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The Lady Chapel The Virgin Mary (2000) in the Lady Chapel, by David Wynne (1926–2014) [30] Headless statue in the Lady Chapel vandalised in the English Reformation; an example of iconoclasm. In 1321, under the sacrist Alan of Walsingham , work began on a large free-standing Lady Chapel , linked to the north aisle of the chancel by a covered ...
A Lady chapel or lady chapel is a traditional British term for a chapel dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, particularly those inside a cathedral or other large church.The chapels are also known as a Mary chapel or a Marian chapel, and they were traditionally the largest side chapel of a cathedral, placed eastward from the high altar and forming a projection from the main building, as in ...
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers the modern ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (excluding the Soke of Peterborough) and western Norfolk.
St Etheldreda's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.It is part of the Diocese of East Anglia within the Province of Westminster.. The church notably contains the national shrine and relics of St Etheldreda, an Anglo-Saxon queen and abbess who died on 23 June AD 679 and went on to become one of the most popular of the medieval saints in England. [1]
Ely, Cambridgeshire has 182 listed buildings. Notable buildings Name Image Grade Notes Location Infirmary I Former 11th-century infirmary now four private dwellings consisting of St John's Farmhouse, Barn to south-west, Barn to north and Dovecote to St John's Farm Monastery barn and storehouse I Built c. 1575, the barn and storehouse of the monastery is located to the south of Ely Porta. [6 ...
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Original – The lady chapel of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England. Reason Was seen on Commons FPC two weeks ago, where it was featured unanimously. Articles in which this image appears Ely Cathedral, etc. FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Interiors Creator Diliff
In 1534, Catholic Masses were outlawed in England. The Bishops of Ely continued to oversee the chapel, which was used for Anglican worship after the English Reformation.. In 1576 a lease on a portion of the house and lands surrounding the chapel was granted by Richard Cox, Bishop of Ely, to Sir Christopher Hatton, a favourite of Elizabeth I.