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Wenhaston lies in the Blyth Valley on the route of the old narrow gauge railway that ran between Southwold and Halesworth before its closure in 1929. The village even had a railway station but this has now long since gone and only a plaque marks the site. The village is also famous for its Medieval Doom, a painting of the Last Judgement which was nearly destroyed in 1889. |
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The Star Inn standing on the outskirts of the village. |
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The snow covered churchyard. |
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St Peter’s church, not the prettiest church in Suffolk but the outside belies the beauty of the inside. |
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Wenhaston’s Medieval Doom, which is a painting of the Last Judgement, these were common in many Medieval churches, although this one at Wenhaston is unusually in that it was painted onto wooden boards,it is thought to have been painted around 1480 by a monk from Blythburgh. It originally stood over the chancel arch and had been whitewashed during the protestant reign of Edward VI. During 1889 the boards on which it was painted were taken down and placed in the churchyard ready to be disposed of but during the night heavy rain washed off some of the whitewash exposing the painting. |
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The Wenhaston village sign. |
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Ivy clad cottages in the “Street”. |
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This plaque marks the site of the old Wenhaston railway station. The station was situated on the old Southwold to Halesworth line that was closed in 1929. |
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Looking out over the snow covered fields of the Blyth valley. |
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I think its time to leave, as more snow looks imminent. |
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