The chapel takes its name from the beautiful heads of angels which decorate the vault. They were painted in around 1240 by Master William, the King’s Painter, and restored 1959-60.
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Guardian Angels Chapel
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2014
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Celebrating
…the ordination of the new Bishop of Basingstoke.
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 12th 2014
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Winchester – Day Nine
After breakfast it was time to say goodbye to Winchester and its Cathedral and set off on our homeward journey. We stopped off at Hidcote, the first garden that the National Trust took ownership of. We had lunch before strolling round the garden.
We got home mid afternoon and that was when we noticed the first [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 11th 2014
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Winchester – Day Eight
After breakfast it was time to resume our walking tour around Winchester, taking in the sites that were on our ‘To Do’ list. We made our way to the Cathedral which we intended to revisit but when we arrived we noticed a long queue leading to the closed front doors of the Cathedral. Our immediate [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 10th 2014
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Winchester – Day Four
After breakfast we drove to Beaulieu so that Mr C could enjoy the motor museum. Beaulieu is not just home to the National Motor Museum there is also the Palace House, Gardens, Abbey and other attractions. A full days worth if you wish to see them all. The lady who sold us our tickets suggested [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2014
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Winchester – Day One
We were a little behind schedule and left an hour later than planned. We had decided against plan A which was a visit to Avebury to break our journey to Winchester. We didn’t want to rush the visit. As we journeyed south we also shelved plan B which was to visit a National Trust property [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2014
