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Advantages: Antiquity, Architecture, Free Entry, Guides, History. Disadvantages: None Found
being inserted in his original North Transept is anyone's guess. However, in a sense it represents the rise from the near ashes of St Albans Cathedral.
Various wealthy and in some cases well known benefactors have left their mark here at St Albans. Without them, this large church would never have been restored. The most notable was Sir George Gilbert Scott - architect of St Pancras Station and the Albert Memorial in London - son of a clergyman; most of his working life was spent restoring cathedrals. Sadly, he died in 1871 before completing the works at St Albans.
In his footsteps followed the wealthy and well meaning Lord Grimthorpe, who was an amateur architect, regrettably he had neither the skill or experience of Scott. Grimthorpe had little feeling for historical architecture and inflicted much damage - 'acts of vandalism' as ...
Advantages: Beautifully Decorated Disadvantages: Quite Difficult To Find
I am not a religious person and never have been but the sudden death of my partner recently made me pay a visit to the Church of St. Marie's in the centre of Sheffield.
The Church of St Marie's is the Catholic Cathedral within the city, and one of two Cathedrals within Sheffield, the other being the nearby Anglican Cathedral.
I did not visit this place for religious purposes, but to simply light a candle for my loved one. My partner, though Roman Catholic by Religion was not by any means a practising Catholic, and if truth be known he had struggled in the past with some of the aspects of his faith, including his Sexuality, but it had been a place where he had found some solace during a few low moments of his life over the years.
THE LOCATION
Unlike the Anglican Cathedral which dominates the centre of the city, the Church ...
Advantages: Beautiful cathedral and friendly guides Disadvantages: None
On a recent short break in Ripon, and having a liking for cathedrals as I do, I took the time to visit Ripon Cathedral with my partner.
Located just five minutes walk from the market square area of Ripon town centre, the cathedral is very easy to reach. There is also a car park a couple of minutes walk from the cathedral.
Ripon Cathedral is unusual in that, in common with only one other Cathedral in the country, it also functions as a Parish Church.
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A LITTLE HISTORY
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The Cathedral building itself began in the 7th century when St Wilfrid built one of England's first stone churches on the site.
St Wilfrid was educated at Lindisfarne and then travelled to Rome in 652. On his return, he became abbot of a Benedictine monastery and built a church in Ripon. The crypt of the church is the oldest existing ...
JEFFJEN 14.12.2009
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