Green Men part 2

Very unusual image with foliage emerging from nose rather than usual mouth. St Kyneburgha, Castor. Thanks to Fiona Chartres.
A rare coloured one from Peter Tavy, via @DevonChurchLand
Very original design. Cornucopia instead of leaves, and flower face. At Old House, Hereford High Town with consent Posy Hill
I hesitated to include this dragon emerging from man’s mouth but then I realised it’s eating berries sprouting from another man’s ear so this is epic greenmanery . From Woodbury, Devon via @DABuildings
This and above image from St Giles, Longstone, Derbyshire with consent @pacoulmag
St Barthlomew, Sproxton
From St Leonard’s Eynsham with consent @liber-ray.bsky.social from underside of font probably from the abbey
From Oxford University. Magdalene College, cloister
Another from chapel porch. Seems deathlike
This is the first I’ve seen with foliage from its ears. From Mark Purcell. Winchester college Chapel.
From misericord in Mere, Wiltshire, broken on left
Unusual as a pair of supporters on misericord, Winchester Cathedral. Supporters are usually smaller than main image.
St Michael, Stratton-en-le-Frith
Sheffield Cathedral
A boss from Pershore Abbey courtesy of @PosyHill1
From the same source though borderline example

My first post on this subject has become so long it is hard to upload so here’s another page to allow it to continue. If you haven’t read the original, it seems to me these heads are the result of dead humans & other animals dying and left unburied. Seeds land and thrive in nutrients from the corpse.

From StMichaels church, Brent Knoll wonderful benched with consent Lois Stock
This looks very modern. From Great Brington with consent from Michael Stewart on Facebook
From Spaxton, Somerset. my image
A very odd version from a region rich in curiosities, rural Scotland thanks to @TheHatton
Misericords, Westminster Abbey. My own images
St Mary’s Hendon, London via @heritagepilgrim.bsky.social
From the wonderful church at Kilpeck.
From porch of St Eval, Cornwall with consent @benjaminstevens.bsky.social
Underside of misericord, Beverley Minster, with consent @fotofacade
Another from @SimoninSuffolk, 14th Century font at Tostock, Suffolk
A very curious example that barely qualifies as GreenMan. Bench end from Clay-next-the-Sea courtesy @SimoninSuffolk
Another from @SimoninSuffolk, from Thurston, 14th century
From possibly 15th century, Bulmer in Essex, courtesy of @SimoninSussex
This is from Frithelstock, courtesy of @DevonChurchLand
A surprising discovery this is on Malvern Council House
This is an oddity from the crypt of St John in the Wall, Bristol now in care of the CCT. It is a lions head holding a shield with its teeth and vegetation sprouting from its eyes.
Unusual site below font bowl at St Winifred, Branscombe, Devon thanks to @RAGriggsauthor
Pair of Green Men flanking a white hart, symbol of Richard 11 on Ludlow misericord. Own image.
From the 19th century pulpit at Fring, Norfolk from @SimoninSuffolk
From Medfield, Suffolk. A gift from St Sanna’s Sewing Guild. “One of the old gods banished from inside the church.” Courtesy of @GeoffreyMunn1
Unusual example as it seems to include berries. Do the eyes look like yew berries too? Adding to imagery of fertility? From St Peter, Wintringham, North Yorkshire in care of the CCT. With consent from @pacoulmag.
From Hereford Cathedral courtesy of @Portaspeciosa
This is from St Collen, Llangollen, Denbighshire courtesy of @pacoulmag
This is the top of a letterbox in Avebury from @danherb10.bsky.social
From Llandaff Cathedral apologies for lack of clarity. Images my own
An unusual design from is_glasgow
This spectacularly green Green Man is from Leckhampstead, St Mary, with permission from Fiona Chartres
All 3 from Banwell, Somerset. Unusual as surrounding rather than sprouting from the heads. Images my own.
This wonderful example is a boss in Norwich Cathedral, with permission @MatEdwards7
With permission from @chartres_Fiona
Surprise discovery from my visit to Christchurch Oxford, benchend
This is a boss at Crowland Abbey, with permission from Rob Summers on Facebook
On misericord at Tong courtesy of Mark Purcell, Facebook
Foliate head on screen door, Tong as above
Two fine images from Milton Damerel pulpit with consent from @DevonChurchLand
From St Giles Cathedral thanks to Sean Breadin on Facebook
An impressive selection from Llanbedr Ystrad. As can be seen they vary widely in their amounts of foliage. Other pieces there were more so.

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