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Carpet of Snowdrops at St. Mary’s Coddington
Join me on my annual snowdrops visit to the beautiful St. Mary’s church in Cheshire. It’s in a small hamlet called Coddington, which is just 10 miles from the city of Chester, and only one mile from the the country hotel and golf course ‘Carden Park’. History The parish of Coddington is recorded in the Doomsday book, and the quaint little church is grade II listed. The original church on the site was built between the 8th and 10th Century. With the current church being started in March 1833. The foundation stone was laid by Hugh Robert Aldersey, who was just a child at the time – the Aldersey’s’ are…
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Christmas Tree Celebration
As it’s Christmas Day tomorrow, I thought I’d publish this weeks blog a day early – I thought you might all be a bit busy tomorrow! Let me start by saying a very happy Christmas to one and all! I thought we’d get into the Christmas spirit with some Christmas trees. Local Christmas Tree Festival We are lucky enough to have had another Christmas tree festival at our local church. As I’ve mentioned before it used to be held inside the church, but Covid moved it outside and that’s where it’s stayed. It’s so much more atmospheric in the churchyard and the frost just added to it. Although we didn’t…