by Helen Kain | Mar 4, 2023 | Cathedrals, England
The ruins of the Cathedral Church of St Michael are a haunting site. Built between the late 14th and early 15th centuries, a shell is all that remains following the massive attack by German bombers on the night of November 14, 1940. Originally one of the largest...
by Helen Kain | Mar 3, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
Derby is a reasonably recent inductee into the Cathedral ranks—1927, to be precise. That’s when the parish church of All Saints became Derby Cathedral. Of the medieval church, only the tower remains. The rest fell victim to the ambitions of the then vicar...
by Helen Kain | Mar 2, 2023 | Beautiful Towns, Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
After four lovely days in Northumberland staying at Eshott Hall, we went southward towards Yorkshire. The lively and engaging people we met at Eshott Hall were all from England, and there was no shortage of advice on what stops to make on the relatively short journey....
by Helen Kain | Mar 1, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
As cathedrals go, Ely Cathedral is one of the biggies. Literally, at 537 ft long, but also because of its story, which began in 672. A lot has happened in the intervening 13+ centuries. Not just the usual political squabbling and overly ambitious clerics, but...
by Helen Kain | Feb 28, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
Exeter is a scrumptious frothy wedding cake of a cathedral with the longest continuous vault in Europe. While it retains its sturdy Norman towers, the majority of what we see today is of the exuberant Decorated gothic design and was completed around 1400. Following...
by Helen Kain | Feb 27, 2023 | Cathedrals, England, Entertablement Abroad
When on holiday, some people do pub crawls. I tend more to Cathedral marathons, and Gloucester Cathedral is one of my all time favourites, largely due to the cloisters, the quadrangle of ancillary buildings to the Cathedral proper. Aren’t they gorgeous? They...
