Barbara Heninger Two-Week England Tour
Featuring London and The Lake District


August 29, 2015 through September 13, 2015
© 2015, Herbert E. Lindberg

Day 11, Wordsworth Church in Grasmere;  Castlerigg, Page 1 of 2

This page is part of the following day by day tour. The full tour is also given in four full-screen, high definition YouTube videos which you can jump to from Tour Videos. The pictures here allow you to focus back on specific items that interest you from the videos. The page numbers in the table below are links to jump to the page. Also,  when you are marching through all the pages you can use links at the bottom of each page to jump to the logically following page to view the entire trip in chronological order.

1. London -- Westminster, St. James's Park Page 1    Page 2
2. London -- Trafalgar Square, National Gallery
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3. London -- Science Museum, Churchill War Rooms
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4. London -- Thames River Cruise, Tower of London
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5. London, Half-hour Train Ride to -- Hampton Court Palace
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6.   Lake District -- Arrive at Two-Views Cottage
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7.   Lake District -- Steam Gondola Lake Cruise
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8.   Lake District -- Troutbeck and Windermere
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9.   Lake District -- Beatrix Potter Hill Top, Tea at Broadoaks
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10. Lake District -- Wordsworth Home, Troutbeck Townend
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11. Lake District -- Wordsworth Church in Grasmere, Castlerigg
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12. Lake District -- Herb & Mary Walk from Two-Views Cottage
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13. Lake District -- Chatsworth--home of the Duke of Devonsire
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On the bridge near Wordsworth's church (St Oswald)   (Click for Large)

Inside the church   (Click for Large)

Pulpit and beautiful stain glass windows

The stain glass windows   (Click for Large)

Memorial plaque to William Wordsworth, opposite the pulpit

Entry end of the church, with bell-ringing ropes

Welcome sign at the church entry.  Note that Oswald founded the first church in 642 AD

Just outside the church is the cemetery

Maddie, Barbara and Mary (3 generations) study Wordsworth family gravestones.   (Click for Large)

William and Mary on left, daughter Dora in center   (Click for Large)

Interesting reading

The celebrated Sarah Nelson gingerbread store is on the St Oswald church grounds.

Barbara bought a couple packages of gingerbread, which we ate at Two Views cottage (yum).   (Click for Large)

Meanwhile another young lady was busy preparing more gingerbread packages.   (Click for Large)


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1. London -- Westminster, St. James's Park Page 1    Page 2
2. London -- Trafalgar Square, National Gallery
Page 1    Page 2
3. London -- Science Museum, Churchill War Rooms
Page 1 
4. London -- Thames River Cruise, Tower of London
Page 1    Page 2   Page 3
5. London, Half-hour Train Ride to -- Hampton Court Palace
Page 1    Page 2    Page 3   Page 4
6.   Lake District -- Arrive at Two-Views Cottage
Page 1 
7.   Lake District -- Steam Gondola Lake Cruise
Page 1    Page 2
8.   Lake District -- Troutbeck and Windermere
Page 1   
9.   Lake District -- Beatrix Potter Hill Top, Tea at Broadoaks
Page 1    Page 2
10. Lake District -- Wordsworth Home, Troutbeck Townend
Page 1    Page 2   Page 3
11. Lake District -- Wordsworth Church in Grasmere, Castlerigg
Page 1    Page 2
12. Lake District -- Herb & Mary Walk from Two-Views Cottage
Page 1   
13. Lake District -- Chatsworth--home of the Duke of Devonsire
Page 1    Page 2   Page 3