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We have now visited and photographed two of the churches cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust. These are: Holy Trinity, York Old St Stephen's Church, Robin Hood's Bay Read Full Story

whilst looking around the interior of St Helen & the Holy Cross in Sheriff Hutton , we came across the tomb of Edward of Middleham, the eldest son of Richard III. We discovered that Edward is the only Prince of Wales to be buried in Parish Church. See the Wikipedia entry here Read Full Story

A flurry of activity of the last weekend, coinciding with the first day of spring and the best weather of the year so far. We headed up to one of our favourite part of the world, the villages north of York. So, there are photographs of churches in: Sheriff Hutton Stillington Sutton-on-the-Forrest Farlington & Marton-in-the-Forrest We then headed into York itself, stopping to take photographs at Strensall & Huntington on the way. In York, we were able to take another photo of Minster from the... Read Full Story

Many people have asked me how I created the locations map , so here's a brief tutorial. The system I used involves storing the geo-data of each photograph on a publicly shared Google Spreadsheet and then using the Google Map api to generate the map. The key is to ensure that your photographs and images are 'geotagged', that is they have longitude and latitude data in their EXIF file. You could achieve this by buying a geo-imaging system that fits onto the hotshoe of your DSLR such as this one... Read Full Story

In the ruins section, we have uploaded images of Whitby Abbey and the original Coventry Cathedral which was destroyed by fire during the Blitz. We are again indebted to Stephen Brown for allowing the use of another one of images, the Chapter House at Lincoln Cathedral Read Full Story

This image is, bizarrely, my most viewed image on Flickr . It was partly for this reason that the Monuments, Memorials and Graveyards section was established; I figured that there is an appetite out there to see images of this sort of thing. I do have many other similar images, hopefully uploaded in the near future. Read Full Story

We are delighted to be allowed to use images from Stephen Brown, who is an excellent landscape photographer. Please check out his website: www.stephenbrownphotography.co.uk His photograph of Chiddingstone Church in Kent is fantastic. Please note that Stephen is a commercial photographer and his images cannot be used without purchase Read Full Story

With the 're-vamping' of the site comes additional images. New sections have been created for Scotland and Ruins as well as additional images in the Stained Glass , Architecture and Monuments galleries. There are tons more to be uploaded in these galleries in the next few weeks. In the existing galleries, there are photographs of the following new churches Sutton on the Forest Whitby Abbey Read Full Story

We have eventually made the transition to providing images for download without purchase. Most images, unless otherwise specified, can now be downloaded for use in publications, leaflets, PowerPoints, etc without charge under a Creative Commons Licence . All we ask is that you leave the subtle watermark in the bottom left-hand corner on your image. We believe that it is not too intrusive. However, you are still not able to use any image for commercial purposes. If you want to use an image for... Read Full Story

The Fotochurch Blog News of new photographs uploaded to 'Fotochurch' together with information on Church architecture, Church history and photographic technique. Fotochurch is a growing collection of photographs of UK Churches. All photos are 'geotagged' and their location can be viewed on Google Maps. All images can be purchased and downloaded to use, 'Royalty Free' , in leaflets, brochures, PowerPoints, etc or for home-printing. Commissions and special requests may be... Read Full Story