Very probably the subject of Isle of Man myth (which to be fair I love) It is better know as the Vampires Grave. I remember my late Dad telling me about it many years ago and I quite like taking the odd picture of it now and again.
Well worth a look at the grave if you are passing Malew Church.
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The Vampires Grave in Malew Churchyard.
A trip to Malew wouldn’t be the same without taking a picture of this famous grave.
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St Lupus Church – Kirk Malew – Click on any of the gallery images for a larger view.
Image 1 – Shows the memorial window which was installed in 1922, just look at the direction of the 3 Legs of Man.
Image 2 – is a carved 3 Legs under the arched part of the upper gallery, again it is interesting which way the 3 Legs face.
Image 3 – Depicts the Baptism Font with a newer inner bowl, the original font is possibly from the 12th century.
Image 4 – St Lupus Church Kirk Malew.
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This stone-built, Norse-Celtic chapel is dedicated to St. Michael and dates from around the 12th century. It is now consists of just four walls and a bell turret.
The image was captured on my Nikon S8200 Camera resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS6.
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Before I give you some history into this chained grave, non of this info can be fully supported and maybe the subject of Isle of Man myth!
This rather strange grave brings many visitors to Malew Churchyard and as can be seen by the image it is iron staked at each corner and randomly heavily chained to allegedly keep the vampire in!
The alleged Vampire was a Mr Hassal who died aged 54, when Mr Hassal died the Undertakers were not allowed to bring his body onto the consecrated church grounds so rumour has it that they loaded his body into the grave from behind the wall, it was then covered in a heavy slate slab and staked with iron posts and iron chains.
To add to this conundrum Mr Hassal’s wife Margaret is also buried in this chained grave!
Malew Church is one of the most ancient parish churches of the Isle of Man, dating from the establishment of the parochial system in perhaps the twelfth century and the Church remains officially the parish church for the parish of that name (which includes Derbyhaven, Ballasalla, Grenaby, Ballamodha and St Mark’s, but no longer Castletown).
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera dipped in HDR 5, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5
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I couldn’t resist capturing this image of St Marks Church this afternoon, it was sunny but so very icy out, Brrrrr……
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Tone Mapped in Dynamic Photo HDR 5.
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Couldn’t resist capturing this image of St Marks Church this afternoon, it was sunny but so very icy out, Brrrrr……
The image was captured on my Fuji X10 camera, resized and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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Situated in the Parish of Kirk Malew this quaint little Church was built in 1772 and is attached to the parish Church of Kirk Malew.
This Church that was built to accommodate about 200 people and was intended to provide a more convenient Chapel of Ease together with a parish school for those from the outlying mountainous districts!
This image was captured on my Nikon D80 SLR with a Nikon 18-135 F3.5/5.6 G AFS DX lens at 22mm, converted into sepia to give a “Ye olde World” look and cropped in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
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