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Normanton-on-Cliffe, St Nicholas

Churches Conservation Trust building. CCT info can be found at :

https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-nicholas-normanton.html

 

Whitewashed walls. Bare stone pillars and ashlar dressings of doorways and windows, frequently having been ‘restored’/i.e. scraped.  Remnants of ancient paint found on some stone e.g. pillar S3.

South aisle late 12thC. Porch and Nth aisle (inc pillars) added later. Chancel probably Victorian.

140 photos taken, many having several graffiti images.   Graffiti quality is variable, from deep to faint. Most of the graffiti is found in the porch and is initials, names, dates etc with a few pictorial images.

Human figure with stovepipe hat

Figure (not space rocket!) left of mill sails

Normanton 008 Figure+Horse.JPG
Normanton 027ship2centre.JPG
Normanton 031 Figure+Millsails.JPG
Normanton 110 RM1706.JPG
Normanton 028 Scratch dial.JPG
Normanton 014 Cross-crosslet.JPG

Memento carving with smaller writing above

Very faint tall ship

a lovely Cross-crosslet

Mass/scratch/tide dial

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