THERE'S A CEMETERY IN MY FRONT GARDEN..........Re Post.

It's not often you'll hear someone say 'There's a cemetery in my front garden.'

But that's due to The Parish layout at St Martin's Church in Ruislip Village where

the Parish cottages merge in with the Church's Cemetery.

St Martin's Church is mentioned in The Doomsday Book and it's present stone

structure dates back to the 15th century.

So these are just a few pictures I took in Ruislip during my visit in June 2020

when the country was going in and out of Lockdowns. And even the famous 

Ruislip Lido was shut and closed down to the public.

For that full original blog post visit HERE.

History tells us that from information entered in the Doomsday Book, a wooden structured Church
had once stood on these grounds in Ruislip Village in the 11th century. And by the early 12th
century it was rebuilt in stone.
By the 14th century the Church fell into disrepair when the Duke of Bedford, Brother  of King Henry V,
became it's sole possessor. But it wasn't until the 15th century that the Church tower that we see today
was first built.
The building was first designated in 1950 by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. And yet
when you look around the Church end of the village, very little seems to have changed since that time.
The Church's present chancel and nave date back to the 13th century. And recorded records tell us that
the first recorded Vicar was William de Berminton in 1327.