In 705 King Ine if Wessex hear these Wells to Aldhem, his bishop, so that he could build a minster. The Saxon minster lay just south of the present Cathedral. A stream from this well flowed close beside the minster. Water might have been taken from the stream for use in some church ceremonies.
The wells’ [...]
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Saint Andrew’s Well
4 Comments CherryPie on May 10th 2017
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Another Perspective
The Weight of our Sins… beneath Wells Cathedral
6 Comments CherryPie on May 9th 2017
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The Weight of our Sins
“In this moment, as they stop for breath before staggering on with their burden of the cross, we are given an opening to relate to this group of deserted children.”
Josefina de Vasconcellos, sculptor
The artist represents each child to symbolise a crime against children in the world today: AIDS, drugs, genocide, abuse, landmines, homelessness, infant mortality, [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2017
Love is life, hatred is death.
Swami Vivekananda
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8 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2017
The designer of Stoberry garden, Frances Meeres Young who with her husband owns the house and garden has written a short history of the estate.
Stoberry Park and Garden- A Landscape Transformed
Stoberry House and Park occupies the site of a former Mediaeval field.
Stoberry is approached at the head of College Road. It was built by Peter [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2017
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Stoberry House – Inner Garden
8 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2017
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Stoberry House – The Walled Garden
14 Comments CherryPie on May 3rd 2017
