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
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Wells 2017
Another Perspective
The Weight of our Sins… beneath Wells Cathedral
6 Comments CherryPie on May 9th 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 – The Lower Garden
15 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2017
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Wells – Day Three
We arranged with our hostess to have breakfast early so that we could attend the Eucharist service on Easter morning in Wells Cathedral. Our hostess was also hoping to attend the service with her husband (who was not normally home for Easter). When we arrived for breakfast we found that in addition to the fruit [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2017
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Wells – Day One
We set off for Wells just after 10am, considering it was bank holiday Friday we had a good journey with the SatNav recalculating better routes if it detected a delay. We arrived at the Book Barn just outside Bristol in time for lunch as we had planned. Mum didn’t know our destination and as we [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 24th 2017
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke 11:9 (KJV)
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 23rd 2017
