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The bus map for Doncaster |
Following on from another great day out from Treeton on the buses and trains to Morley in West Yorkshire, where my main objective to have a very good look at the Thornhill Rock used to build the Grade I Listed Morley Town Hall was successfully completed, and I had examined the decorative stones and sandstone used at St. John's church in Ranmoor, my thoughts turned next to Church Explorers Week.
I was first informed of this event by the verger at Sheffield Cathedral, a Facebook friend who had taken notice of my many days out from Treeton to visit the mediaeval churches in South Yorkshire and the surrounding counties, starting in Rotherham, which I could get to using my travel pass.
Contacting Church House in Rotherham, who didn’t seem to know anything about this event, I was eventually contacted by Chris Ellis, who works as a Church Buildings Officer for the Diocese of Sheffield and has a working background that includes a spell with English Heritage at Brodsworth Hall and at Clumber Park with the National Trust.
Of the 25 churches participating in the event, which I thought was an great achievement on his part, I had visited and gained access to 17 of these, photographed the exterior of 3 others and 3 more in Doncaster did not appear to open except for services and my attempts to ask for a keyholder to open them were not fruitful. The remaining 2 at Snaith Priory and St. Mary’s church in Whitgift, which are both in East Yorkshire, were effectively out of reach.
By now, I had had travelled to very many churches in rural Doncaster, which involved taking the train from Sheffield to Doncaster and then catching a bus, so I decided to concentrate my efforts on getting to the churches in High Melton, Brodsworth and Campsall and also having a look at the exterior of the churches in Marr and Burghwallis.
While in this part of Doncaster, which is partly underlain by the Permian Brotherton Formation, I would prepare a British Listed Buildings Photo Challenges for all of these places, as was now the norm for my days out – starting at Marr and then walking to High Melton via Melton Wood.
A walk from Marr to High Melton via Melton Wood |