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Inside The Parish Church of St Mary – Lindisfarne
9 Comments CherryPie on Jan 25th 2014
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The Parish Church of St Mary – Lindisfarne
The parish church stands on the site of the wooden church built by St. Aidan in 635 AD, which during the Anglo-Saxon period was replaced by a small stone church. The Benedictine monks of Durham, who in the 12th century began to build the second monastery, decided this should be the parish church and employed [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2014
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Lindisfarne Priory
Originally home to the Lindisfarne Gospels and the site of grisly Viking attacks, a visit to Lindisfarne Priory is a great day out in Northumberland. Sitting offshore on Holy Island and reached by a causeway at low tide, the peaceful atmosphere and beautiful views from the priory make a visit here well worth the effort.
Lindisfarne Priory was an [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2014
From Wiki:
Aidan of Lindisfarne[1] (died 31 August 651), known as the Apostle of Northumbria, was an Irish monk and missionary credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly throughout the countryside, spreading the gospel to both the Anglo-Saxon nobility and to the socially disenfranchised (including children and slaves).
After his [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 20th 2014
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Hereford Cathedral – The Consistory Court Stalls
The Consistory Court Stalls were reconstructed in 1934 from fragments from the 14th centuray stalls in the choir left over after their rearrangement by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s.
They were used as seats for the bishop and his officers when holding church courts. The misericords, or carvings under the seats, are of 20th [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2014
This is the place where prayers were offered for the soul of John Stanbury, Bishop of Hereford 1453 – 74.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jan 13th 2014
The refurbished shrine of St Thomas of Hereford has been a focus of pilgramage since the end of the 13th century. Born in 1218, Thomas Cantilupe went on to be a much-loved Bishop of Hereford. The coloured hanging either side of the tomb tell the story of his life.
The stone and marble tomb base [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2014
