Well, here we are after such a long time finally posting on here. It’s been an interesting nearly 18 months without any travelling either here in the UK or overseas due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. It now seems we may be getting back to some sort of normality here as the vaccines kick so let…
Category: English Cathedrals
St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Cathedral Church of St. Paul the Apostle This is the seat of the Bishop of London and the mother church of the Diocese of London. The cathedral is one of the most famous and recognisable landmarks in London. The cathedral is the second largest church building in area after Liverpool Cathedral. There has been a…
St. Albans Cathedral
The Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban Offa II of Mercia is said to have founded a double monastery in St Albans in 793 which followed the Benedictine rule. This abbey was sacked by the Danes around 890 and lay empty from 920 until the 970s. There were plans to rebuild the the abbey…
8th – 15th June, 2019
I spent a week down visiting Gloucester and London on holiday. My birthday fell on the Sunday which also happened to be Pentecost. It was really nice to be in Gloucester once again and caught up with a lot of my friends there. I also had to collect my prize from the cathedral from their…
Dormition Cathedral, London
Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints This is the cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Diocese of Sourozh, which is the Moscow Patriarchate’s diocese for the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It is located in Knightsbridge, London. The building was built in 1849 originally as the Anglican…
17th – 19th December, 2018
After leaving Gloucester, I then headed down to Bristol for the next part of my vacation. I spent 3 months during this year’s hot summer so it was interesting to be back here in winter. Preparations were in full swing for Christmas and there was a wonderful German-style market in the Broadmead area. On the…
15th & 16th December, 2018
On vacation and arrived in Gloucester this afternoon. It’s lovely to be back after almost 6 months. So what’s a boy got to do? Visit the cathedral of course! Decided I would go to Evening Prayer at 16:30 which was in the gorgeous but intimate Thomas Chapel. There was just two of…
Southwark Cathedral
Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St. Saviour and St. Mary Overie This is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for over 1000 years, but only became a cathedral in 1905 when the diocese was created. The church was begun in 1106 during the reign…
Westminster Cathedral
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ This cathedral in London is the mother church of the Catholic Church of England and Wales and is the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. The site on which the cathedral stands in the City of Westminster, was purchased in 1885 by the Diocese…
Winchester Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Swithun Winchester Cathedral is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe, and has the the longest nave and greatest overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe. The cathedral was originally founded in 642 and the Norman cathedral was begun in 1079. A…
Worcester Cathedral
Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary The cathedral was founded in 680 and the present building was begun in 1084. Work continued through to 1504 and represents every style of English architecture from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. The earliest parts of the cathedral are the Norman crypt begun in 1084 by bishop…
Hereford Cathedral
Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Ethelbert The cathedral was founded in the year 676 by Putta, the first bishop of Hereford after he was forced to flee Rochester. The current building was begun in 1079 and continued through until around 1250. Very little of the Norman church remains apart from the…
Cathedrals and Churches I've Visited on my Travels 