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#FontsOnFriday Norman font Stoke Canon #Devon made from one piece of volcanic stone. Bearded figures grip cable moulding with each figure's head in mouth of cylindrical beast. Between are interlace designs above & figures below.

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Such a fantastic building and impressive visitor experience! Definitely go if you can :)

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19 Jul

The creation and sale of flour using traditional techniques in our beautiful historic mills is under threat. Read more here and if you feel strongly make your views heard! #historicmills #preservation https://t.co/WAS5TV6BLE

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18 Jul

I was so impressed by these beautiful First World War themed commemorative kneelers. I don’t usually like hassocks/kneelers/needlework in churches but these ones blew me away! #churchcrawling #firstworldwar

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17 Jul

My computer is so used to me writing about features in churches that when I miss the apostrophe out of “don’t” it autocorrects to “font”. I feel an unnecessary level of pride in this!

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16 Jul

Here's a gorgeous #medieval artefact found during recent excavations at the Cathedral - a late 13th / early 14th century floor #tile depicting a #pilgrim. It was made nearby at Tyler Hill, #Canterbury
#becket2020 #pilgrimage CA

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Imagine the delight of Treasurer’s House staff and volunteers when Frank Green’s riding whip turned up in an antique shop! It was clear that this was Frank’s whip because it had his name and the name Treasurer’s House inscribed in…

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Conservation cleaning – Frank Green’s riding whip