A visit to the Co.Down town of Royal Hillsborough (The home of Hillsborough Castle – a Royal Residence) on Tuesday 30th September, gave me the opportunity to add another image to my collection of photographs of the town, made on a few earlier occasions.
The people I was visiting lived directly across the road from Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, and while on earlier visits I have been able to photograph the historic and beautiful Anglican Church building, this was my first chance to get up to the Presbyterian building.
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Kilwarlin Moravian Church and Thermopylae in Co. Down!
Kilwarlin Moravian Church was founded by John Cennick (He of Gracehill, Ballymena fame) in 1755.
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Kilwarlin is described on some internet sites as a ‘small village near Hillsborough, Co.Down’. The truth is that it is scarcely that, rather a ribbon development of homes along a very narrow country road, not wide enough for two vehicles to pass, and accessible only with great care.
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Hillsborough is one of the trendy, affluent areas of Northern Ireland. Situated on the A1 between Dromore and Lisburn, Hillsborough boasts a fine park with a lake, historic buildings, a fort, and even a Royal Residence (Hillsborough Castle).
I visited the town for a ‘walk with a camera’ one morning recently, when the sun was shining and it was around 24 degress celsius. Here’s a few of the images…
Hillsborough Main Street.
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