Hagioscope

Hagioscopes ... one possibility is it was a Leper's Squint through which lepers were able to follow the service and take communion while remaining outside the Church. Others believe that it is an Easter Sepulchre; used to recreate the Easter mystery at a time where visual imagery played an important part in worship ... this one is in St. Wilfred's Church at Ribchester, Lancashire and has been used for the purpose of Easter - I don't think there are many lepers in the village nowadays !!!

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Ribchester, Lancashire

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Hagioscopes

Hagioscopes ... one possibility is it was a Leper's Squint through which lepers were able to follow the service and take communion while remaining outside the Church. Others believe that it is an Easter Sepulchre; used to recreate the Easter mystery at a time where visual imagery played an important part in worship ... this one is in St. Wilfred's Church at Ribchester, Lancashire and has been used for the purpose of Easter - I don't think there are many lepers in the village nowadays !!!

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Ribchester, Lancashire

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St. Wilfreds Church

Easter at St. Wilfred's Church at Ribchester in Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Churches, Lancashire

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Gate

The unusual set of gates at Churchgates in Ribchester, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester, English Countryside, Lancashire, Beloved - Cats

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Crocus

Crocus ... in the Churchyard of St. Wilfred's Church at Ribchester, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Flora, Lancashire

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Frosty

Frosty morning around the countryside of Ribchester ... in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester, England in Winter, Trees and Woodlands, Lancashire

Frosty

Frosty morning around the countryside of Ribchester, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester, England in Winter, Trees and Woodlands, Lancashire

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St. Wilfred's Church

Winters view of St. Wilfred's Church at Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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Ribchester

A winter wonderland around the countryside of Ribchester in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester

A winters scene ... St. Wilfred's Church and the surrounding countryside of Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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St. Wilfred's churchyard

A scattering of frost in St. Wilfred's churchyard at Ribchester, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Cemeteries, Buildings and Structures, Weather, Lancashire

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Ribchester

A walk around the countryside of Ribchester, in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Trees and Woodlands, Wildlife in England, English Countryside, Lancashire, Just Trees, Sheep may safely graze

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Crow

A walk around the country lanes of Ribchester in Lancashire.

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The Boathouse Lane

A cold winters morning along the Boathouse Lane at Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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Ribchester, England in Winter, Wildlife in England, Trees and Woodlands, Lancashire, Icing on the Cake

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St. Wilfred's Church

St. Wilfred's Church in the village of Ribchester, in Lancashire ... the Parish Church of St Wilfred's was built on the site of the Roman fort with written evidence recording a date of 1193 for the establishment of a Church on this site, but as it is traditionally thought that all the Churches dedicated to St Wilfred were founded by the Saint himself, there could have been a Church here as long ago as the seventh century.

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Ribchester, Churches, Cemeteries, English Autumn, Lancashire

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Ribchester

The vicarage next to St. Wilfred's Church in the village of Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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Ribchester, English Autumn, Buildings and Structures, Lancashire

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Ribchester

St. Wilfred's Church in the village of Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Churches, Cemeteries, English Autumn, Lancashire

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Ribchester

St. Wilfred's Church in the village of Ribchester, in Lancashire ... this view is looking up towards Parsonage Farm.

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Ribchester, Churches, Cemeteries, English Autumn, Lancashire

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Ribchester

St. Wilfred's Church in the village of Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Churches, English Autumn, Trees and Woodlands, Lancashire

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Ribchester

St. Wilfred's Church in the village of Ribchester, in Lancashire.

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Ribchester, Churches, Cemeteries, Trees and Woodlands, Lancashire

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