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Winchester St. Cross 5/2009
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Winchester Cathedral 5/2009
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Salisbury Cathedral 9/2008
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Wells Cathedral 7/5/08
David and I recently watched Elizabeth the Golden Age and when we
reached the making of, they listed Wells as one of their filming locations
due to it being a Cathedral of Light done in the Gothic Style.
The West Front contains one of the
largest galleries of mediaeval sculpture in the world; Nave has unique
scissor arches; on the quarter hour, as the famous old clock strikes,
watch jousting knights go round in tournament; Chapter house completed in
1306.
We got there just in time to see the jousting knights at the clock.
We returned to show Mom in 11/2008
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Ely Cathedral 3/30/08
David and I recently watched Elizabeth the Golden Age and when we
reached the making of, they listed Ely as one of their filming locations
due to it being a Cathedral of Light done in the Gothic Style. Having
visited, we agree that it was quite beautiful. No picture can do credit to
the grandeur or scale of Ely, but I hoped to catch some of it's beauty to
remember.
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Castle Acre & Acre Priory 3/10/08
Castle Acre is a village in Norfolk. Sited on Peddler's
Way, The Roman trackway to the north Norfolk coast. To the NE of the
village lie the ruins of a castle, founded just after the Norman
Conquest of 1066 by William de Warenne, first earl of Surrey. To the SW
of the village lie the remains of a priory - the best-preserved Cluniac
monastery in the country. The medieval parish church, which lies outside
the town defences, shows that the town had outgrown its original
boundaries by the 13th century.
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| Norwich Cathedral 3/10/08 |
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| Coventry Cathedral 2006 |
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English Cathedrals left to see
With so much already seen, it would appear we're running out of things we
want to see. However, we've frequently made the mistake of picking up
brochures as we stop for a roadside break or hearing about someone else's great
adventure and the list grows. The brochures, scraps of paper with names of
places and other "must-see" ideas litter my desk and I thought it
easiest to consolidate them here since we're already sharing so much of our time
here with all of you. These are in no particular order.
| Bishop's Palace & Gardens - Wells, Somerset BA5
2PD www.bishopspalacewells.co.uk |
Medieval home of the bishops of bath and wells since 1206 |
| Salisbury Cathedral, www.salisburycathedral.org.uk |
Celebrating 750 years - 1258 through 2008. Britain's
tallest spire, England's largest Cathedral Close, Europe's oldest working
clock and the best preserved original Magna Carta. |
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