morrismummer
@morrismummer.bsky.social
History, folklore, music, archaeology, books, Guardian reader. Castle botherer and humanist church crawler. And Morris dancer and Mummers player.
Wellington Somerset. Post box cover. (Not my photo, taken by a friend.) Possibly the famous Winkie herself! #PigeonSky
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Wellington Somerset. Post box cover. (Not my photo, taken by a friend.) Possibly the famous Winkie herself! #PigeonSky
Tiled roofs in Chauvigny, Poitou, for #TileTuesday (I may have just made that up). A town of two fantastic churches, five castles, and a complete lack of available information about any of them in French let alone in English...
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Tiled roofs in Chauvigny, Poitou, for #TileTuesday (I may have just made that up). A town of two fantastic churches, five castles, and a complete lack of available information about any of them in French let alone in English...
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
And in the library proper... The 'folkie' shelves are done! From Morris dancing to Robin Hood via mummer's plays, folksong, folklore, myths and legends, Green Men, Sheela na Gigs, black dogs and hill figures... (Plenty of space for some more!)
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
And in the library proper... The 'folkie' shelves are done! From Morris dancing to Robin Hood via mummer's plays, folksong, folklore, myths and legends, Green Men, Sheela na Gigs, black dogs and hill figures... (Plenty of space for some more!)
Five months after moving in the first bookcase is sorted! This is Suffolk and Somerset. (Excluding the books on the railways of the counties, there wasn't room for them!)
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Five months after moving in the first bookcase is sorted! This is Suffolk and Somerset. (Excluding the books on the railways of the counties, there wasn't room for them!)
This sort of thing seems to be quite popular at the moment...
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This sort of thing seems to be quite popular at the moment...
St Michael's, Raddington, Somerset for #AdoorableThursday Medieval door (Pevsner: C15, listing: C15) in an arched doorframe of two massive oak baulks. The ironwork is original; Pevsner describes it as 'a firework of foliage' (steady on Mr P!) A beautiful, unspoilt church in a beautiful location.
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
St Michael's, Raddington, Somerset for #AdoorableThursday Medieval door (Pevsner: C15, listing: C15) in an arched doorframe of two massive oak baulks. The ironwork is original; Pevsner describes it as 'a firework of foliage' (steady on Mr P!) A beautiful, unspoilt church in a beautiful location.
The mid 19th century roof of the Chateau de la Borderie, Benest, Poitou for #Woodensday This new chateau replaced a 15th century fortified house, still intact in the early 20th century, but sadly now ruined.
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The mid 19th century roof of the Chateau de la Borderie, Benest, Poitou for #Woodensday This new chateau replaced a 15th century fortified house, still intact in the early 20th century, but sadly now ruined.
Crossing the Tyne on the Tyne and Wear Metro. This is the older stock that is now being replaced. Anyone know if you can still get this view on the new units? #WindowsOnWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Crossing the Tyne on the Tyne and Wear Metro. This is the older stock that is now being replaced. Anyone know if you can still get this view on the new units? #WindowsOnWednesday
Yesterday in the lane. All looking very autumnal now, lots of colour, but wet paths underfoot.
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Yesterday in the lane. All looking very autumnal now, lots of colour, but wet paths underfoot.
Hasn't changed much since it was illustrated in Pooley's 'Old Stone Crosses of Somerset' of 1877.
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hasn't changed much since it was illustrated in Pooley's 'Old Stone Crosses of Somerset' of 1877.
Today in the lane.
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today in the lane.
The figure has clearly badly eroded in the last 150 odd years! The base of the cross is currently dotted with yew berries.
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The figure has clearly badly eroded in the last 150 odd years! The base of the cross is currently dotted with yew berries.
The fourteenth century cross in the churchyard of St Andrew's, Wiveliscombe, as it is now and as illustrated in Pooley's 'Old Stone Crosses of Somerset' of 1877. Pooley suggests the figure is of John Drokensford, Bishop of Wells, who built the Bishops Palace here.
October 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The fourteenth century cross in the churchyard of St Andrew's, Wiveliscombe, as it is now and as illustrated in Pooley's 'Old Stone Crosses of Somerset' of 1877. Pooley suggests the figure is of John Drokensford, Bishop of Wells, who built the Bishops Palace here.
Saint-Justinien, Benest, Poitou for #SteepleSaturday
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Saint-Justinien, Benest, Poitou for #SteepleSaturday
In a nutshell, this is an oak tree #TreesOnTuesday
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
In a nutshell, this is an oak tree #TreesOnTuesday
The chancel apse, Eglise Sainte Radegonde, Poitiers for #MedievalMonday
October 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The chancel apse, Eglise Sainte Radegonde, Poitiers for #MedievalMonday
The aula, Chateau Harcourt, Chauvigny for #SundayStonework
October 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The aula, Chateau Harcourt, Chauvigny for #SundayStonework
The Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset for #WallsOnWednesday
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset for #WallsOnWednesday
Inside the Vicar's Pele at Corbridge, Northumberland for #TinyWindowTuesday The window is on the west wall and illuminates an angled stone reading desk (slightly damaged). Medieval genius!
October 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Inside the Vicar's Pele at Corbridge, Northumberland for #TinyWindowTuesday The window is on the west wall and illuminates an angled stone reading desk (slightly damaged). Medieval genius!
My phone now creates videos... This one I quite like. Boppard, Rheinland-Pfalz, September 2019.
October 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My phone now creates videos... This one I quite like. Boppard, Rheinland-Pfalz, September 2019.
Today in the lane: looking over to Langley Marsh from Sandy Lane.
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today in the lane: looking over to Langley Marsh from Sandy Lane.
Hope it opens soon, I've been waiting for ages!
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hope it opens soon, I've been waiting for ages!
Hereford Cathedral for #StainedGlassSunday The subject of the window is the writings of Thomas Traherne (c1637-74) and his association with Herefordshire.
www.thomasdenny.co.uk/hereford-cat...
www.thomasdenny.co.uk/hereford-cat...
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hereford Cathedral for #StainedGlassSunday The subject of the window is the writings of Thomas Traherne (c1637-74) and his association with Herefordshire.
www.thomasdenny.co.uk/hereford-cat...
www.thomasdenny.co.uk/hereford-cat...