St Mary the Virgin Rotherhithe - The Building

Thanks to the remarkable Father Mark Nicholls, who aside from being generous with his time - is also gifted with a dry wit - that (you'll hear) tickled me no end.

[@grahamlast2233]

Fr Mark was Vicar of my parish which is St Andrew's Wigan for three years in the 1990's. So nice to see and hear him again.

[@hereticatious]

Plenty more videos on the channel with Fr Mark!

[@williamson101]

Loved this one Alun. The Rector was hilarious 😂

[@hereticatious]

Yes - Fr Mark was brilliant - more next week.

[@denisebutler4289]

What a fascinating journey through a beautiful church.

[@hereticatious]

And don't forget the nice pub next door

[@Geegerific]

Really interesting stuff. Loved the Temeraire chair. Also featured two of my phobias - heights and big church bells.

[@hereticatious]

Hopefully more coming on the bells soon! Sorry for any triggering :-( I do it so you don't have to...,

[@nickbarber2080]

Externally very similar to my Parish Church,St Mary Battersea. I once co-led a walk along the foreshore at Rotherhithe along with an archaeologist friend...he pointed out the relicts of the ship-building and -breaking trades,including timbers from old vessels used to buold barge-beds...

[@hereticatious]

I love finding out about interesting churches this way. St Mary Battersea looks a delight.

[@user-nb4ck7ly3o]

I'm obsessed with history on my manor, Bermondsey. Love this video thanxXxyou 💖 xXx

[@hereticatious]

Thanks! There's more where that came from - check out the Mayflower at Rotherhithe kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYm5d4yOrtaNiaM - and more next week. Do subscribe - I'm hoping to do more in your area soon.

[@user-nb4ck7ly3o]

Okeedokeey thanxXx mate, Consider it done..

[@user-nb4ck7ly3o]

As you go in the cemetery on your left hand side behind the cast iron fencing. Is the grave with 3 pig's heads carved into it.🐷🐷🐷 Ofa witch apparently. The legendary myth goes like this. If you run around her grave 3 times at midnight she will haunt you. 😊🧙‍♀️🪄👻 ✨ 🪦✨👻 🧹🧙😮

[@hereticatious]

I think I saw this when I went back for this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6iUp2huZteng9k - though I didn't get a shot. Next time!

[@johnrozee2648]

I like this one. The rector had a great sense of humour and that curt note of a man who doesn't suffer fools lightly. I thought perhaps from Nottinghamshire or maybe Lancashire, but I may now have offended him greatly 😂

[@hereticatious]

I'll leave it to Fr Mark to confirm or deny his heritage - I do know he was great fun to interview.

[@martindaniels1099]

He's from Lancashire....Haydock, which is now Merseyside (just)

[@grahamlast2233]

St James the Great Haydock was his home church as l recall ...but could be wrong?

[@joangrant5248]

Be nice to see the stained glass a bit more.

[@hereticatious]

Thanks - I like the stained glass bits too - I will double down.

[@henryharesdene4164]

? Organ ? - no mention of an argan. As an ex-choristoer very Church has an organ - so why no mention rere??

[@hereticatious]

It has a terrific and very historic organ - but there was no organist available on the day to really show it in detail. If I can fix something up, and you viewers want it - I'll try to go back.

[@hereticatious]

You ask - I answer - kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6iUp2huZteng9k - this may be more than you wished for :-)

[@tinyskill11]

Why aren’t more buildings upside down boats? Housing crisis solved?

[@hereticatious]

Ah - but then think about the boating crisis!