by Susan Morris | Sep 6, 2016 | Devon, Local History
In a clearing in the heart of Colwell Wood, in the parish of Offwell, near Honiton in Devon, stands a seemingly insignificant cottage known as Colwell Wood Cottage. This property, and the land around it, was the subject of one of our first ventures into house history... 
by Susan Morris | Dec 4, 2015 | church architecture, Local History, parish choir
In 1729 eighteen singing men of the parish clubbed together to build a choir gallery in the parish church of St Lawrence, Gnosall, Staffordshire. The gallery or loft was situated next to the pulpit, rather than at the rear of the church. Tucked away in the parish...