The final drop of my first shift, delivering for Amazon today, was in the picturesque hamlet of Cockayne Hatley.
According to the Wikipedia entry on it ‘The Cockayne part of the name comes from the surname of the Cokayne family, who took possession of the land in 1417.’
After my last delivery, I had a look at the church, which is pretty stunning. Here are a few photos:
The stained glass is often a favourite aspect of many a church, for me. But here it’s a rather mixed bag. My favourite lights are the heraldic ones.
* being:
A chap named Christian Forshaw was playing saxophone in the church (that’s him, above), when I ‘rocked up’, as some folk say these days. I had a bit of a chat with him.
Turns out he not only practices there, but also puts on concerts for the church, as well. I think we’ll go and check one of them out…
I’ll also have to return to St John’s another time, partly so as to not interrupt any musical practicing, and partly in order to give this gem of a church a proper look over.
In the case of this church it might be the carved woodwork that steals the show?
And it’s off again, back out into the world…
And as I headed homewards, before heading out again, for delivery shift #2, I passed the above, which is in (or just outside of) Potton. Another one for the ‘to do’ list!
Also saw this:
Perhaps rather unsurprisingly, it’s called ‘The Castle House’.
