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(London, 1691)Arts Council of Great Britain, Catalogue to 'English Romanesque Art 1066–1200', Hayward Gallery, 1984. Ely is not far from Cambridge and it is a city that is worth a visit especially to see its cathedral. The presbytery was large enough to accommodate the many pilgrims who came to Ely to venerate the saint (and brought important income to the church and surrounding area). We have remained very quiet about their arrival...Make a donation and help ensure the future of this great CathedralFor now, we thank you for your patience and support and we look forward to welcoming you back into the Cathedral.Bienvenue sur le site de la Cathédrale de Ely. How long is the Cathedral? 215ft (66m) How high are the two turrets of the south-west Transept? See the plan below.Ely Cathedral, sometimes referred to as “the ship of the Fens,” is a massive building rising up from the flat, marshy fenland of visible from many miles away like a lone ship on a calm sea. Public worship for the 10.30am Sunday Eucharist has resumed. Simeon and his brother had orchestrated a building campaign in Winchester that was still underway when Simeon came to Ely, and that in-progress church served as inspiration for much of the Ely building program.Simeon’s building plans at Ely began in the east end with the . The tremendous thickness of the walls (a distinguishing feature of the Romanesque) is balanced by the proliferation of openings as one’s eyes travel upward. Recent fieldwork ahead of construction in Ely Cathedral precinct has identified two documented but ‘lost’ medieval buildings, in addition to a large boundary ditch and other deposits which potentially relate to the monastery founded by St Aetheldreda in the late seventh century. These had been translated from the old Saxon Abbey into the Norman building, and had been placed in a wall of the choir when it stood in the Octagon. The images were taken from their niches, and the colorful stained glass that would have filled the windows was destroyed. Ely’s history began in the seventh century, when an Anglo-Saxon princess named Æthelthryth, or Etheldreda, made a holy vow of virginity. Scholars suspect that some of the sculptors and masons at Ely may have fallen victim to the plague, leaving the lavish project to be completed by their less adept colleagues.Although the Ely Lady Chapel is one of the most beautiful interiors of English medieval art, it’s also one of the most heavily destroyed. The stained glass windows are impressive … Ely Cathedral can be crowded, so we recommend booking e-tickets ahead of time to secure your spot. A  developed around Etheldreda, who became a saint (the common name for Etheldreda is St. Audrey).Etheldreda’s nunnery was raided by Danish invaders in 870. Wednesday 19 August 11am and 2.30pm | The Almonry Garden | Queen Philippa Arrives.

Alcock’s memory was also made explicit with the use of his with a cock (rooster) atop a globe, and his coat of arms, three cocks.The “ship of the Fens” is a wonderful example of the evolution of English architectural style in the Middle Ages: from Romanesque to Early English Gothic, Decorated, and Perpendicular.
When the choir stalls were moved, their enclosing wall was demolished, and the bones of On 18 November 1539 the royal commissioners took possession of the monastery and all its possessions, and for nearly two years its future hung in the balance as Henry VIII and his advisers considered what role, if any, Cathedrals might play in the emerging Protestant church.Difficult as the sixteenth century had been for the cathedral, it was the period of the In the 1690s a number of very fine baroque furnishings were introduced, notably a marble font (now in Two people stand out in Ely Cathedral's eighteenth century history, one a minor canon and the other an architectural contractor.The level of expertise that Bentham and Essex brought to the situation enabled a well-prioritised series of repairs and sensitive improvements to be proposed that occupied much of the later eighteenth century.

WELCOME TO WORSHIPPERS Beautiful cathedral filled with history with superb architecture. The present building dates back to 1083, and cathedral status was granted it in 1109.