Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Sunday 12 November 2023

Hereford Cathedral (Cathedral Of Saint Mary The Virgin And Saint Ethelbert The King). (Part Ten).



Hereford Cathedral.
Photo: 9 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff
(Wikimedia Commons)


The Choir Screen, Hereford Cathedral.
Forms part of: Views of The British Isles, in the Photochrom print collection; Print no. “10810”; Title from the Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J-foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.; More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz
Date: 1890-1900.
This image is available from the United States 
under the digital ID ppmsc.08439.
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Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia,
unless stated otherwise.


Hereford Cathedral is fortunate to possess one of only four 1217 Magna Carta to survive, which in turn is one of the finest of the eight oldest that survive. It is sometimes put on display alongside the Hereford Mappa Mundi in the Cathedral’s Chained Library.

On the South Side of the Choir is the Organ built in 1892 by “Father” Henry Willis, generally considered to be one of the finest examples of his work in the Country. The Case was designed by Scott.[13]


Intricate Romanesque carving on Stone Columns. 
Hereford Cathedral.
Photo: 3 January 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana
(Wikimedia Commons)


Romanesque Archway, Hereford Cathedral.
Photo: 3 January 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana
(Wikimedia Commons)


William Wood is recorded as the Organist at Hereford Cathedral in 1515. Notable Organists include the 16th-Century composers John Bull and John Farrant, the conductor and advocate of British composers, Meredith Davies, the friend of Edward Elgar, George Robertson Sinclair, and the editor of Allegri’s Miserere, Ivor Atkins. The current Organist is Geraint Bowen.

Hereford Cathedral houses ten Bells, 140 ft (43 m) high in the Tower. The Tenor Bell weighs 34 cwt (1.7 tonnes). The oldest Bell in the Cathedral is the sixth Bell, which dates back to the 13th-Century. The Bells are sometimes known as the “Grand Old Lady”, as they are a unique Ring of Bells.


The Great East Front.
The Lady Chapel, Hereford Cathedral.
Photo: 9 May 2010.
Author: Colin Babb
(Wikimedia Commons)

The Web-Site of Hereford Cathedral can be found HERE


Hereford Cathedral in Autumn.
Photo: 17 October 2008.
Source: From geograph.org.uk
(Wikimedia Commons)

This concludes the series of Articles on Hereford Cathedral.

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