The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Brockenhurst, New Forest

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Brockenhurst, New Forest by Jim Champion 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

The Parish Church of St Nicholas, Brockenhurst, New Forest

Image: © Jim Champion Taken: 8 Oct 2005

This is the Parish Church of Brockenhurst, reputedly the oldest in the New Forest. The notice board at the gate says that a church has existed on this hilltop site since about 800AD. The Norman builders in 1086 used some of the original Saxon walling as they raised the building. The church was enlarged by the Victorians but in the south wall of the old Nave there is some Saxon herring-bone masonry. The south doorway is a fine example of Norman work with chevron mouldings. The yew tree visible to the left of the tower is probably over 1000 years old.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0