VISIT TO SALISBURY INCLUDING CATHEDRAL

Last weekend we visited my brother and sister in law who live in Berkshire and enjoyed several trips, one to Salisbury where we visited The Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Salisbury is unique amongst medieval English cathedrals having been built in 38 years (1220-1258) in a single architectural style, early English Gothic. The tower and spire (Britain's tallest) were added about 50 years later.

This was a very interesting font

 

The Cathedral is a living church and a place of prayer. As the Cathedral Church of the Salisbury diocese it is Mother Church of several hundred parishes in Wiltshire and Dorset. It is also a centre of ilgrimage for hundreds of thousands of visitors every year.