Showing posts with label Winchester Cathedral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winchester Cathedral. Show all posts

Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Rescue of Winchester Cathedral

By Nancy Bilyeau



The story of Winchester Cathedral is hard to tell.

Too old, too enormous, too awe-inspiring—how is it possible to do it justice in a book, never mind a single blog post? And yet, I will try, because for me, the magnificence of the cathedral is never more inspiring than when I hold a dark, wooden, four-inch-long cross in my hand. This cross was part of the foundation of the building, below the ground.

Foundation Cross

Before I explain how a piece of Winchester Cathedral came into my possession, let me tell the stories of two men, separated by a millennium....


To read the article go to http://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2014/03/holding-winchester-cathedral-in-my-hand.html