Comments on: Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins A Site About Everything and Nothing Thu, 17 May 2012 20:49:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: John Francis Austin http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-26064 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:38:36 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-26064 Hi Rod Was past Calceby yesterday and there is a whole lot going on in a field at the side of the road towards Ormsby. In attendance was a van from the Oxford Archaeological Team Cheers Oz Hi Rod
Was past Calceby yesterday and there is a whole lot going on in a field at the side of the road towards Ormsby.
In attendance was a van from the Oxford Archaeological Team
Cheers
Oz

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: minnie http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-25518 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 22:39:26 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-25518 I can remember visiting this site about 30 yrs ago with my dad. As I recall there was a circular stone set flat in the ground under the arch that looked a little like a large millstone but with no central hole for a shaft and didnt have the scoring of a normal millstone but did have swirls and circular shapes carved into it. Just wondered if it was still there and if anybody knew what it was? I picked up part of a dead ivy stem whilst I was there which was thicker than my arm, so guess the ivy had been around a long time. I went to work in south Lincolnshire for some years and my visits back home I always used to look out for these ruins because when I saw them I knew I wasnt far from home. I can remember visiting this site about 30 yrs ago with my dad. As I recall there was a circular stone set flat in the ground under the arch that looked a little like a large millstone but with no central hole for a shaft and didnt have the scoring of a normal millstone but did have swirls and circular shapes carved into it. Just wondered if it was still there and if anybody knew what it was? I picked up part of a dead ivy stem whilst I was there which was thicker than my arm, so guess the ivy had been around a long time.
I went to work in south Lincolnshire for some years and my visits back home I always used to look out for these ruins because when I saw them I knew I wasnt far from home.

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-25492 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:15:05 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-25492 Caleceby Update: <b>CALCEBY REGISTER.</b> 1636. Margret Eland, daughter of Bryan Eland, baptised, 14 August. 1639. Thomas, son of Bryan Eland and Margery his wife, bapt., May 21. 1640. Feb. 24, John, son of the same, bapt. 1655. James, son of same, bapt., Sept. 28. 1676. Thomas, son of Thomas Eland and Ellen his wife, bapt., 10 Oct. 1676. Henry, son of same, bapt., 10 May. 1680. Ellen, wife of Thomas Eland, buried, 1 Nov. 1682. Thomas Ealand, buried, 8 Nov. 1698. Brian Ealand, buried, 26 Oct. Thomas Ealand made his mark in 1676 as churchwarden. Caleceby Update:

CALCEBY REGISTER.
1636. Margret Eland, daughter of Bryan Eland, baptised, 14 August.
1639. Thomas, son of Bryan Eland and Margery his wife, bapt., May 21.
1640. Feb. 24, John, son of the same, bapt.
1655. James, son of same, bapt., Sept. 28.
1676. Thomas, son of Thomas Eland and Ellen his wife, bapt., 10 Oct.
1676. Henry, son of same, bapt., 10 May. 1680. Ellen, wife of Thomas Eland, buried, 1 Nov.
1682. Thomas Ealand, buried, 8 Nov. 1698. Brian Ealand, buried, 26 Oct.
Thomas Ealand made his mark in 1676 as churchwarden.

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-21464 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:34:42 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-21464 HH, they are impressive remains, I keep meaning to go back myself. That run of villages you mention is absolutely fantastic - I love the area, in fact I'd go now were it not for the weather Best Rod HH,
they are impressive remains, I keep meaning to go back myself.
That run of villages you mention is absolutely fantastic - I love the area, in fact I’d go now were it not for the weather
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: History Hunter http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-21455 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:14:38 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-21455 Visited these today, even though it wasnt on my list of things to do places to see. I have been on a big jolly round 22 cemeteries and I just happened to pass these ruins. Unrepeatable words exited my mouth when i noticed them as i drove past. I actually parked round the side at the layby, but didnt think to have a rummage for skeletons. Considering the villages i visited today, I bet there was loads of interesting stuff that i missed. Oh well....might go back again one day. Cuxwold, Rothwell, Nettleton, Grasby, Cadney, North Kelsey, South Kelsey, Thornton Le Moor, Kirkby cum Osgodby, Middle Rasen, Market Rasen, Tealby, Ludford Magna, Burgh on Bain, Scamblesby, Belchford, Ruckland, South Ormsby, South Thoresby, Withern and Great Carlton!!! BTW I went into Tealby Church and there is lots in there relating to Bayons Manor!! Visited these today, even though it wasnt on my list of things to do places to see. I have been on a big jolly round 22 cemeteries and I just happened to pass these ruins. Unrepeatable words exited my mouth when i noticed them as i drove past. I actually parked round the side at the layby, but didnt think to have a rummage for skeletons.

Considering the villages i visited today, I bet there was loads of interesting stuff that i missed. Oh well….might go back again one day.

Cuxwold, Rothwell, Nettleton, Grasby, Cadney, North Kelsey, South Kelsey, Thornton Le Moor, Kirkby cum Osgodby, Middle Rasen, Market Rasen, Tealby, Ludford Magna, Burgh on Bain, Scamblesby, Belchford, Ruckland, South Ormsby, South Thoresby, Withern and Great Carlton!!!

BTW I went into Tealby Church and there is lots in there relating to Bayons Manor!!

