The main street is one long road and there's some beautiful little chocolate box cottages.
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A street sign.
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Paradise Square is aptly named, I think you'd agree.
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Even the side streets are lined with pretty cottages.
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Such a quaint little tea room with a charming garden. It was too cold to sit outside yesterday though, a frost lingered all day.
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The heart of any village is The Village Shop.
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Wentworth is a small village, yet it has two churches. The new church was commissioned in 1872 by the 6th Earl Fitzwilliam in memory of his parents. We walked up the tree lined avenue to take a look.
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It has a spire of almost 200 feet which can be seen for miles around.
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The old church is believed to have medieval origins.
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Only the chancel and North Chapel remain intact.
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The church was open so we went inside.
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There's monuments to various generations of the Wentworth family as well as the Fitzwilliam family vault, though this was closed off yesterday.
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A handy guide to tell you what to look for so that you don't miss anything.
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I was interested by the reference to the Gascoigne family, especially Margaret Gascoigne who married Thomas Wentworth. As you know, a place we visit often is Lotherton Hall, this once belonged to the Gascoigne family and I wondered if there was any connection. It turns out that Margaret Gascoigne was indeed the ancestor of the Gascoignes who lived at Lotherton. The chest tombs hold the remains of Thomas Wentworth and Margaret Gascoigne.
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I'd definitely recommend a visit to the church if you're in the area, there's so much history here and so much to see.
We had a wonderful day out, though we were glad the heating was on when we got home.
What a pretty village.
ReplyDeleteIt really is, I expect even more so when the sun's shining.
DeleteYou were brave venturing out yesterday it was so bitterly cold. Wentworth looks lovely, may have to try it out sometime, maybe when the weather is a little better.
ReplyDeleteI was freezing when we set off, but a walk around the gardens warmed us up. We did get a bit cold again walking round the village though. It's definitely worth visiting if you get the chance, especially with a trip to the gardens too.
DeleteWhat a pretty place and wouldn't it be fantastic to have Paradise Square as part of your address. 'Ah yes - I live in Paradise!'
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It would. I'd love that address. I have to say that it suited those beautiful cottages well.
DeleteThat looks to be a really interesting village to visit, and churches are always fascinating places to look round. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteYou can learn so much about a place from the church. I'd like to return and have a look around the churchyard, it was a little cold yesterday, but that's supposed to be very interesting too.
DeleteLovely Jo, and I agree, Paradise Square does indeed match up to it's name very well!! xx
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you agree, they're such gorgeous cottages. I think we need a return visit when the weather's better, even if it's just to sit outside in the quaint little garden of that gorgeous tea room.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a picturesque place Wentworth is! I love the churches, but particularly the older one, which looks like it has a Saxon tower (square, squat and plain?) - just up my street! It's such a pity that we're so far from that area, as there seems to be a lot of things to do and places to visit around there. Hopefully when we have some time later in the year, we'll be able to have a long weekend somewhere in Yorkshire.
Best wishes,
Tash from vintagepretty.org
I particularly enjoyed visiting the old church, I must return so that I can look around the churchyard, from what I've read there are some interesting things to see there too. I'm only just getting to know this area of Yorkshire, but there's more places from round about to visit. You may have seen a couple of posts I've done on Elsecar Heritage Centre, well that's near to Wentworth. Yorkshire has some really lovely and interesting places to visit, I'm very lucky that they're on my doorstep.
DeleteLooks a lovely place, very pretty and very English :) xx
ReplyDeleteIt is typically English. I enjoyed my visit very much.
DeleteIt's so pretty there. I know that it isn't like this everywhere in England, but when I see a little village like this, it just fuels my fantasies! I think of your country as being full of sweet places like this and I am sure it must be really interesting to check them out.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't like this everywhere in England, there's many people who live in the centre of towns and they're nothing like these picturesque villages. There are many places like Wentworth though, we're very lucky that we have so many unspoilt places to visit.
DeleteWhat a gorgeous place.. it looks as if time has stood still. Jx
ReplyDeleteIt's such a pretty place. I'm looking forward to returning in better weather, I'm sure it will look even prettier then.
DeleteI would love to live somewhere like that, a good old fashion village. Days out like that are priceless
ReplyDeleteI would too. I imagine closer communities in villages like this. I love our days out to places we haven't visited before, the gardens we visited in Wentworth were really lovely.
DeleteI think this may be another to add to my list. Sounds like a lovely day out even though it was cold. I'll pop across to your other blog later today while I'm trying to stay cool in our heatwave. It is supposed to reach 40 deg for the next 4 days and get cooler over the weekend. We do hope so. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you notice the cold so much once you get out and about in it, especially if you're engrossed in things as we were in the old church. Hope the heatwave doesn't vex you too much, I don't think it will be long until things get a little colder here, it's been a very mild winter so far.
DeleteWhat a beautiful little village.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me how green the grass still is. No harsh Canadian winter over there...
I find the old church yard so intriguing.
Susan x
The village is so pretty. The grass has continued to grow here this year, it's just been so mild, though I'm sure we must get some colder weather soon. Definitely not as harsh as your winter though, I hope, I don't think I could cope with that. I'd like to return to look in the churchyard, apparently there's lots of interesting things to see.
DeleteGlad you visited Wentworth and you were able to take a walk around this pretty village. There's quite a lot of interest there so hope you can return sometime.
ReplyDeleteWe'll definitely be making a return visit. I want to have a mooch around the churchyard as I've heard there's interesting things to see there, and I wouldn't mind a little treat in those gorgeous tea rooms too.
DeleteYou really MUST let me know when you are coming next time and i'll give you a tour - you just need loads of stamina! I'm so glad you liked it - did you get to look at the big house too? Springtime is a good time to come back. I'm thrilled that you came xxx
ReplyDeleteI will definitely let you know when we're going again. It's such a lovely place and I don't think we've seen half what it's got to offer yet. We didn't get to the big house this time, that's on my list.
DeleteLooks gorgeous Jo,just my cup of tea. I keep meaning to ask Tony to take me each summer but forget about it. My friend has been and thinks its wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou'd love it, all those gorgeous cottages. I think summer will be a good time to go, it was rather chilly on Sunday.
DeleteLooks like a lovely visit, bet its gorgeous in the summer! I bet it was freezing in that church on a sunday morning, it looks so cold!
ReplyDeleteIt was a very cold day, but we warmed up as we walked around. Too cold to hang around the churchyard though so we'll have to make a return visit to look further. I think the village will be lovely in summer.
DeleteChocolate box is definitely the right word for this little village. It is so well kept.
ReplyDeleteA splendid way to spend a Sunday, shame about the cold, maybe another visit in the warmer months so you can stop for a cream tea!
Lisa x
A cream tea definitely sounds good. We'll make a return visit as there's so much more to see in the area, as well as the churchyard. I'm quite interested in having a look around there as there's some interesting things to see. I think our next visit should be when it's warmed up a little though, it was very cold on Sunday.
DeleteWhat a quaint place, delightful! I loved the church, especially those tombs. What a fab day out!xxx
ReplyDeleteWe had a wonderful day out, garden visiting followed by a beautiful village and so much history. I'm always fascinated by tombs, I really want to return in summer so that I can explore the churchyard.
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