THE MIDKNIGHT GARDEN: Home to The Serpent Priesthood & Knights of the Red Order.

It was on Monday 24th April 2023 that we squeezed in an extra one-day quest; a surprise journey into the fens. Our first stop was St Andrews, Biggleswade, then on to Holy Trinity, Elsworth. It was a refreshing day out in the country, with enjoyment and learning afoot!

St Andrews Church. Biggleswade: An Anglican parish church set in the town centre, surrounded by a lovely garden graveyard used by many folks to walk through or just to simply rest awhile. The church is a grade 2 listed building, it had a medieval tower which collapsed in the early 1700’s but was rebuilt in 1720. It is of course connected to St Andrew, who had a very interesting history of his own, and there is also a tale told of a miracle that was said to have happened here, some sort of sacred healing, which Karl explains all about in the video below. There is ‘Grail Energy’ here and a ‘healing from within’ which may explain the ‘miracle’….

Karl also explains about the family bloodlines and their connections to the ‘Saltire Cross’ of St Andrew. The Middletons, the Nevilles, the Clarkes, the Woodchurches and the Fordhams all come together here at Biggleswade; in some sort of very interesting mystery. Look out for all the relevant symbology in the video and the Templar connections too. A lovely church with some very meaningful artworks inside.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Andrew,_Biggleswade

Holy Trinity Church. Elsworth: Tucked away in a quiet little corner of the pretty village of Elsworth is this 14th century Holy Trinity church originally built in 986AD, with restoration work carried out in 1892. The church has connections to Dortmund in Deutschland and to Karl’s 29th G.G.F. Knight Tesceline Sorus le Roux of Djion, in France, who’s son was Bernard of Clairvaux, the patron and founder of the original Knights Templar, both of whom i have mentioned previously. A lovely old church with many interesting artifacts to discover within it’s walls. There is also a very intriguing connection to the infamous Richard 3rd.

The tower is 14th century , the west door is original and there are four bells which have recently been restored that hang in an old cross-braced frame. Interestingly on the floor are tombs to both a surgeon and an apothecary, how i would have loved to learn more about them! There was once a 16th century brass church dish here and four silver pieces, a gift to the church in 1773 by Mrs Elizabeth Holworthy, but sadly no sign of them now. There are connections too, to Ramsey Abbey and to the ‘royals’ of the then day. It is interesting to note that the Rev. W. Awdry lived and wrote in the rectory just aside of the church. He was the creator of the ‘Thomas the Tank Engine‘ books and lived in the rectory from 1946 to 1952, not of Craft importance but interesting to many children world wide, whom are now grown adults! For further info please research on the internet where one can find many details, but the main points are here and in the video, points that of course relate to Craft and our Quests.

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Let Karl take you on a tour around the two churches…

Janis will show you Elsworth….