Goltho & The Bare Necessities by escafeld
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Description
The church of St George at Goltho is reached by a long trek through a large field. When I mentioned this trek to the wife of the key holder on returning the key, she reproached me by saying that she had "never noticed it", and she had "just got on with it". The word Goltho means 'where the marigolds grow'. It is one of the lost villages of Lincolnshire and the field one treks though was once bumpy with the grassy earthworks of the deserted village. In the 14th-century the Kyme family moved their manor house from there and nothing remains of the great house of their successors, the Granthams. The site was inhabited for 900 years and the little church is all that is left on it. Before the field was ploughed in 1970, it was very clearly defined by the substantial earthworks of the Norman Castle mound, which stood close to the south-west corner of the churchyard. The 40-acre site ONCE represented one of the best examples of a clay-land Mediaeval village in the East Midlands and the size of the sunken roads, some 40 feet wide and 5 feet deep, saved the site from the plough for over 500 years.
The 16th-century nave of the church is built of brick and entered through a door in the west end. It is traditionally thought to have been built by the Grantham family when they purchased the estate in the 1530s. An earlier doorway, now blocked, is on the south side. The brick built chancel is an early 18th-century addition. The church has 15th- to 18th-century furnishings, a two-decker pulpit, a few box pews and some earlier poppy headed bench-ends. In the floor are a few ledger stones, one in memory of Thomas Grantham. The church stands on the site of substantial stone-built church, the full history of which cannot be clarified without lifting the existing church floor.
The church is now in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. The field is used for crops.
Thanks again to those who share my love of these places of worship and our heritage.
Comments (24)
marybelgium
Excellent ! Love this serie !
Sekadhar
Thank you for all information about this Church! It's very interesting! Excellent shots!*****!
kimariehere
yeessssssss!YES I SHARE YOUR LOVE And love these pictures you take me to places i can only daydream of i love the write up on it and the three shots put me into awe and wonderment!!..w WOWWWWW!! V!thank you!!!!!
Mondwin
Fabulous capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Really splendid!!!!bravissimo!vote!:DDD
Niutek
Looks very nice, indeed, and thank you for all the info :)
Margana
Forgive my ignorance, but it really looks like a product of the reformation. You say 15th to 18th furnishings so surely this church had a past life as well? I love history,esp.regarding England and Scotland.Thank you for your pic and description. :)
kellendor
Great image and wonderful history you've provided for us! Thanks for taking the time to do that! Really well written as well. I'm with Margana - would have thought this to be reformation era church or maybe even more recent. Really enjoyed this - thanks for posting it.
Zacko
Ooooh!!! You found another spooky setting!!! When will you strap on your catsuit and wander into these at night to fulfill my wishes for nightshot huh? LOL!!! On second thought...better stay away from those places after dark, sure looks spooky!!! And as always very educational. Thanks for sharing, hope you get to have a wonderful day #:o)
pm_hackworth
Vote for the back ground, Vote for the picutres! Excellent!
bentchick
Well worth the trek! Wonderful shots, thank you so much for the history on it also!
escafeld
Zacko, I draw the line at catsuits! Stockings and suspenders yes. They go very well with my steel toe capped boots, industrial chrome leather gloves and safety helmet. I draw quite a crowd when I'm out wrecking my old drive and showing off my builders bum (|)
soulofharmony
this is an example of not judging inner by the outta.. its so quaint inside.. and yet simple.. beautiful info and composition love the quality of the interior photography beautiful :)...).. ponders this builders bum. CRIKEY ...
Tedz
Stockings? Suspenders?...We have things in Common...quaint Church here....and the History...love how they still have "Key Holders"
donvino
Lovely photos with beautiful light and colors. Don't know, which is the best. Super presentation.
Enmos
Truly beautiful little deserted church again and superb shots of it i might add !! If i may ask, where does this fascination for old churches come from ? Not that i dont agree theyre gorgeous, but i feel it might be something more with you :o)
escafeld
When I was born, 1942, my father was doing what soldiers do in World Wars and my mother lived with her parents. Her parents, my grandparents, were the caretakers of a large church and attached to it was a large three storey house, their living quarters. The church was in the suburbs of Sheffield and during war time soldiers used a large hall beneath the nave, as a canteen, and of course they had to be fed. My mother and grandmother served food from the kitchen and naturally I had to be taken along. As the war went on I grew older and I was able to walk around the church on my own and thats when my fascination grew. However, on my fathers return we moved out and then lived about 2 miles away, but of course contact with grandparents was maintained, in fact right through until their move to Scotland in the 60s. I never lost my fascination for this church and can walk around it in my memory still. It was always my intention to photograph it, but time marched on, I left Sheffield and it didnt get done. Then one day I decided to go back, so armed with a camera I drove to the spot and there in front of me was a mound of rubble. Why this relatively young church was raised to the ground I may never know? It was about 100 years old, but that may be quite an exaggeration. The rest is history. Several of the congregation, were by the way, wealthy Steel Industrialists and at my christening I was presented with items of silverware, one a spoon. So you can say I was born with a silver spoon in my mouth!
logiloglu
excellent photography of this wonderful and fascinating architecture. !!!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!
diomedes66
This is awesome history and equally impressive imagery - the stories that dwell here; only faint whispers now, but there none the less! Well done!
thuleke
What a Wonderful World !!!!!! thank you for the pictures...
b2amphot
The architecture is quite plain and doesn't appear as I imagined something that old would. Quite interesting the way the interior seems to be in two separate sections. Great work as usual.
CDBrugg
Interesting to see an English Church apparently not 'improved' by the Victorians
blacq_nyght_vampyre
Such images should be in some sort of history archive. As people take newer pictures they should be added. This series is soooooo amazing. Thank you so much for bringing it to us. Excellent compositions.
sossy
what a wonderful little chapel! and it looks like it isn't used anymore! I also would never expect to find such a beautiful and impressive interior! beautiful historical captures! ;o)
cynlee
i bet it has a wonderful smell too... fascinating church... clean style on the inside :] well taken bit of history