Fiona Chartres

The Cassey brass at St Mary's, Deerhurst contains two portraits in one. It was commissioned by Dame Alice Cassey on the death of her husband Sir John Cassey in 1400. She is shown with her dog at her feet and uniquely the dogs name, Terri/Cerri is depicted as well. #31DaysofGraves

'Here unto all you standers' A warning from the Grave from Thomas Pedrick who fell to his death aged 23 in 1833 and is buried at St Brannocks, Braunton Devon. The theme today for #31DaysofGraves is Accident.

A lot of people would die to have cheekbones that sharp.. A garlanded #MementoMoriMonday at St Botolph's, Cambridge.

The theme of today's #31DaysofGraves is Tree and this stunted Spaghetti tree at St Peter's, Gaulby, Leicestershire is one of my favourites.

That moment when you realise you got up unreasonably early because you forgot to change the clocks last night.. A rather cross chap at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. #StainedGlassSunday

The contrast between the terracotta plaque of a mourning woman and the grey stone is so striking on this headstone at St Mary's, Longworth, Oxfordshire. #31DaysofGraves

This rather lovely memorial at St James the Great, South Leigh, Oxfordshire fits the theme of 'Wings' perfectly for today's #31DaysofGraves I believe it's by the sculptor Rosemary Mary Beatrice Fletcher, she apparently had links to this area of Oxfordshire.

I'm not quite sure if this mourning woman at St John the Baptist, Tredington, Gloucestershire is overcome with grief or has just hit her head on the poorly placed overhanging tree. #31DaysofGraves

The lock on the door that gives access to the organ at King's College Chapel, Cambridge looked very surprised that I noticed it. Found on the screen erected between 1532-36 by Henry VIII to celebrate his marriage to Anne Boleyn. #IronworkThursday

The stunning carvings on the choir stalls at Southwell Minster are so full of detail. This is noted as possibly being a Cormorant, nibbling a leaf instead of a fish here though. #Woodensday

A small distracted cherub about to set fire to the draperies at St John the Baptist, Moulsford, Oxfordshire for #31DaysofGraves

St Mark's very strange lion/pig hybrid at The Round Church, Cambridge. Definitely a face only a mother could love! 🦁🐽🦁 #TilesOnTuesday

John Coleridge Patteson was a missionary and the first Bishop of Melanesia, killed by locals on the island of Nukapu in 1871. In this mildly amusing window at St Lawrence's, Broughton, Milton Keynes he is seen floating in a native canoe, looking incredibly Victorian. #31DaysofGraves

St Matthew's angel has the expression of someone wishing that he and the other evangelists symbols had been carved on a larger capital at All Saints, Oakham. #SundayStonework

An ouroboros ringed globe at St Wilfrid's, Kibworth, Leicestershire for today's theme of Earth. #31DaysofGraves

This memorial to Adelaide White d1915 in Dean Road cemetery, Scarborough was erected by her husband Vincent Charles White. He composed the music himself on the lower part of the monument and was apparently a retired Band Master. #31DaysofGraves

Come ere and tell me that to my face... A combative lion ready to start something at Great St Mary's, Cambridge. #Caturday

Although the urn is well carved the torches seem to have been extinguished by the cotton wool issuing from them.. An 18thC chest tomb at St Faith, Overbury, Worcestershire. #31DaysofGraves

The Royal Coat of Arms and the phoenix emblem of Jane Seymour at Withcote Chapel, Leicestershire. Probably not original to the Chapel it may have come originally from the Hall or from Launde Abbey a few miles away which was owned by Thomas Cromwell. #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi

The theme for todays #31DaysofGraves is Language. This simple but beautifully carved grave is found at St Luke's, Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire, the Grand Union Canal runs alongside the churchyard. Ignotus Exaquis translates as 'unknown from the water'.

This door in the gatehouse of the West Court building of The Old Schools building on Trinity Lane, Cambridge apparently dates to the 15thC, the carving in the spandrels of the wicket door is very good indeed. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

The incredibly eccentric Bardwell monument at St Edmund's, Southwold is the resting place of local architect William Bardwell d1853 and other members of his family. Built from brick it's clad in various tiles and odd pieces of mouldings, a real hotch potch of all sorts! #31DaysofGraves

A very happy little 15thC wyvern arm rest at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge. #Woodensday

Plodding chained heraldic bears by Godwins at Tewkesbury Abbey. #TilesOnTuesday

A rather ordinary but very cheery cherub at St Wilfrid's, Screveton, Nottinghamshire for #31DaysofGraves

