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St. Mary's, Cholsey is easily viewed from the Western main line between Reading and Didcot, looking particularly fetching when the big field which separates it from the embankment is full of oilseed rape. Amongst its claims to fame is the fact that it's the last resting place of Agatha Christie.  Further information here. |
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« Reply #76 on: 21:32:33, 28-03-2008 » |
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I'm just catching up on this fascinating thread. Martle's already mentioned Winchester, which I used to walk past on my way to work each morning, but just to the south is the Chapel of St Cross Hospital, the oldest almshouse still in operation in the country. I often used to take my class into the water meadows to do geography and artwork, and we used to perform a Nativity inside the chapel as well as attending services for harvest, Ascension Day etc. I think it's the surroundings which give it such a special atmosphere: The lectern is fascinating - it has an eagle's body, its talons clasping the globe, but a parrot's head with a heart on top, symbolizing that the bible should be read 'from the heart' rather than recited parrot-fashion. I shall try to locate a picture of it.  There's another shot here of St Cross in the morning mists. |
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« Reply #77 on: 22:15:05, 28-03-2008 » |
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Ely was the first cathedral mentioned in this thread (in a quote from me) so here it is -  and its somewhat eccentric west front (the bit that would have made it symmetrical is said to have fallen down in the 15thC, and no-one bothered to rebuild it) -  |
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« Reply #78 on: 22:24:30, 28-03-2008 » |
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the bit that would have made it symmetrical is said to have fallen down in the 15thC, and no-one bothered to rebuild it That's a bit like Catz (St Catharine's) College in Cambridge, where I'll be tomorrow. The quadrangle courtyard doesn't have a front wall because they ran out of money when they were building it. I don't think anyone would ever think of adding it now: Catz is just 'the college without a front wall'. Now that is a stunning picture. |
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« Reply #79 on: 22:26:05, 28-03-2008 » |
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I visited the remarkable Italian Chapel in Orkney a few years ago. It really is an astonishing place, built by Italian POWs in this bleak, windswept, so very unMediterranean setting. Do read about it here (and click on the 3 further pages) if you don't know its history: http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/heritage/scotland/highland/article_1.shtml  |
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« Reply #80 on: 22:39:21, 28-03-2008 » |
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The Italian chapel's a wonderful achievement, MJ; I wish I had my photies of the Cathedral of St Magnus to hand: time for another visit to Orkney, perhaps.... Here's a second view of St Mary's: |
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« Reply #81 on: 22:48:16, 28-03-2008 » |
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 St Hilda's Church, in Old Hartlepool (known colloquially as 'The Headland'), dating from the 13th century. The original monastery in that location dates right back to around 640 AD. |
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« Reply #82 on: 22:50:46, 28-03-2008 » |
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known colloquially as 'The Headland' How do you say that in the local accent?! |
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« Reply #83 on: 22:54:52, 28-03-2008 » |
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The Italian chapel's a wonderful achievement, MJ; I wish I had my photies of the Cathedral of St Magnus to hand: time for another visit to Orkney, perhaps....
As you've probably noticed Ron they're not my pix. Those I took are on good old-fashioned negatives and prints so I had to resort to google. My sister lives in Kirkwall and we're long overdue another visit up there so let me know when you're going! |
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« Reply #84 on: 22:55:13, 28-03-2008 » |
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known colloquially as 'The Headland' How do you say that in the local accent?! In a not-dissimilar fashion to many other English accents, though with a little upward inflection. A Hartlepool accent isn't all that strong (most accents from Teesside lie somewhere between Geordie and Yorkshire). |
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« Reply #85 on: 23:01:30, 28-03-2008 » |
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MJ, that's reminded me of The Little Chapel on Guernsey. Built in 1914 and intenmded to be a minature replica of the Lourdes Basilica and the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes. Having been there (many moons ago) I can confirm that it is absolutely tiny. The highly decorated interior and exterior comprises of a fantastical mixture of sea shells, broken crockery and many tea pot lids. It is a quite extraordinary building to stumble across. Having been to the Grotto at Lourdes I can also confirm that there is a certain resemblance.  |
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« Reply #86 on: 23:28:49, 28-03-2008 » |
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That's very decorative, Mort.  |
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« Reply #87 on: 23:38:00, 28-03-2008 » |
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Decorative it certainly is, MJ ! |
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« Reply #88 on: 23:48:35, 28-03-2008 » |
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I can second that - a welcome antidote to the grim and depressing underground hospital, too.
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