✨ Treasure Hoard: Holy Air Encased in Stone at Repton
The columns themselves are remarkable – spiralled, as if frozen mid-turn, glowing faintly in the half-light.
The columns themselves are remarkable – spiralled, as if frozen mid-turn, glowing faintly in the half-light.
If ever there is a testament to a work of art, it is when it makes our digital dystopia (and the devices associated with it) evaporate into the ether.
Amidst the medieval ridge and furrow are lumps and bumps that mark events from the past, reverberating through this place. It was at Repton that a great Viking army wintered in 873 AD under the leadership of Ivar the Boneless. The lumps and bumps are the boundaries of their camp.
A chance to own a limited edition print of the Saxon crypt at St. Wystan, Repton
The weight of history here is a press. I am so taken in by what I see that I sit down on the cold slab to absorb it. This is a place that has held fast in the eddying tides and swells of chaotic times.
One of the most remarkable churches in England.
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