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Colin Howey

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Once upon a time birds would land on a gentle little boy. Then life intervened and the boy hid behind a blizzard of fists and rage. He thought he'd be safe back there - but it was a lonely, desolate space. Now, I aspire to be a Gentle Man...

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Wighton, All Saints, north Norfolk. In 1965 the west face of the tower collapsed. In 1976 reconstruction was complete thanks to the generosity of a Canadian businessman, Leeds Richardson, who paid for the work #history #heritage #architecture #norfolk #churches #medieval #canada #tower #benefactor

09.03.2026 13:59 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Nave and chancel Angel Roofs at Martham, St Mary, Norfolk #norfolk #churches #angelroofs #angels #history #heritage #architecture #light #carpentry #woodcarving #victorian #19thcentury

08.03.2026 19:43 — 👍 264    🔁 37    💬 4    📌 2
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Binham Priory, north Norfolk, was a Benedictine monastery, with the nave becoming the parish church of St Mary after the Reformation #norfolk #churches #priories #benedictine #monastic #monks #reformation #history #heritage #architecture #romanesque #gothic #medieval #light #benchends #windows

07.03.2026 20:42 — 👍 228    🔁 18    💬 3    📌 0
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Face-to-face with medieval stained glass at Warham, St Mary, north Norfolk #norfolk #churches #stainedglass #medieval #history #heritage #art #materialculture #warham #hair #faces #serenity #light #windows #crafts #craftsmanship #latemedieval

07.03.2026 06:40 — 👍 25    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

It is very fine indeed! I am glad to have helped rekindle such fond memories

06.03.2026 22:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That's quite a connection Diane!

06.03.2026 21:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Close-up of the Victorian pulpit at Guist, St Andrew, north Norfolk #guist #norfolk #northnorfolk #carpentry #woodcarving #craftsmanship #design #history #heritage #victorian #19thcentury #pulpit #light

06.03.2026 21:00 — 👍 225    🔁 19    💬 1    📌 0
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Misty morning: Norwich Cathedral spire #norwich #norfolk #cathedrals #spire #mist #history #heritage #architecture

06.03.2026 06:28 — 👍 71    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

No, I was having a lie-down

02.03.2026 13:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thank you!

02.03.2026 11:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My workplace has recently relocated and this morning, as I strolled in the gentle sunshine on Jarrold Bridge across the River Wensum, I stopped to savour this view of Norwich Cathedral #cathedrals #perspective #heritage #walking #architecture #history #rivers #bridges #photography #inSPIREing

02.03.2026 11:54 — 👍 46    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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Nave and Angel roof at Bury St Edmunds, St Mary - a large and impressive church often missed by visitors drawn, instead, to St Edmundsbury Cathedral and the medieval abbey precinct just down the road #suffolk #churches #heritage #architecture #history #medieval #15thcentury #angelroof #burystedmunds

02.03.2026 08:35 — 👍 710    🔁 64    💬 11    📌 2
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At Blickling, north Norfolk, a wintery scene with glowering skies and trees resembling ink-blots #landscape #norfolk #churches #winter #spring #tower #sky #clouds #trees #heritage

01.03.2026 22:43 — 👍 34    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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A couple of photos of the east cloister walk at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk, featuring some fine foliate leadwork #cathedrals #heritage #history #architecture #craftsmanship #leadwork #stjames #stonemasonry #design #perspective #harmony #burystedmunds #suffolk

01.03.2026 15:56 — 👍 32    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Troston Demon: thought to be a C14th graffito, it is inscribed into the chancel arch at Troston, St Mary, Suffolk [credit: Matt Champion for over-drawn image] #suffolk #churches #medieval #graffiti #medievalgraffiti #history #heritage #archaeology #materialculture #demons #14thcentury

01.03.2026 07:16 — 👍 22    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you

28.02.2026 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The crossing at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk #cathedrals #architecture #heritage #history #photography #perspective #light #burystedmunds #stephendykesbower #lookup #takenotice

28.02.2026 05:05 — 👍 84    🔁 8    💬 2    📌 0
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Lovingly carved little lion on a stall within St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk, designed by architect, Stephen Dykes Bower in the 1960s #cathedrals #suffolk #burystedmunds #woodcarving #lion #craftsmanship #design #oak #architect #handmade #1960s #history #heritage #light #shade #photography

27.02.2026 22:09 — 👍 25    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Returning to Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, later today, starting with St Edmondsbury Cathedral #cathedrals #journeys #history #heritage #architecture #wellbeing #wandering #photography #suffolk #eastanglia #abbeys #medieval #beauty

27.02.2026 07:28 — 👍 42    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Thank you so much for your birthday wishes as well as for your appreciation of my photos ❤️

26.02.2026 11:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Being born in Britain on the 25th February, I'm used to some gloomy birthdays weatherwise, so today's glorious sunshine was savoured by me as I ventured out to explore some churches in NE Suffolk. Here is the sun shimmering through windows at Framlingham, St Michael #sunshine #churches #carpediem

25.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 577    🔁 34    💬 30    📌 3
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Troston, St Mary, Suffolk #churches #suffolk #history #heritage #architecture #medieval #countrychurches

23.02.2026 10:20 — 👍 44    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Romanesque 'Norman Tower', Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was constructed during the tenure of Abbot Anselm (1121-48) and is now the detached bell tower of St Edmundsbury Cathedral (LH side of photo) #suffolk #architecture #history #heritage #norman #romanesque #bells #tower #photography #medieval

22.02.2026 17:37 — 👍 63    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks. Yes, very much so in a Bury St Edmunds context. It's from the martyrdom of Kind Edmund, last king of the East Angles. It depicts a wolf as a divine guardian of the king's severed head after the pagan Vikings captured and decapitated him following their victory in 869.

22.02.2026 16:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Close-ups of the cathedra in St Edmondsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. This was designed by Frank Howard (1888-1934) who specialised in ecclesiastical furnishings and fittings #cathedrals #suffolk #woodcarving #design #heritage #photography #light #beauty #healing #wellbeing #takenotice

22.02.2026 05:46 — 👍 329    🔁 49    💬 6    📌 0

Neither Rachel: I point my iPhone upwards on wide angle

21.02.2026 18:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Looking up within the presbytery of St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk #suffolk #churches #history #heritage #architecture #cathedrals #light #windows #perspective #photography

21.02.2026 17:19 — 👍 1016    🔁 111    💬 20    📌 4

Possibly, an aumbry (recess/cupboard)

21.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A few views of the exquisite late C15th Clopton chantry chapel, Long Melford, Holy Trinity, Suffolk #suffolk #churches #chapels #history #heritage #medieval #latemedieval #painting #art #materialculture #memory #memorial #chantrychapel #beauty #light #serenity #purgatory

21.02.2026 05:09 — 👍 382    🔁 61    💬 6    📌 0
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Poppyhead in chancel of Mulbarton, St Mary, Norfolk, presumably dating from Richard Phipson's restoration of the church in the 1870s #norfolk #churches #woodcarving #poppyhead #history #heritage #foliate #victorian #1870s #19thcentury #benchend #design #carving

20.02.2026 22:50 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0