Ripon Cathedral
For all you Downton Abbey fans, you know that Bates (that eternal pessimist) and Anna (the eternal optimist) were married in Ripon, although they were married in the Registrar's office, not the Cathedral. I can't find a registration office in Ripon, so I think Malton would have been where the civil marriage ceremony would have taken place...if the story were true, of course, and if Anna were foolish enough to marry someone with such a negative attitude.
Nevertheless, this week's Anglophile Friday contains a few photos of Ripon Cathedral - mostly windows. I will post the others next week.
Just 20 miles southeast of Leyburn in the Yorkshire Dales lies the city of Ripon. Ripon Cathedral was begun in 660 AD by St. Wilfrid, the son of an Anglo Saxon noble. After living in a Celtic monastery at Lindisfarne, Wilfrid, at age 18, made the trip to Rome (still can't get over how these people managed to travel in those days!). The next three years there changed his life and he made the decision to become a monk.
From RiponCathedral.org:
A Brief History of Ripon Cathedral
"Ripon Cathedral was founded by St Wilfrid (c. 634-709), who brought craftsmen from the continent to build a new stone church dedicated to St Peter, in 672. The only part of Wilfrid’s church to survive, however, is the ancient Saxon crypt.
"The nave was largely rebuilt in the Perpendicular (late Gothic) style after the central tower collapsed in 1450, when the side-aisles were also added. Work was halted, however, by the disruptions of the Reformation in the 1530s, which is why to this day there are incomplete pillars and mismatched arches under the central tower.
"In 1604 Ripon was re-founded by King James I as a collegiate church, and although the Chapter (the governing body) was dissolved again during the Commonwealth (1649-60), it was reinstated following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II in 1660. In 1836 Ripon Minster became a Cathedral with the creation of the first new diocese in England since the Reformation."
l. Melchizedek, King, Priest
r. Moses, Lawgiver
Clerestory Windows
Under the Nave, Passageway to the Crypt,
built in 672 by Wilfrid, who tried to replicate
what he thought Christ's tomb would have looked like.
The Crypt
c. 672
He kept relics there for pilgrims to see,
a place where they could pray and worship.
672 AD - Ripon Cathedral founded
A mere 820 years before Columbus discovered the New World
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25 comments:
Beautiful.
Love the stained glass windows.
Woolie Hugs
Trace
Oh, it's so unbelievably gorgeous! So, when are you leading the cathedral tour, so we can all visit these places with you??? I love that the cathedrals are "mismatched," with portions from different centuries - living, breathing churches made up of, and built by, living, breathing people whose faith has remained a constant over all those decades and centuries and millennia ....
I have enjoyed looking at all of the magnificent stained glass windows, just beautiful.
Amazingly beautiful.
Those windows are amazing!!! Such incredible work!
that first shot and the second are just awesome. what a beautiful church. and 1300 years? yowsa...I think the only thing that old here might be the caves out west...so beautiful and thanks for sharing
Judy I am in love with stain glass - and when the sun shines in - at just the right moment! It was a beautiful church as well. They don't make them here like that do they?
Absolutly beautiful!! Isn't the history amazing?? What those walls have heard and seen. . . .
Coming from a country that is so young, and seeing historical buildings, and heritage that spans centuries...is astounding.
Can you imagine?
Jen
What a beautiful Cathedral Ripon is. European architecture is so stunning. Built to last. Big hugs, xoxo
Beautiful photos!
Wow, so much history! They just don't build places like that anymore.
John wants you to know that he sang there too!!! ( sang in York Minster
and Durham and Sheffield as well - he's a bit of a bragger, I know )
He loves seeing your friday posts - and yours is the only blog he looks at.
He also says that the acoustics in these Cathedrals is like singing in Heaven. How he knows what it's like singing in Heaven, I have no idea!
Have a lovely weekend
Hugs,
Suzan
Back off on the Bates bashing, Mom! :P
{Beautiful pictures, by the way. :) }
Excuse me, but Anna could do better than Eeyore. lol
Celebrating the 1300th is beyond my ability to imagine it.
Beautiful pictures Judy. I love stained glass too, very lovely.
It is always awe inspiring to think that people had such vision and dedication to build a cathedral like this then.
What a beautiful cathedral! We sure love our D A characters! What will happen next? heehee!
This Is stunning! Thank you for giving me a little real world taste of Downton this week. I will miss Sundays episode :( but will catch up the Following week.
Thanks for making my day and sharing on the photo Friday blog hop. Have a good weekend.
Your pictures are exquisite! Don't always get to comment......I know you understand....sitting in my little farmhouse doing some fun things this cold morning....you were a part of it!!!!!!! Hugs to your day sweet friend, me
Note to self: Do not read Judy's blog if not caught up on Downton Abbey.
Lovely tour around the building with some interesting history throughout the centuries.
Since we last talked about Ripon Cathedral, I've still to enter it, photographing it once from the outside late at night & seeing it from afar on a walk from Fountains Abbey.
On a side note, the creator of Downton Abbey (Julian Fellowes) began a series last week on ITV 1 about Great Houses of the UK. It's likely that you won't be able to get it on playback with " ITV player " as even I had difficulty with this channel ... only managed to see the first half as the wifi kept cutting out with the video bandwidth. Anyway here's a mini report of some of the first programme ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9819146/Great-Houses-with-Julian-Fellowes-ITV-review.html
The stained glass windows are magnificent!
Hi,thanks for visiting me at The Maple Syrup Mob. I HAVE to tell you that my Mum was baptized in Ripon cathedral,so I loved this post!
Jane x
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