Astbury

[poliphilo]

On our way back from Mow Cop we stopped at Astbury. The bellringers were at it like a poltergeist among the fire irons. 

The church is really odd- with a tall spire that seems to have come adrift from the main building. There's a collection of  wonderfully grotesque medieval gargoyles, a 1000 year old yew tree and- very unusual- a  set of high-status medieval tombs that have been erected outside, in the churchyard and are now more or less reduced to featureless lumps. 

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[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Fine pictures--the cars seem jarringly out of place!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The fat little blue one to the right of the gate is ours. Ailz is sitting in the driver's seat reading about Lord Byron. You can just make out the back of her head.