Weathervane Wednesday ~ Above the Community Church

I post another in a series of weather vane photographs every Wednesday.  This started with images of weathervanes from the Londonderry, New Hampshire area, but now I've found interesting weather vanes all across New England and across the globe.  Sometimes my weather vanes are whimsical, or historical, but all are interesting.  Often my readers tip me off to some very unique or unusual weathervanes, too!  If you know a great weather vane near you, let me know if you'd like to have it featured on this blog.

Today's weather vane was photographed in New Hampshire.

Do you know the location of weathervane post #377?  Scroll down to find the answer.

This gilded weathervane is on the steeple of the Deerfield Community Church in Deerfield, New Hampshire.  This church is affiliated with the United Church of Christ, with Congregational roots.  I don't know if my BATCHELDER ancestors in Deerfield in the late 1700s attended services here or not, but most people in New Hampshire at this time belonged to the Congregational church which had Puritan roots.

The weathervane is a gilded scroll and harp banner, typical of a lot of Congregational churches built in the 1700s and 1800s in New England.   The Congregational meeting house was built here in the center of Deerfield in 1771.  I don't know if this is the church my BATCHELDER ancestors in Deerfield attended, because there are three old churches in the center of Deerfield.


Deerfield Community Church website - http://www.deerchurch.org/ 

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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Weathervane Wednesday ~ Above the Community Church", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 22, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/08/weathervane-wednesday-above-community.html: accessed [access date]).