Chalk / Cealces / Celca / Celka
Image copyright © Nigel Bourne, 2019
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Scene Description: engraving in Paley and corresponding info page
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Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged)
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Traces of a former south aisle, Chalk parish church. The traces of the old arches could hardly be plainer. I've checked with Pevsner (or rather Newman: 'The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald') and he doesn't throw much light on the matter: 'A C13 S aisle has been destroyed, and the arcade left embedded in the wall'.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan Czapski, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2013 by Stefan Czapski [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3559421] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - southwest end
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Chalk. Although Chalk is now just a continuation of Gravesend beyond Denton, the church of St Virgin is in open countryside just off the busy A226 with views down to the River Thames. A church building existed here for the Synod of Chalkhythe in 785 and was noted in the Domesday Book of 1086. The current structure dates from the 12th century".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marathon, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 March 2014 by Marathon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3900397] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - west porch - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Grotesques above the west door of St Mary the Virgin Church, Chalk [...] The tower [...] dates from the 15th century. These grotesques are above the west door and John Newman in The Buildings of England: West Kent and The Weald describes them as "Loathsomely contorted ... above and below an image-niche"."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marathon, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 October 2016 by Marathon [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5163699] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - west porch - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chalk parish church: figures above the west porch. I was puzzled by this detail - I think I can see two bodies (perhaps sitting, facing each other) but there's only one head. As it turned out, it is this minor detail of the church that is mentioned first in the Pevsner entry: 'Loathesomely contorted grotesques disport on the Perp[endicular] west porch above and below an image-niche' ('The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald', J. Newman). But other than that, no explanation. After-thought, March 2018: it was once suggested to me that this might be a sheela-na-gig (an 'indelicate' female figure). I don't think it is, but it does seem to have something in common with these figures at Kilpeck".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Stefan Czapski, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 July 2013 by Stefan Czapski [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3559438] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - west tower - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Glen, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2010 by Glen [www.flickr.com/photos/40686262@N05/4802688731] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roger Smith, 2010
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 25 May 1994 by Roger Smith [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2209561] [accessed 19 January 2019
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of an engraving in Paley (1844: unpaged)
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view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nigel Bourne, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 February 2013 by Nigel Bourne [www.chalkchurch.org.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 19 January 2019)