by Helen Kain | Mar 5, 2023 | Cathedrals, England
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...
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
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
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
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...
