Mono Monday ~ Rock

This afternoon I went with year 6 to visit our local church. The purpose of the visit was for them to look at and sketch small parts of the Victorian architecture.

I used to attend the church quite regularly when the children were younger but have slipped in my visiting duties. It is a very pretty 'village' church with some distant Royal connections......

Princess Mary Adelaide, the Duchess of Teck, who as a resident in White Lodge in Richmond Park was a frequent worshipper in the church, laid the foundation stone for the North Aisle.

The Duke of York and his fiancée (later to become King George V and Queen Mary) attended the church on Sunday 7 May 1893, soon after the announcement of their engagement, together with the Duke and Duchess of Teck and the Prince of Wales (later to become King Edward VII). More recent memories of royalty are of the attendance of the Duke and Duchess of York (later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth) when they in turn were in residence at White Lodge.

I have added extra of window in its normal guise.

Forgot to say..... For some the church is their 'rock'. Always there in good times as well as bad.