Tuesday 16 June 2009

Picturing the past - East Window


What would St Michael's and All Saints church have looked like if it had not become a ruin?
Although we cannot say for sure, we can get some idea by looking at churches of a similar age which have survived. In the photo above, you are looking towards the East end of the church, where an altar and a great window would once have stood.

Here's a photo looking towards the East end of a local church ('Alburgh') which has survived complete into the present day...


© Simon Knott, 2006 - All Saints, Alburgh

Even when we visit old churches today, it is very hard to picture what they would have looked like hundreds of years ago. This is because old buildings often develop and change over time.

In the next post we will think about some of the things that would have been in the original church at Bowthorpe.