by Helen Kain | Mar 9, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
The diminutive Carlisle Cathedral is the most northerly of the medieval cathedrals and larger than only Derby Cathedral, the smallest. Throughout the middle ages, the town of Carlisle was the site of constant border skirmishes between the Scots and the English, and...
by Helen Kain | Mar 8, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin became Chelmsford Cathedral following a cranky contest in 1913 to choose a suitable site for the new Cathedral to serve East London. Unfortunately, funds proved short, so plans for a new building were quickly abandoned, but in 1923,...
by Helen Kain | Mar 8, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
A former Benedictine Abbey set in a walled Norman city, Chester Cathedral, has the works. Its architecture comprises 11th-century Norman to 18th-century Gothic revival and every style in between. Chester, a cathedral city (obviously), has some of the best-preserved...
by Helen Kain | Mar 6, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
If Exeter Cathedral is a sumptuous white wedding gown, Chichester Cathedral is a grey morning suit with a particularly vibrant waistcoat. Chichester Cathedral’s predecessor, Selsey Abbey, was founded in 681 by the irascible Wilfred of Ripon, famous for...
by Helen Kain | Mar 5, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
Good morning and Happy Groundhog Day! Today we are picking up in Oxford and as it’s also a Sunday, in place of attending a church service, we will visit Christ Church Cathedral. Lovely spring flowers greet us at the entrance. Christ Church is a joint...
by Helen Kain | Mar 4, 2023 | Cathedrals, England
What on earth were they thinking? When the war ended in 1945, more than 2 million homes in the UK had been destroyed or badly damaged, leaving millions of people homeless. Transport, infrastructure and industry had all sustained massive damage. Food was in short...
