Beckingham Homepage


Dist:0.1km<br/>
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.2km<br/>
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.2km<br/>
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.2km<br/>All Saints' church undergoing extensive restoration
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.2km<br/>All Saints' church undergoing extensive restoration
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.2km<br/>
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints and is of the Gothic style. The building was restored in 1857, then again in 1888 and 1900. The church seats about 360 persons.
©Bob Danylec
Dist:0.3km<br/>This old gravestone is covered in moss. Moss is a small green plant, rarely more than a few inches high, which grows anywhere not overshadowed by taller vegetation or perpetually dry. There are more than 600 species in the British Isles, growing on rocks and walls, in woodlands and on tree trunks and branches. They are important pioneers of rock surfaces, holding moisture in their leaves and building up humus in which the seeds of flowering plants can germinate. There are two alternating generations in the life cycle of moss. The plant itself carries male and female organs. After fertilisation, these produce a capsule. Stalk and capsule together form an asexual, spore-bearing generation. The spores produced are capable of germinating into a new plant. Mosses also reproduce vegetatively, by small pieces breaking off and growing into a new plant. As they are rootless and tend to get their nutrients from water running over or through them they are nearly always short. In this part of the churchyard primroses grow in abundance. The Primrose is an herbaceous perennial plant, low growing, to 10–30 cm tall, with a basal rosette of leaves. The leaves are 5–25 cm long and 2–6 cm broad with an irregularly margin, and a usually short leaf stem. The flowers are 2–4 cm in diameter, borne singly on a slender stem, pale yellow, white, red, or purple. It flowers in early spring, one of the earliest spring flowers in much of Europe. In appropriate conditions, it can cover the ground in open woods and shaded hedgerows. In more populated areas it has sometimes suffered from over-collection and theft so that few natural displays of Primroses in abundance can now be found. To prevent excessive damage to the species, picking of Primroses or the removal of Primrose plants from the wild is illegal in the UK.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>Popular hostelry in Beckingham
©Richard Croft
Dist:0.3km<br/>The building dates from the 16th century with further taking place in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is built of brick with ashlar dressings.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Grade I listed building has its origins in the 12th century with restoration taking place in 1888. It is built of ashlar and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. The church has a four stage tower. It was closed in 1998 and almost declared redundant but villagers never gave up the vision of it coming alive again. The roofs on the chancel, the nave and the north aisle have been restored, thanks to grants from English Heritage and charitable benefactors. The south aisle roof needs attention, and the interior needs much restoration.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.3km<br/>The wall around the churchyard is covered with mosses and lichens. Moss is a small green plant, rarely more than a few inches high, which grows anywhere not overshadowed by taller vegetation or perpetually dry. There are more than 600 species in the British Isles, growing on rocks and walls, in woodlands and on tree trunks and branches. They are important pioneers of rock surfaces, holding moisture in their leaves and building up humus in which the seeds of flowering plants can germinate. There are two alternating generations in the life cycle of moss. The plant itself carries male and female organs. After fertilisation, these produce a capsule. Stalk and capsule together form an asexual, spore-bearing generation. The spores produced are capable of germinating into a new plant. Mosses also reproduce vegetatively, by small pieces breaking off and growing into a new plant. As they are rootless and tend to get their nutrients from water running over or through them they are nearly always short. Lichens do not have roots, but absorb water and gases through their upper surface, and are therefore sensitive to atmospheric pollution. For this reason they are rarely found around cities and grow best on the wetter west side of the British Isles. Those on trees thrive best on the sunny, south-west aspects of trunks and branches. Disappearance of lichen species can be used to detect rising levels of air pollution. There are three main types. The encrusting forms, including the bright orange/dark yellow 'Xanthoria' grow on roofs, walls, gravestones, signs and tree trunks. Leaf-like species develop flat lobes spreading over bark or stones, and shrubby forms which grow vertically from the ground or hang from trees. Few have common names.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Jonathan Thacker
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Grade I listed building has its origins in the 12th century with restoration taking place in 1888. It is built of ashlar and coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. It was closed in 1998 and almost declared redundant but villagers never gave up the vision of it coming alive again. The roofs on the chancel, the nave and the north aisle have been restored, thanks to grants from English Heritage and charitable benefactors. The south aisle roof needs attention, and the interior needs much restoration.
©Trish Steel

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]

Members Nearby

Beckingham Discussion Forum


Places Near Beckingham

Balderton • Barnby in the Willows • Bassingham • Beacon Hill • Beckingham • Brandon • Brant Broughton • Brough • Camp • Carlton-le-Moorland • Caythorpe • Claypole • Coddington • Dry Doddington • Fenton • Frieston • Fulbeck • Hough-on-the-Hill • Langford • Leadenham • New Balderton • Newark-on-Trent • Norton Disney • Stapleford • Stragglethorpe • Stubton • Sutton • The Hollies • Thurlby • Winthorpe •