Focus NDT believe in supporting our history and heritage. In partnership with local photographer Jean Illingworth, we are proud to support the upkeep of St Mary’s, an outstanding Norman church in the tiny village of Kirkburn, near Driffield.
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“Most of my family are photographers, but I only took it up 7 years ago, when we moved to East Yorkshire, and I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the landscape and the open skies.
Whenever the light is right, I’m out with my camera, up to my knees in stinging nettles and mud, or the incoming tide, frequently re-photographing the same scene in different lights, different seasons, and different crops.
I’m interested in the impact centuries of farming has had on the geometry of the landscape, and I am inspired by seascapes, especially Bridlington South Beach, where the light is amazing, and the beach goes on forever. I now live in Bridlington, so that I can photograph the beach nearly every day.
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My photographs are dramatic and vibrant, a record of a split-second of beauty and light, which I’ve been lucky enough to capture, and which I love to share with others.”
Prints can be ordered in different sizes,
and can be framed, or on canvas.
Commissions undertaken.
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St Mary's Church - Kirkburn
There has been a church on this site since 1130 (early Norman), and its magnificent font is one of only 6 such figurative fonts in existence (one of which has now gone to the USA). The pictures on the font are in two layers- the upper heaven, the lower hell, and it has possibly the only cat (a symbol of the devil) carved within any English church. The South Door has wonderful allegorical carvings, mainly featuring animals, and the bell tower is unique, with an open staircase. There is a beautiful painted chancel screen, undertaken as part of the restoration work in 1856 which was part funded by the first Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere, making Marys’ part of the ‘Sykes Churches Trail’. The church is open every day until dusk.
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(below: Church exterior) |
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| (above: Chancel Screen) | (above: The South Door) |
