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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 ...
St Mary's Church is a church in Ely, Cambridgeshire, located near Ely Cathedral to the west of the Bishop's Palace. [2] Principally constructed in the 13th century, it was designated as a Grade I listed building in 1950. [3] Sextry Barn, which stood immediately to the west of the churchyard, was a large 13th-century tithe barn. It was ...
Bentham was a son of the Rev. Samuel Bentham (c.1681–1733), registrar of Ely Cathedral and vicar of Witchford near Ely, and his wife, Philippa Willen (c.1681–1747).The Benthams were a clerical family, and James was the sixth priest in a continuous descent from Thomas Bentham (1513/14–1579), Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.
In contrast, the wedding dress of Catherine Middleton, for her marriage to Prince William, Diana's elder son, incorporated motifs cut from machine-made lace appliquéd to silk net. [11] The dress featured "lace flounces adorning neckline and sleeves". [8] A replica of the dress at West Edmonton Mall, in Edmonton, Canada, in 2013
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.
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.
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 ...
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