Cloisters in Newstead Abbey House

[melodysparks]

Cloister, a photo by Melodysparks (Chris Preedy) on Flickr.

Cloisters in Newstead Abbey House

The priory of St. Mary of Newstead, a house of Augustinian Canons, was founded by King Henry II of England about the year 1170, as one of many penances he paid following the murder of Thomas Becket

A small religious community existed there until Henry VIII dissolved the monastery in 1539. In the following year, Henry granted Newstead to the poet Lord Byrons ancestor, Sir John Byron, who converted the priory into a house for his family.

This photograph has been accepted by the BBC Nottingham for participation in the Photography Competition 2008 in the Category: Faith

www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/in_pictures/a_picture_of_notting...

Comments

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

it's a lovely pic, bb. And did you mean "Photography Competition 2012?"

[melodysparks.livejournal.com]

No it was the 2008 competition. Unfortunately due to a scandle with competitions on one of the other tv stations the competition was cancelled and have not done one since.

The link takes you to a showcase of all the photos entered. I entered numerous ones in as many categories as I could

[aadarshinah.livejournal.com]

wow. well, it's beauitful nonetheless

[melodysparks.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Love the perspective on this one. :-)

[melodysparks.livejournal.com]

Thank you this is one of those pictures I am extremely proud of.

I took this with my Canon Powershot point and shoot compact camera it was one of my very early digital pictures