SS Andrew & Mary, Stoke Rochford. Lincolnshire. Worn sculpted medieval monument, early C14th to John de Neville & his wife, with two recumbent figures—the man in chain armour, the woman with a wimple. 📸My own. #MementoMoriMonday #medieval #churchmonument

Chantry Chapel of Prior Leschman, Hexham Abbey. Tomb of Rowland Leschman, Prior of the Abbey from 1480-1491.📸My own. #MementoMoriMonday #medieval #Hexham #Northumberland

Carlisle Cathedral, Cumbria Harvey Goodwin 1818-1891 Bishop of Carlisle from 1869 until his death. Memorial by Sir William Hamo Thornycroft. 📸My own. #Carlisle #Cumbria #MementoMoriMonday

St Mary's Church, Brent Eleigh, Suffolk. Table tomb of Robert Coleman d1730 and his wife Dionesse (d1697). On the end is a grinning skeleton with a spade and hourglass, a reminder of mortality. #MementoMoriMonday #suffolk

St Peter's Church, Wallsend. Tyne & Wear. Victorian memorial. 📸My own #MementoMoriMonday #Victorian #Headstone #Wallsend

St George's Church, Jesmond. Newcastle upon Tyne. Memorial to Charles Mitchell (1820-1895) a Scottish engineer from Aberdeen who founded major shipbuilding yards on the Tyne. 📸My Own. #MementoMoriMonday #Jesmond #Newcastle

Found in the local charity shop for £1. #medieval #Archaeology #monarchy

This evening started reading 'Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England'. An unforgettable story of Henry VII's time as King, and the fraught and unstable birth of Tudor England. The thirst for glory - and the first Tudor king.

The Brougham Triptych, Carlisle Cathedral. Made in Antwerp in about 1520, and bears the trademark of the Antwerp Guild of Woodcarvers. Although it lacks two doors to make triptych wings, it is a fine example of its type. 📸My own #woodensday #Carlisle #medieval

Rood Screen, Hexham Abbey, Northumberland. Fascinating & beautifully-preserved collection of medieval paintings. Rare survivors of the destruction suffered by so much church imagery during the Commonwealth period in England. #woodensday #Hexham #medieval

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland. #woodensday #Hexham

Hexham Abbey, Northumberland. #woodensday #Hexham

St George's, Tombland. Norwich. Norfolk. #woodensday #pulpit

Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire. Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Gothic buildings in Europe. My own 📸 #AdoorableThursday

Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire. Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Gothic buildings in Europe. My own 📸 #AdoorableThursday

Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire. Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Gothic buildings in Europe. My own 📸 #AdoorableThursday

Beverley Minster, East Riding of Yorkshire. Widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Gothic buildings in Europe. My own 📸 #AdoorableThursday

Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain #AdoorableThursday My own 📸

Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain #AdoorableThursday My own 📸

Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain #AdoorableThursday My own 📸