DAYS OUT: Walpole St Peter’s, & St Edmunds, Kings Lynn

Walpole St Peter’s.

I’ve been having a spate of ‘two church’ days. Which is great.

I keep passing this magnificent edifice, at Walpole St Peter’s. Most times I’m unable to stop. Today, however, I stopped and had a little wander around the back end. Where there’s this odd little underpass, or passage.

What a building!
See the passageway on far left?
Approaching the underpass…
Looks great.
Quite a roof.
The view from t’other side.
Vaulted roof with corbels.

The keen eye might also spot metal rings mounted in the walls on the right hand side. No idea what they might have been for? One automatically things of tethering horses. But the discs is tiny, and quite low ceilinged.

Pano’ in the passage.

And then, later in the day, St Edmund’s, Downham Market. Both of these are churches I’ve been to before. But in both instances I’m finding new aspects.

Bit of a pano’…

There was a young guy playing organ in St Edmund’s today. So the church was open. I wandered around again, enjoying the stained glass, the atmos’, and the organ.

Atop the hill…

But today I mostly snapped the environs. Starting atop the hill, and wandering off towards the cemetery areas.

Heading off towards the larger cemetery areas.
Looking back to St Edmund’s.
Nice, chilled n’ calm.
Dead folks and trees.
Nice gravel paths and avenues.
Mossy cross.
Little chapels.
Looking back…

The end of the pathway leading away from the church and cemeteries, towards a recreational area. Looking back towards the church.

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