The annual carrot chomping competition was well underway when we arrived at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge. #MementoMoriMonday

Opinions vary as to whether these corbels at Tewkesbury Abbey depict either Adam and Eve or the founders of the Abbey Robert Fitzhamon and his wife. Whichever is correct, I particularly like the positioning of their arms and hands, it looks so natural. #SundayStonework

The sun is shining this morning and this happy heron can't quite contain itself at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. #StainedGlassSunday

St Peter's Cambridge was probably originally built the late 11th/early 12thC with the tower added in the 14thC. Drastically rebuilt on a much smaller scale in 1781 reusing the door and retaining the tower it now sits in a beautiful, peaceful churchyard. #SteepleSaturday

When you start carving a headstone but have a serious attack of the curlicues.. Todays theme for #31DaysofGraves is Lettering and I'm sure there's a letter in there somewhere.

The theme for todays #31DaysofGraves is Animal and I humbly present to you.... a Baboon.... no really it is.. Found supporting a coat of arms on the Babington monument of c1538 at St Winifred's, Kingston on Soar, Nottinghamshire it's a play on the family name 'Baboon'gton.

St Peter's, Cambridge is a 14thC church rebuilt in 1781 with re-set earlier features such as this handsome 13thC doorway. Set in an almost garden like churchyard and now owned by the CCT it's a lovely spot. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

Unlike this chap let's hope none of us wake up in our home tonight to find a grinning skeleton offering you the world in return for your soul! Today's #31DaysofGraves can be found at St Margaret's, Leicester.

Such a beautiful mix of textures. A little bit of everything to be seen looking at the rear wall of Trinity College, Trinity Lane, Cambridge. #WallsonWednesday

Beautiful fan vaulting over the South Door at Tewkesbury Abbey. It's a reconstruction dating from the late 19thC on the site of what would have been the cloisters and uses the fan vaulting at Gloucester Cathedral as a template. #TraceryTuesday

I'd be hopping mad too if someone put a glazing bar across my face.. #OwlishMonday

By the look on his face this green man at Tewkesbury Abbey definitely didn't read the full job description. #SundayStonework

Medieval fragments gathered together in the window at St Michael's, Cambridge including a rather nice Trinity shield. It was the chapel of Michaelhouse College until dissolved by Henry VIII, its lands went to fund Trinity College. Now in part a cafe with excellent breakfasts! #StainedGlassSunday

Today's theme for #31DaysofGraves is Glass. This vibrant composition by Harry Harvey is in St Margaret's, Leicester. It was installed in 1966 and is dedicated to Ernest Morris who was the verger and tower master and shows the bell ringers along with images depicting his other interests.

This wooden font case and cover were added to St Botolph's, Cambridge in 1637 and completely conceal the 14thC font. It's a rather handsome construction. #FontsOnFriday

Tasselled curved hinges at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. #IronworkThursday

A short sighted demon wearing pince-nez in the 15thC doom at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge. #WednesdayWallPaintings

Such a happy, tubby little winged fish man.... A very cheery carving on a 15thC misericord at St Michael's, Cambridge. #Woodensday

Poor little ratty! A plump owl with beautifully curved wings carries his prey off on a 15thC misericord at St Mary Magdalene, Newark, Nottinghamshire. #OwlishMonday

Somehow he'd thought that being a cherub was going to be a bit more exciting than this.. A glum little figure at King's College Chapel, Cambridge. #StainedGlassSunday

I think you'll find that's my barrel! Just some of the dozens of different characters on the Babington monument of c1538 at St Winifred's, Kingston on Soar. A pun on the family name (a tun being a barrel) there is allegedly a hundred little people, I didn't count them.. #SundayStonework

The openings in the bell stage of the Anglo-Saxon tower of St Bene't's, Cambridge are giving me a serious case of pareidolia.. #SteepleSaturday

Cheery cherubs and oversized vases on the font of 1632 at St Mary the Great, Cambridge. Vigorously carved I particularly like the figures waving their reading material as if they're desperate to share their favourite article with us. #FontsOnFriday

There's something about the pattern of the bricks surrounding the vestry door at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge which is very pleasing to the eye indeed. They were added to the church in 1934. #Adoorableday #AdoorableThursday

Waking up in the 15thC doom at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge is only going to end well if there's an angel waiting to greet you, unfortunately the chap on the right has realised his fate is a much worse one. #WednesdayWallPaintings