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Gosberton Clough Church

Real photo postcard titled 'Clough Church Interior'. This is St Gilbert & St Hugh's Church, Gosberton Clough. The postcard was published by W.S Henson of Boston and dates from 1910 source: Fac…
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A Cheeky Jape

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton  An audacious bet Running up all sides of the spire of St. Peter and St. Paul’s church in Gosberton are little decorative stone projections, known in a…
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The Medieval Stone Coffin

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton Walter Jenkinson Kaye, in his book, ‘A Brief History of the Church and Parish of Gosberton’ (1897), makes the following reference to two stone coffins:  …
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The North Aisle

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton  Description The North Aisle is bounded on the north by a wall, into which are inserted three large windows, a door, and a smaller window above the doo…
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The Medieval Stone Altar

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church What is an Altar? The altar is a very symbolic item and represents the tomb of Christ or the table at the last supper (Eucharist table). The altar is the mos…
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The West Gallery

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton What was a gallery, and what was its purpose?  At the west end of the nave was, at one time, a wooden gallery above the west door. Such galleries, know…
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The Lady Chapel

St. Peter and St Paul’s Church, Gosberton The Lady Chapel is sited to the south of the Chancel. It is separated from both the Chancel and the South Transept by open archways. The Chapel has its own…
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The South Transept

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. The South and North Transepts, along with the Nave and Chancel, form the basic cruciform shape of the church - common in church architecture (the cross, …
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The South Aisle windows

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton. The South Aisle contains four windows, as shown from east to west on the illustration above. They are numbered for reference. How old are the windows?…
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A Sign of Ransacking

Immediately underfoot at the south door entrance, and liable to go unnoticed to all but the keenest observer, is the remnant of what had been a memorial stone. Two shallow recesses carved upon it sugg…
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