The High Altar is the very heart of the Cathedral. This is the table where Holy Communion is celebrated. The embroidered frontal changes during the year to reflect the season in the church.
The window behind the High Altar is entitled Prisoners of Conscience and is situated in the Trinity Chapel. It was designed by the [...]
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Salisbury Cathedral – The High Altar
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 4th 2014
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Salisbury Cathedral – The Salisbury Font
I found the Salisbury Font fascinating and breathtaking:
The Salisbury font was designed by the renowned British water sculptor William Pye. It was installed in September 2008 and dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury during the celebration of the 750th anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral.
Cruciform in shape, the font has a 3-metre span to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2014
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Salisbury Cathedral – The Medieval Clock
This clock was made in or before 1386 and was originally located in a separate Bell Tower (demolished 1792) just to the north of the Cathedral. It is probably the oldest working clock in existence – and like all clocks of that date had no face but struck the hour on the bell (now located [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 1st 2014
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Salisbury Cathedral
On 28th April 1220 the foundation stones for a new Cathedral were laid here at ‘New Sarum’ (Salisbury). The church was consecrated in 1258, with the Chapter House and Cloisters completed in 1266. What is now the tallest spire in Britain (123m/404ft) was added between 1310 and 1330.
With its soaring pointed arches and slender columns, [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 30th 2014
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Silbury Hill
I have always been fascinated by Silbury Hill which is the largest man-made mound in Europe. Mysterious Silbury Hill compares in height and volume to the roughly contemporary Egyptian pyramids. Probably completed in around 2400 BC, it apparently contains no burial. There are many theories as to why the hill was built but the hill [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2014
I blogged a while ago that I was looking forward to the proposed changes to the Stonehenge visiting arrangements which aimed to reconnect the stones with their environment. I would provide you with the link, but the post seems to be hiding in the mystic ether…
The project is nearly complete and my recent visit [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
How grand! How wonderful! How incomprehensible!
Sir Richard Colt Hoare, ‘The Ancient History of Wiltshire’, Vol I, 1812
17 Comments CherryPie on Jun 22nd 2014
