A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH 'LARK RISE TO CANDLEFORD'! We met at 2 to rehearse Evensong in Stratton Audley, and then sang the parts of the service successively in Fringford, Finmere and Cottesford churches (with 5 very different organs, and all part of the Shelswell Group) ending with tea at Stoke Lyne church.
Three of the churches in this group, which is north east of Bicester, are in villages where Flora Thompson based her trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford: Cottisford, Fringford and Hethe. (The 'Lark Rise' of the book is nearby Juniper Hill.) A map of the 'Lark Rise' area is here.
COST: £8 Churches visited Cottisford St Mary the Virgin 13th century, Saxon foundations Finmere St Michael & All Angels 19th century woodcarvings by former rector. 1697 clock. Fringford St Michael & All Angels Early 12th century Stoke Lyne St. Peter Norman with later additions Stratton Audley SS Mary & Edburga 13th - 15th century, Jacobean pulpit BBC TV's adaptation of Lark Rise to Candleford
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