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Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, [1] is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. The cathedral can trace its origin to the abbey founded in Ely in 672 by St Æthelthryth (also called Etheldreda). The earliest parts of the present building date to 1083, and it was ...
Ely Cathedral was "the first great cathedral to be thoroughly restored". [75] Work commenced in 1845 and was completed nearly thirty years later; most of the work was "sympathetically" carried out by the architect George Gilbert Scott. [76] The only pavement labyrinth to be found in an English cathedral was installed below the west tower in 1870.
Blessed Virgin Mary (2000) – Ely Cathedral; The Breath of Life Column (1962) – location unknown (was Hammersmith) Boy with a Dolphin (1974) – Cheyne Walk; Christ and Mary Magdalene (1963) – Ely Cathedral and Magdalen College, Oxford; Cresta Rider (1985) – Saint Moritz; Dancer with a Bird (1975) – Cadogan Square Gardens
A textile exhibition of the Bible story, which has taken 10 years to stitch, has opened at the UK's largest cathedral. More than 40 panels – standing 3m (9.8ft) high – make up the trilogy of ...
He is best known for his murals, particularly in Anglican churches. In all he worked in thirty Anglican churches (28 as a muralist, and two—including Ely Cathedral—as sculptor only) and produced what is probably the largest body of work in his particular métier by any artist in the history of the Church of England. [citation needed]
Alan of Walsingham's unique octagonal lantern at Ely Cathedral.. Alan of Walsingham (died c. 1364), also known as Alan de Walsingham, was an English architect, first heard of in 1314 as a junior monk at Ely, distinguished by his skill in goldsmith's work, and for his acquaintance with the principles of mechanics.
The Market Place, Ely, pencil and watercolour by W W Collins [1] published 1905 [2] showing north-east aspect of Ely Cathedral in the background with the Almonry [3] —now a restaurant and art gallery—in front of that and the now demolished corn exchange building to the right of the picture.
The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was located about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) [nb 1] from what is now Ely Cathedral at a place called Cratendune. [2] The date mentioned for this founding was the year 607, [nb 2] three years after Augustine's death. This incongruity was attributed by Bentham to a mistake by the monk transcribing this history ...