london diary

August 2016

 

	Craven Arms Shropshire, Fri 19 Aug 2016
	Heath Chapel
	Church of St Margaret, Clee St Margaret is II* listed There are various C11, C13 and C15 featueres. It was restored in 1872, added to in 1897 and still has weekly services       St Catherine's church, Tugford    dates from the 12th century and is a Grade II* listed building     St Catherine's Tugford poses many interesting questions. There are two fertility figures high at each side of its entrance door, one badly damaged so as to be almost unrecognisable, the other clearly a crude medieval version of a female figure displaying her vagina in a pose aping that of pornographic magazines. These figures, usually known for no particular reason as 'sheela na gigs' are found in many churches in the British Isles and elsewhere in Europe. Most date from the 11-12th centrury and were most probably carved as a waring against lust, though other theories abound.I didn't have a suitable lens (or ladder) with me to take a picture of them Also mysterious to me at least were the arches on both sides of the building
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