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-20280 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:26:05 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-20280 Adam, a strange story, thanks for sharing it and welcome to the site - hopefully it may flush out some information from somebody somewhere. Cheers Rod Adam,
a strange story, thanks for sharing it and welcome to the site - hopefully it may flush out some information from somebody somewhere.
Cheers
Rod

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: Adam http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-20274 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:14:21 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-20274 In the early 1990's I was driving out of Swaby, heading south towards Ulceby Cross. I'd just got past the old primary school (of which I am an 'alumni') and past the last couple of Swaby houses on the left, when I saw a very elderly couple walking along the grass verge, carrying what appeared to be heavy shopping bags. I slowed down the car to walking pace and asked them if they wanted a lift, because their bags looked so heavy. They said no thank you, they were fine and didn't have far to go. But I asked them twice more and insisted on giving them a lift, and eventually they accepted. They got in the back of my car. The man told me they only needed to go as far as just around Calceby Corner. So when I reached it, I turned right into Calceby and drove just a couple of hundred yards along in the direction of the ruins and the Baxter farm, and then they told me to stop and drop them off on the right, alongside the copse. They thanked me and I waved goodbye and watched them for just a few moments as they walked off together down a short overgrown driveway of about fifty yards through a clearing in the trees towards a small cottage which I could just see in the distance, although I'd never noticed the driveway or the cottage before. A few weeks later I was in my car and in that area again, so I casually looked for a sight of the driveway and the cottage as I drove past, but there was none. Indeed, there cannot have been, because two yards from the roadside verge, that copse drops into a steep valley. Did I dream it? If not, does anyone have any ideas as to who I saw and gave a lift to? Has anyone else seen this couple in Swaby or Calceby? In the early 1990’s I was driving out of Swaby, heading south towards Ulceby Cross. I’d just got past the old primary school (of which I am an ‘alumni’) and past the last couple of Swaby houses on the left, when I saw a very elderly couple walking along the grass verge, carrying what appeared to be heavy shopping bags. I slowed down the car to walking pace and asked them if they wanted a lift, because their bags looked so heavy. They said no thank you, they were fine and didn’t have far to go. But I asked them twice more and insisted on giving them a lift, and eventually they accepted. They got in the back of my car. The man told me they only needed to go as far as just around Calceby Corner.
So when I reached it, I turned right into Calceby and drove just a couple of hundred yards along in the direction of the ruins and the Baxter farm, and then they told me to stop and drop them off on the right, alongside the copse. They thanked me and I waved goodbye and watched them for just a few moments as they walked off together down a short overgrown driveway of about fifty yards through a clearing in the trees towards a small cottage which I could just see in the distance, although I’d never noticed the driveway or the cottage before.
A few weeks later I was in my car and in that area again, so I casually looked for a sight of the driveway and the cottage as I drove past, but there was none. Indeed, there cannot have been, because two yards from the roadside verge, that copse drops into a steep valley.
Did I dream it? If not, does anyone have any ideas as to who I saw and gave a lift to? Has anyone else seen this couple in Swaby or Calceby?

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-10258 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:20:20 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-10258 chris, <i>great comments….</i> Absolutely, it's truly fascinating. Best Rod chris,
great comments….
Absolutely, it’s truly fascinating.
Best
Rod

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: chris keyworth http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-10257 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:05:35 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-10257 great comments.... tunnels hmmmm.... i like the sound of that may have to go for another walk.... Regards Chris great comments….

tunnels hmmmm…. i like the sound of that may have to go for another walk….

Regards
Chris

]]> Comment on Calceby Church ~ St. Andrew’s Lincolnshire Church Ruins by: Rod http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-10256 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:03:16 +0000 http://www.rodcollins.com/wordpress/calceby-church-st-andrews-lincolnshire-church-ruins#comment-10256 Hi Barbara, I'm really pleased you find the site of interest and enjoy the sense of humour, it's great to get some feedback. <i>dare I ask you what camera you used it certainly must be a very expensive set up</i> It's a Canon DSLR Barbara with an assortment of lenses, it's great but there is a downside - the one you allude to :( <i>saying that the Wright family went along way back and for many years were payed a penny a week to keep the dogs out of St Oswald church Strubby</i> That's fascinating Barbara, that's the kind of information I love to learn - I had no idea such a thing ever happened. <b>Under the ruins of the church is a secret passage</b> Another cracking gem Barbara ! It's a beautiful spot and anybody failing to be moved by it must be sadly lacking somewhere. It may all sound a bit 'New Ageish' but just taking the time to sit and think in such a place does transport the mind. It's difficult to express in words but all those who go and take pleasure in such places and just allow themselves a little time to think and reflect about their surroundings now exactly what I mean and the rewards it brings. Please feel free to comment and offer opinion on anything past, present and to come Barbara - believe me, it is appreciated. All the best Rod Hi Barbara,
I’m really pleased you find the site of interest and enjoy the sense of humour, it’s great to get some feedback.
dare I ask you what camera you used it certainly must be a very expensive set up
It’s a Canon DSLR Barbara with an assortment of lenses, it’s great but there is a downside - the one you allude to :(

saying that the Wright family went along way back and for many years were payed a penny a week to keep the dogs out of St Oswald church Strubby
That’s fascinating Barbara, that’s the kind of information I love to learn - I had no idea such a thing ever happened.

Under the ruins of the church is a secret passage
Another cracking gem Barbara !
It’s a beautiful spot and anybody failing to be moved by it must be sadly lacking somewhere.
It may all sound a bit ‘New Ageish’ but just taking the time to sit and think in such a place does transport the mind.
It’s difficult to express in words but all those who go and take pleasure in such places and just allow themselves a little time to think and reflect about their surroundings now exactly what I mean and the rewards it brings.

Please feel free to comment and offer opinion on anything past, present and to come Barbara - believe me, it is appreciated.
All the best
Rod

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