St. Nicholas,Husthwaite- Interior.

[poliphilo]

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[mummm.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That's really interesting. I don't think I had ever seen box pews.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

In some places the pews were so high-sided that you couldn't see your fellow worshippers- only the preacher in his pulpit. Worship, in these circumstances, became an essentially private, family affair.