Image of the day – 67

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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every two days (or as often as I can). A photo, an image from the internet, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

This is an interior view of Cirencester’s Parish Church of John Baptist. The long view you see here is the nave with the chancel at the far end (beyond the screen); the chancel is the oldest part of the building, perhaps dating to about 100 years after the Norman invasion; it’s in this area that the Saxon church stood. Alterations and additions were built at various times from the late 12th century through to the mid 16th century, the tower being added at the beginning of the 15th.

The church overlies parts of the Roman city of Corinium, possibly concealing some ‘missing features’. The city would have baths and a theatre as both were important features in Roman times. No trace of either has been found by the archaeologists.

Because the church is so large (one of the largest in England), it’s sometimes called ‘The Cathedral of the Cotswolds’. Nonetheless, it’s just a local parish church.

Cirencester

For convenience, here’s a list of all the Cirencester area images:

A417 roadworks, Advent Market, Bishops Walk, Baunton, Canal 1, 2, Castle Street, Christmas lights 1, 2, Church 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Churn flood, Countryside, Fallen tree, Fleece, Gasworks, Gloucester Street, Hare 1, 2, Hospital, Market Place 1, Phoenix Fest, Riverside Walk, Stone plaque, Stratton Meadow, Tank traps, View, Wonky 1, 2, Yellow Iris

Themed image collections

The links below will take you to the first post in each collection

Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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