St. Nicholas church, Sandhurst, Kent, UK, dates mostly from the 14th century, with portions embarrassingly new (15th century). As you can see below, it's set apart from the village.
Here's the tower. It contains a wonderful set of bells. I know this because Miriam and Will arranged not only for someone to play the church's impressive organ but also for the bell-ringers to chime out celebration before and after the ceremony.
Here's the view from the cemetery. Buried here are many soldiers from WWI, including one young man who was a sapper and who died very early in 1918. He almost made it.
Iain and I took a bumpy little trip through the graves. I pointed out the gravestones commemorating parents, children, loving marriages and soldiers who died young. One died at Salonika, another at Ypres. Iain was interested, and suitably solemn.
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Will's grandparents are buried in this church, several Cunningham weddings and christenings have taken place here as well. It is a lovely little place. The village moved away from the church when the Black Death hit the village, which was pretty much wiped out. Yeah, this village was around before 1346 when the plague hit. And this is considered the NEW church in the area....
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