[Magdalen] York Remembered.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Visiting Ireland, we went to churches my relatives would have attended, or
had been baptized or married in.
In one case, the church had been completely demolished and it graveyard
also eliminated.  In a walkway between two buildings, now fenced off, there
rest thousands of headstones.
We walked into an office next to approximately where we thought the church
should have been, not knowing at that time anything of the history, and a
secretary showed us sketches and paintings of the church, and was very
solicitous. She told the whole story of the decision to build modern office
buildings there.

We did have the privilege of visiting quite a few very ancient churches as
well. The one where my great grandmother was christened is still in use.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> Secondary to an event I reported elsewhere about something in York,
> England, I remembered to browse what's online about York.
>
> First I wanted to refresh my memory about the York atelier for  stained
> glass, which style IMHO should have been much more used for  inspiration
> in TEC churches in the 19th and early 20th centuries than it was.
>
> In doing so, I remember encountering some of the astounding  collection
> of medieval parish churches in York, many with names beyond colorful.
> I personally attended some sort of liturgy in two of them: All Saints
> Ousegate
> (also called All Saints Pavement), and Saint Mary Bishophill Jr. (there
> was
> a Saint Mary Bishophill Sr., but it's gone).
>
> Here's a list:
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_parish_churches_of_York
>
>
>
> David Strang.
>