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Wells Cathedral School, which was established to educate these choirboys, dates its foundation to this point. [21] There is, however, some controversy over this. Following the Norman Conquest, John de Villula moved the seat of the bishop from Wells to Bath in 1090. [22] The church at Wells, no longer a cathedral, had a college of secular clergy ...
The choir will next perform at Wells Cathedral on Saturday 27 July 2024, celebrating the Choir's 40th Anniversary in a programme called 'Sound the Trumpet' featuring Bach's Magnificat and music by Handel, H. Praetorius, Tallis & Purcell. The Choir will be joined by Florilegium, a period instrument ensembles, and vocal soloists.
Wells (/ w ɛ l z /) [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Weston-super-Mare, 22 mi (35 km) south-west of Bath and 23 mi (37 km) south of Bristol.
The Wells Cathedral clock is an astronomical clock in the north transept of Wells Cathedral, England. The clock is one of the group of famous 14th– to 16th ...
Numbers 1 to 13. The Close owes its origins to a grant of land and buildings by Walter de Hulle, a canon of Wells Cathedral, for the purpose of accommodating chantry priests; [9] however, the land is likely to have been used for a long period before the construction of the close, as prehistoric flint flakes and Romano-British pottery shards were recovered from the garden of number four during ...
Cedars Hall is Wells Cathedral School's performing arts venue located in Wells, Somerset, England.Opened in autumn 2016, it provides the capacity for audiences of 350 in its main recital hall named Eavis Hall after Old Wellensian Michael Eavis, CBE, founder of the Glastonbury Festival.
The main article for this category is Wells Cathedral. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. B. Bishops of Bath and Wells (62 P)
The episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells: Wells Cathedral, Somerset. The west front is seen here. Gisa's successor, John de Villula (1088–1122), moved the see to become the Diocese of Bath in 1090, using the Abbey Church of Ss Peter & Paul as his cathedral and in so doing he regressed the position of the cathedral at Wells.