Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Heysham (/ ˈ h iː ʃ əm / ⓘ HEE-shəm) is a coastal village in the Lancaster district of Lancashire, England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. It is a ferry port , with services to the Isle of Man and Ireland, and the site of two nuclear power stations .
The Heysham hogback is, like other hogbacks, a grave-marker, monument or perhaps cenotaph, dating from the 10th century and probably from the period 920–950. [ 4 ] [ 1 ] The man it commemorates is thought to have been a high-status individual connected with the Hiberno-Norse communities of Cumbria or Yorkshire , and its position on the coast ...
St Patrick's Chapel is a ruined building that stands on a headland above St Peter's Church, in Heysham, Lancashire, England (grid reference). It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building , [ 1 ] and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument .
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Heysham is an unparished area in Lancaster, Lancashire, England.It contains 26 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.Of these, four are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
St Peter's Church is in the village of Heysham, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building . [ 1 ] It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn .
The album cover features in the foreground four water-filled stone-hewn graves, dating back to the 11th century. The location is St Peter's Church, Heysham, Lancashire, North West England, overlooking Morecambe Bay. [2] In the background the sun is setting, so apparently it is at dusk. It has a "The Best of Black Sabbath" title which appears in ...
Hogbacks take the form of recumbent monuments, generally with a curved ('hogbacked') ridge, often also with outwardly curved sides. This shape, and the fact that they are frequently decorated with 'shingles' on either side of the central ridge, show that they are stylised 'houses' for the dead.