{"id":20353,"date":"2024-07-17T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=20353"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T21:57:59","slug":"churches-st-nicholas-thistleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=20353","title":{"rendered":"CHURCHES: St Nicholas, Thistleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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St Nicholas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This church, a Grade II listed building, is now a chapel of ease, as opposed to a fully-fledged parish church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I didn\u2019t know what that meant. So I looked into it. Apparently a chapel of ease is for occasional usage, by those struggling to reach a more fully operational local parish church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The porch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Or, in simple terms, a less used church. Given the decline in church attendance generally, across England, that\u2019s saying it\u2019s almost no longer in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I guess that also explains why the interior furnishings look more like a caf\u00e9 or restaurant than a church?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First up, a gallery of the stained glass windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A miniature rose window!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Given my recent acquisition of a couple of editions of Painton Cowen\u2019s Rose Window <\/em>book, finding one – even if only a dinky little \u2018un- in the flesh, so to speak, is timely, fun and gratifying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And to finish, a rather handsome bit of pavement, from up near the altar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This church, a Grade II listed building, is now a chapel of ease, as opposed to a fully-fledged parish church. I didn\u2019t know what that meant. So I looked into it. Apparently a chapel of ease is for occasional usage, by those struggling to reach a more fully operational local parish church. Or, in simple … <\/p>\n

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