Weekend 2009
Thriplow is a quiet village situated 8 miles south of Cambridge. Each year it celebrates 'Daffodil Weekend'. The tradition started in 1969 and the village has been opened every year since.
Daffodil weekend is a traditional village fête-come flower festival, with open gardens, craft and home-produce stalls, music and rural entertainments and more!
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Sudbury Hall
This is Sudbury Hall in South Derbyshire. It is now owned by the National Trust and is open during the summer months. Part of the building is also the Museum of Childhood.
The former stables now the giftshop/retaurant/toilets
There is not much in terms of gardens left except a few hedges and trees and an area of lawn leading down to the lake.However it is free to enter and look around although there is a charge to enter the museum or hall.
Sudbury church is next door although it was not open to the public when I went.
The former stables now the giftshop/retaurant/toilets
There is not much in terms of gardens left except a few hedges and trees and an area of lawn leading down to the lake.However it is free to enter and look around although there is a charge to enter the museum or hall.
Sudbury church is next door although it was not open to the public when I went.
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