St. Lupus Church, Malew

So. When there is a bit of sunshine, we head out even if it is still pretty darned windy. This trip took us, among other places, to the church and cemetery of St. Lupus church in Malew.

Editorial note for those that pay attention to such things...

I normally try to put reasonably descriptive and accurate labels on the blog posts that include our location in hierarchical way from continent (Europe) to town or village (Malew). I have recently discovered that, according to the BBC, the Isle of Man is not in the United Kingdom. Nor, as I already knew, is it in the EU even though it enjoys many benefits as if it were. It is just out here in the Irish Sea, governing itself but at the mercy of the UK for nearly everything.

Now, back to our regular programming.



This is a quite old church, with its foundation in the late 400's and the current building having roots back to the 12th century. It is elegant in its simplicity.

It is an interesting shape. It has something like half a transept, also filled with pews. The view above is looking towards the main altar and one below is looking at the pipe organ placed along the side (to the right, out of view, in the above photo) of the main section. In the left-hand corner below is the pulpit where the preacher can see, and be heard by, everyone.

Looking back toward the entrance, you can see the pipe organ on the right.

Out in the (windy) church yard, there is a mix of old and new graves.

Although the one below is not special for who it is or what it says (I couldn't read it), I find the "presence" of the stone against the more distant background to is interesting. One of those things you can enhance with medium format camera.

Although there are older graves inside the church (and probably in the yard as well), they are either unfindable or illegible. This is oldest I could find.

Just to let you know what passes for sunshine here frequently, here's a view of the cemetery looking into the sun. Remember this is about noon.