Return visit to Cottingham
GSEY at St Mary the Virgin, Cottingham
Saturday, 23rd April 2016
Today's visit to Cottingham commenced with a return visit to Southwood Hall.
In the afternoon we were treated to a guided tour of St Mary's Church by Trevor Brigham whose history is being serialised in the Parish Magazine.
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Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Cottingham, East Yorkshire
The oldest parts of the Cottingham's parish church date from the early fourteenth century; the west window exhibits the flowing lines of the Curvilinear style favoured by Yorkshire masons at that time. The manor of Cottingham was owned by Joan 4th Countess of Kent; after she married the Prince of Wales (Edward the Black Price) in 1361, the church ... (read more...)
Southwood Hall, Cottingham, East Yorkshire
Now surrounded by twentieth century developments, Southwood Hall is a remarkably intact example of a late seventeenth century house. It was built sometime before 1661 for the Bacchus family and was later a tenanted farmhouse; few alterations have been made since the eighteenth century. The house displays the bold decorative brick work typical of the seventeenth century. The present ... (read more...)
St Mary's Cottingham - Burton Monument
Southwood Hall
Trevor Brigham
