Jane's Kintbury
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Jane Austen, local history, literature & women's issues. Also #TheArchers. I have a blog: kintburyandbeyond.co.uk
Back when you could have your name carved on your local church pillar and , so long as it looked nicely done, you didn’t need to get a faculty from the diocese or permitting the PCC. Apparently
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Back when you could have your name carved on your local church pillar and , so long as it looked nicely done, you didn’t need to get a faculty from the diocese or permitting the PCC. Apparently
Saplings from the Sycamore Gap tree at the control tower Greenham
November 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Saplings from the Sycamore Gap tree at the control tower Greenham
Met this little fella on the way home this evening:
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Met this little fella on the way home this evening:
This view, looking south from a window in St Michael's, Enborne, will have changed very little from the time #JaneAusten's friend Martha Lloyd attended services here, taken by her father Rev. Noyes Lloyd in the late C18th.
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This view, looking south from a window in St Michael's, Enborne, will have changed very little from the time #JaneAusten's friend Martha Lloyd attended services here, taken by her father Rev. Noyes Lloyd in the late C18th.
St Michael’s church , Enborne
November 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
St Michael’s church , Enborne
At Didcot Railway Centre
October 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
At Didcot Railway Centre
Harvest Festival at Avington today
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Harvest Festival at Avington today
The moon over the nature reserve, Kintbury
October 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The moon over the nature reserve, Kintbury
I’m on a train going through Dawlish Warren! Yay! #GreatWestern #railways
September 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I’m on a train going through Dawlish Warren! Yay! #GreatWestern #railways
There’s even a person with a mic and sound system singing Christmas songs. It’s September 28th for goodness sake.
September 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There’s even a person with a mic and sound system singing Christmas songs. It’s September 28th for goodness sake.
What September looks like these days
September 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What September looks like these days
A visiting toad on our doorstep
September 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
A visiting toad on our doorstep
Early signs of autumn?
August 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Early signs of autumn?
Greenham Common: so different to what it was 30 years ago
August 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Greenham Common: so different to what it was 30 years ago
If Harley's flag up their jam as being made with "real fruit" what sort of immitation concoction is everybody else's made with? Conterfeit raspberries?
August 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If Harley's flag up their jam as being made with "real fruit" what sort of immitation concoction is everybody else's made with? Conterfeit raspberries?
A pint of real ale on a wooden table in a pub garden. There is no one in the picture and the view is across a lawn looking towards trees
August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A pint of real ale on a wooden table in a pub garden. There is no one in the picture and the view is across a lawn looking towards trees
Wild flowers of the canal bank
August 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Wild flowers of the canal bank
Wild flowers of the canal bank
August 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Wild flowers of the canal bank
Path across Irish Hill, Kintbury
August 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Path across Irish Hill, Kintbury