Brinkley and Westley Waterlesss

Brinkley -  in east Cambridgeshire ('up in the mountains'!).....

... and wondering if this might be the reason we couldn't at first find it.... I thought it read 'Crunchy'...

The tower dates from circa 1300 ... and the rectors of Brinkley are recorded back to 1260...

circa 1300 stained glass fragments set into this window....

Where the posh folk put their bums on seats (17th century) ....

Always best to be prepared for rain.....

The tower dates from circa 1300...

At Brinkley a kind gentleman suggested we visit Westley Waterless, just up the road, because it had an historic church.  I'm very glad he did tell us about this lovely place which is on the Icknield Way, and not far from Fleam Dyke and Devil's Dyke....

A church was recorded in the village in the 12th century, but the current one dates from the 13th, although there must have been one here in Anglo Saxon times...

The Westley Waterless horses seem to be a hardier breed than those in Brinkley, no raincoat needed for this horsey, no siree!

... are you sure you haven't any carrots?

Anglo Saxon coffin lids....

13th century font...

Probably the notes of an Italian Priest working in Westley at around the time of Sir John de Creke, in the 14th century.  The markings appear to record the produce of a number of vines which were grown around the walls of the church to supply them with wine required at Mass.  This is one of the first times that the numbers which we are used to today were used in England.....

The brass of the aforementioned John de Creke, dated 1324/25, who owned Westley Waterless, where he is buried with his wife Lady Aleyne.  One of the finest surviving brasses in the country....