Comments on: Churches in Essex: St. Margaret of Antioch, Margaretting https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/churches-in-essex-st-margaret-of-antioch-margaretting/ Recipes & Creative Ideas for Seasonal Holidays Tue, 09 Aug 2022 08:50:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: www.justmeleah.co.uk https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/churches-in-essex-st-margaret-of-antioch-margaretting/#comment-10909 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/?p=8095#comment-10909 Ooh, this church looks fabulous! I love the gravestone with a skull on. It just adds to the macabre. I love your detail shots too. xx

]]> By: Michelle Ordever https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/churches-in-essex-st-margaret-of-antioch-margaretting/#comment-10528 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 08:57:00 +0000 https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/?p=8095#comment-10528 In reply to Ness.

Thanks for imparting your knowledge Ness! I really appreciate it! Funny, hubs said “maybe he was a pirate” when we saw that particular gravestone. Interesting about the plague thing as well. I feel the need to hunt out more of these types of graves now!

]]> By: Ness https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/churches-in-essex-st-margaret-of-antioch-margaretting/#comment-10460 Sun, 05 Oct 2014 15:26:00 +0000 https://www.thepurplepumpkinblog.co.uk/?p=8095#comment-10460 Lovely photographs and so interesting. In the 1600s and 1700s it was fashionable to have skull and crossbones on gravestones although many people believe it is to signify someone who was a pirate or died of the plague! The Star of David is increasingly used by evangelical Christians and those that believe the six points relate to the six days in which God created the world.

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