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The Wigford Society
Parish and Civic Church of St Mary-le-Wigford
Sunday, 12 September 2021 in 43m (6–1–17)
1272 Minimus (3m)
(being: 20 exts each of REVERSE CANTERBURY PLACE & SINGLE COURT PLACE and 13 exts of PLAIN BOB, alternating method every 10 or 13 exts.)
1 Yvonne A Woodcock
2–3 Christopher C P Woodcock (C)
4 Paul Sharp
Rung after lunch at the request of the Vicar during the Medieval Market being held down in the Church for the Heritage Open Days Weekend.
St Mary’s is the oldest Church in Lincoln which has been continuously open as a place of worship, standing here for over a thousand years, and even pre dates the Cathedral (the big Church on the hill). St Mary’s also houses the oldest ring of bells in the City all dating from 1616 & 1636 pre the English Civil War.
(Rung also for the Lincoln Diocesan Guild)
. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
St Mary-le-Wigford - the Parish & Civic Church of Lincoln. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
St Mary-le-Wigford (front right) looking up the High Street north to Lincoln Cathedral - crica 1307. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)
St Mary-le-Wigford bells during the 1932 restoration by John Taylor & Co. (Image: Christopher C P Woodcock)