St Thomas’ Church, Finch Road in Douglas.
Image taken from the grounds of the Manx Museum.
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A touch of Christmas at the tiny and beautiful St Adamnan’s Church in Lonan this morning, I reckon this must be one of the smallest churches on the Isle of Man?! 🇮🇲🇮🇲🇮🇲
I have also added a small video clip at the bottom of this post of St Adamnan’s including the external font and the Celtic Wheel Headed Cross which still stands in it’s original position at the south side of the church. It stands at 1.5m high.
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The Archibald Knox designed monument of Manx author Hall Caine in Maughould Churchyard.
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St Runius Church Marown
This was once the Parish church and was situated in about the centre of the Parish. The original building was from approximately 1200 AD and was enlarged in 1754 AD.
Three bishops are possibly buried in the graveyard here; Lonnan, Connaghan, and Runius.
This quaint little Church has no mains electricity and relies on candlelight.
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Kirk Braddan Old Church.
I just love a good old walk around a graveyard especially if it is slightly spooky 🇮🇲 (Nikon Z50 Mirrorless Camera).
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St Mary’s De Ballaugh Church just around dusk this evening (Blue hour) 12th January 2020 🇮🇲
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Ballaugh old Church and them famous leaning entrance pillars.
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St. Adamnan’s Church – Old Kirk Lonan.
A few Christmas display images and exterior images today at St. Adamnan’s Church 🇮🇲
This quaint little church in is one of the Islands oldest churches where the walls date back to possibly the 12th century on a site used since perhaps the first Christian missionaries on the Isle of Man.
The site is steeped in Manx History and the Celtic Wheel Head Cross that is almost completely covered in interlacing, knot work and plait work designs. This stone dates from the 9th or even the 10th century.
(Manx National Heritage catalogued Cross No. 73).
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Kirk Braddan Old Church and 3 interesting Gravestones 🇮🇲
Set in a beautiful wooded valley by the River Dhoo. The churchyard is full of Georgian headstones and is a wonderful place for photographers and anyone with an interest in Manx history and architecture to visit.
There are many interesting gravestones but here are 3 of my favourites and a snippet of info about each.
The grave of Captain Edward Quayle
Captain Quayle was born in 1802, and became one of the first Masters of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company when he assumed command of the Mona on October 5th 1833, having previously been in command of several of the clipper packets which plied between Douglas and Liverpool.
Captain Quayle passed away at his home on Prospect Hill on Saturday June 14th, 1862. The grave has a beautiful intricate carving of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company’s paddle steamer ‘Douglas’ just look at that 3 intricate Legs of Man above the paddles.
The Cholera Stones
Some 83 victims were buried in Old Kirk Braddan yard between July and September 1832, these small stone adjacent to the Church are apparently individual graves.
Samual Ally “The Slave’s Grave”
One of the best known graves in old Kirk Braddan Church is that of Samuel Ally who was an African slave that was brought to the Isle of Man from the West Indies by the owner of Kirby Mansion house (directly next door to this graveyard) following the abolition of slavery in 1834.
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Kirk Braddan new Cemetery Chapel. I have to admit I love a walk around a graveyard.
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The quaint interior of St Lukes Church in West Baldwin.
St Lukes Church was formerly attached to the parish church of Kirk Braddan and now Marown, the church was built in 1836 on the site of a Celtic church called “Keeill Abban”, an ancient Celtic cross has also been built into the west gable section of the building which was also used as a school up to 1871.
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This quaint little church was formerly attached to the Parish church of Kirk Braddan but now Marown, this church was built in 1836 on the site of a Celtic church called “Keeill Abban”, an ancient Celtic cross has also been built into the west gable section of the building which was also used as a school up to 1871.
Behind this chapel and up the hill is the ancient site of Tynwald which was held there as far back as 1429 and is now marked by a circle of stones 🇮🇲
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