Archive for the tag 'Mini Break'
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Road to Mainsgill Farm
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 25th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Danish War Memorial and Window
Info from the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas guide book:
In World War II, after the fall of Denmark and Norway in 1940, Newcastle became the home of the Danish merchant fleet. About 4,000 Danish seamen sailed from here and 1,406 gave their lives. the memorial in natural slate and stainless steel, designed in [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2013
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
East Window
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2013
Filed under Art, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Communion Sculpture
Above the Thornton brass is a sculpture designed by Stephen Cox. It represents a broken Communion wafer and the meniscus of a cup of Communion wine.
high up on the back of the reredos, is a curious sculpture of two discs. The top one, in Egyptian alabaster, represents a broken Communion wafer while the second, in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 20th 2013
Filed under Art, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
The Thornton Brass
This brass once covered the altar tomb of Roger Thompson.
[This] huge Flemish brass that formerly covered the altar tomb of Roger Thornton in the ancient Newcastle parish church of All Saints, Quayside, which closed for Anglican worship in 1959. It is believed to be the largest brass in the country.
It is pre-1429 and commemorates [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2013
Filed under Art, Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle 2013
Stained Glass
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2013
