Photographs: Newark Market, Nottinghamshire, England

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Photographs: The Lincolnshire Rising of 1536

DSC_0008 (3) — This plaque is outside St. James’ church in Louth, Lincolnshire.

The Lincolnshire Rising of the autumn of 1536 was a popular uprising in protest to King Henry VIII’s and Thomas Cromwell’s decision to dissolve the monasteries. It was the spark which led to the more widespread uprising, called the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536-7.

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Photographs: Peterborough, England

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Cathedral Square, Peterborough, England.

copyright Francis Barker 2020

Poem From A Picture: ‘Trinity’

PSX_20200128_093817 — Trinity Bridge, Crowland, Lincolnshire, England.

Where water once flowed
like rivers of belief,
diverted elsewhere or underground.
Yet the three-in-one bridge remains,
a reminder that I am a father, a son
and a brother too.

Sunday Pictures: Gedney Church, south Lincolnshire, England

A recollection of last May’s flower festival.

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