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| Dog Woman revealed...... |
Rarely-open St Mary's Church, Chilton, is staging a two-day exhibition
over National Heritage Weekend.(10th /11th). It commemorates the 150th
anniversary of the completion of the first stage of a Victorian
restoration that gave the interior a pseudo medieval look.
But genuine 15th century gems survived including a
tiny wood carving near the reading desk. It appears to be the head of a
woman wearing a wimple of folded linen. But recent closer examination revealed
that the face has a dog's jaw with an extended tongue.
The exhibition also puts the spotlight on three other strange
creatures in the church as well as telling other Chilton stories including how
the church silver vanished to Wales, the Iron Age neighbours in Church
Field Road and how the art of recycling has beautified the church. One of the
many photographs featured will be a German Luftwaffe spy plane view of Chilton
and its church in 1940.
St Mary's will be open on Saturday (10th) from 9am to 5pm
and on Sunday from 10am to 2.15 pm. This is followed by the harvest festival at
3pm. After the weekend, the exhibition will transfer to St Gregory's Church,
Sudbury, for a week.
Thanks to Val Herbert for contributing this article.
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