Wyck (Wick) Rissington, Gloucestershire - Church -RP postcard c1920s (see cond.)

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• Picture / Image:  Wyck Rissington [or Wick Rissington] Gloucestershire
• Publisher: 'JC Series'
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
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• Notes / condition: NB - has some stains near the top and more visible of the back 

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Wyck (Wick) Rissington is a village and parish in the picturesque Cotswold hills of Gloucestershire, England. The village is located 1.5 miles north-east of Bourton-on-the-Water. The name 'Wyck Rissington' translates from the Saxon as "A building of special significance on a hill covered with brushwood".^[1]

Wyck is one of four Rissington villages along with Great, Little and Upper Rissington.

In the early 1890s composer Gustav Holst, at the age of 17, was the resident organist for the church.^[3] The organ that Holst played is still in use.

Until 1984, a liturgical maze existed in the garden of the Rectory. This was built by Canon Harry Cheales, rector of the parish from 1947-1980. Once a year on St Lawrence's Day, 10 August, Canon Cheales would lead the congregation round the maze. Different points of the maze represented different Pilgrim Stations. At each station was a wood carving, twelve of which now decorate the chancel of the church. The design of the maze was such that each point could be visited without turning back. A mosaic plan of the maze is embedded in the wall of the church. The maze was dismantled when the rectory was sold on Canon Cheales' death.

There is currently an appeal to raise £120,000 for urgent repairs to the church which includes replacing part of its roofing and making the bells safe.^[4]