A SHORT HISTORY OF STONEHOUSE
NUMBER TWO - ST.NINIAN'S CHURCH
To follow up on the first part of the above I feature a photograph of what remains of the old Kirkyard which is about half a mile from the nearest point of the village. It says a lot for our ancestors that they had to walk in all types of weather to attend their Church.
Old drawing of the Churchyard and it's location overlooking the River Avon
The undernoted is about the old St. Ninians Church .
Hail! ruined remnants of a church
Old silent belfry grey
With scars of age; the tooth of time
Has gnawed all else away.
Thy voice speaks to the thoughtful mind;
This ancient house of prayer
Revives anew those hallowed scenes
Of beauty, rich and rare.
(From John R.Young's book "Wha's like us ?")