21. Many windows were filled with magnificent coloured glass, ranging from those of the simple parish church to the wonders of Chartres or Len Cathedral. 22. The finest Perpendicular examples are not confined to cathedrals and abbeys but are to be found in parish churches, chapels and houses. 23. They would be given a proper funeral in the parish church and their ashes would be interred under the ancient yew tree in the churchyard. 24. And so it was that a simple service took place at the parish church. 25. Such ceremonies were sometimes recorded in separate chapelry registers, but others were noted in the register of the parish church. 26. Richard Gough planned his History of Myddle to follow the arrangement of the seats in the parish church. 27. The other places of worship comprised the ancient parish church and Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, Independent and Baptist chapels. 28. Visit to a graveyard, parish church, memorial or to the local museum to investigate and record inscriptions on stone. 29. Finally, while pancake racers everywhere were rubbing their bruises, a parish church was reviving a centuries-old tradition to mark Shrove Tuesday. 30. The body of twenty year old Marc Jeffrey was brought to the parish church in Slad, close to where he used to live. |