The grisly site of the murder of Thomas Becket. The destination for Chaucer’s famous tales of the Middle Ages. Canterbury is the site of the oldest cathedral in England and its foundation marks the Christian conversion of a large part of the country. It’s the Mother Church, not only of all England but of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the seat of the most powerful archbishop in the country. Canterbury Cathedral has seen it all in 1,400 years of history … Read More
Cathedrals of Britain: East and Central
Ely Known as the ‘Ship of the Fens’, Ely Cathedral rises majestically from the surrounding landscape. Once it stood on an island, surrounded on all sides by water, but the draining of the Fens marshland several centuries ago reunited the land around the cathedral with the rest of the countryside. It still retains some of that other-worldly allure however and today rises magically from the early morning mists. The first church on this site was founded by a woman, Ethelreda, … Read More
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