Stanmore churchyard
Introduction
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Stanmore churchyard
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 27 Jan 2013
Two churches stand within the one churchyard. The old 'brick church' was abandoned in about 1850 when a new church was built a little further east. Professor Pevsner, writing in the old Middlesex volume of 'The Buildings of England', refers to the ruined church as 'one of the best ruins in the county'. The date of consecration is given as 1632. The tree in the foreground is a redwood of some sort. It seems oddly out of place in an English churchyard, so that the whole scene might be mistaken for a Hammer film set.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.616099
Longitude
-0.316579