In 1521 there was a dispute over the election of the prior which led to a visitation from Dr John Allen who took evidence from each of the monks at the priory. He published a report that showed that the once-strict following of the rule of St Benedict had now become slack. The [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
The Decline of Wenlock Priory
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
PhotoHunt – Natural
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2010
Filed under Out & About
100 Photos 40 :: The Countryside
This is the view from the Lady Chapel at Wenlock Priory, it gives you and idea how peaceful the place is.
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2010
Filed under This & That
Weight Loss – Week Eight
I put on 0.5lb this week which is probably because I had a bit of a bad weekend and didn’t quite manage to play catch up with my points allowance. I had a trade union meeting in Birmingham today which meant lots of walking, almost 7 miles in fact which should help me out [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2010
Filed under Art, Out & About
Beyond Limits
By way of Statcounter and a Google link I found this blog post which showed a photo of one of the sculptures in the ‘Beyond Limits’ exhibition at Chatsworth. The post included a link to the ArtDaily newsletter which had an interesting article on the exhibition.
I found out a bit more about the sculpture picture [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 22nd 2010
Synopsis from book cover:
Bess of Hardwick, born into the most brutal and turbulent period of England’s history, did not have an auspicious start in life. Widowed for the first time at sixteen, she nonetheless outlived four monarchs, married three more times, and died one of the wealthiest and most powerful women the country has ever [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 21st 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
The Points Pedometer
Following my recent phone call, customer services were true to their word. When I arrived home on Friday there was a card on the mat saying we tried to deliver a package. So I nipped out to the parcel office on Saturday morning to pick up the package, then I drove off to the local [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2010
