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Title: Stoke Poges Church and Lych Gate [Go to resource]
Description: St. Giles Church is famed for being the inspiration for Thomas Gray's most famous poem, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard". However, the Church dates back before the poem of 1742. A church consisting of a chancel and a nave was built in Stoke Poges in the early 12th century and over the centuries the Church has evolved. The Church is one of Simon Jenkins' "Thousand Best Churches". The postcard is franked Slough, 5PM AU 24 05. It is an "Autochrom" (Regd.) Post Card, published by The Pictorial Stationery Co. Ltd., London and "printed at the works in Saxony". It is a "Peacock Brand card" and part of the "Peacock Series". Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: Church of England ; Churches ; Churchyards.
St. Giles ChurchTemporal: start=1200-01-01; end=1935-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: The Pictorial Stationary Co. Ltd Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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