Church of St. Nicholas, Britwell Salome
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Church of St. Nicholas, Britwell Salome by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Church of St. Nicholas, Britwell Salome
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 9 Aug 2010
According to the notice board this is in the Benifice (sic) of Icknield. Icknield refers to the Icknield Way which runs by here, but not being sure what a benifice is, I looked it up. Oxford Dictionary :- Benefice -with an E - "property held by an ecclesiastical officer, esp. Vicar or Rector." Hmmm... not sure where that gets us really. I'm guessing it means a group of parishes looked after by one Vicar, or else he gets a cut of the collection or something like that. Anyway, let's leave it there. The church was largely rebuilt in 1867 by Charles Buckeridge. The oldest thing by miles is the Yew Tree just visible at the far end which has been dated to over 1400 years old. As for Britwell Salome :- Britwell "bright spring" - quite common round here. Salome is a family name linked with Sulham near Pangbourne, Berkshire. One Aumaricus de Suleham no less was the local squire here in 1236.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.637979
Longitude
-1.026601