Walks in England: Exploring Ely in Cambridgeshire
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2018
- Today, my guides Simon and Sharon Brown take me to the fabulous city of Ely in Cambridgeshire. We are here to explore what is sometime described as the Ship of the Fens, the amazing Ely Cathedral.
The cathedral has its origins in AD 672 when St Etheldreda built an abbey church. The present building dates back to 1083, and cathedral status was granted it in 1109.
More information here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ely_Cat...
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Wow. What an amazing cathedral. Great video.
David Keel Thanks David.
Can’t believe you have done Ely - I was going to invite you! I must have started following you shortly after you did this.
The canon was captured from Sebastapol in the Crimean war and gifted to Ely by Queen Victoria in recognition of the local regiment. By the way, all VCs are made from the breach of a sister canon. Trivia I know but I thought you’d like it !
Ely cathedral is one of the great buildings of this country. It always reminds me of one of my favourite children’s books, Tom’s midnight garden.
When Mrs Plum was pregnant with our elder son we stayed near Cambridge and took a trip to Ely when there was 2 inches of snow on the ground and the Fens were frozen. Magical place!
MrGreatplum Oh yes. I totally agree. Fabulous. So hard to do it justice on a day's visit.
A beautiful video, it just makes you think of all the men it took to build, it , how they managed with the height of the building all those years ago
Thanks for taking us along. Brought back fond memories of the hours spent in Ely in the 1990s
Another great one Richard...thanks
Dave
Cheers Dave
Never been there but wonderful to see it vicariously through your lens.
It is a beautiful place - I wish I had presented it better.
My (maternal) grandfather's lineage seven generations back is from Ely. They immigrated to America and had their children. Very interesting. I hope to visit one day. ❤
Oh you must!
Such an impressive Cathedral and so familiar too as every time there are floods in this country we see aerial television news views of Ely Cathedral sticking up out of the surrounding flood water. A place I wouldnt want to live for the same reason but would love to visit one day.
Definitely worth a visit - but I guess it gets full of tourists in the summer. That would be a pain.
At the beginning of the video in the background was me and nick
TY for introducing Ely.
The cannon outside Ely Cathedral is a soviet cannon from the crimean war
If they are anything like their Catholic predecessors from centuries past I bet a chunky donation would see you recording indoors lol. Thanks so much for the views. As a glassblower I just love the manual hand made nature of such a massive structure.
I spent many hours in the cathedral . Evensong beautiful . Have ancestry names on the on the walls.
Where do you get all your energy Richard for your globetrotting videos.Enjoyed watching this one,never been to Ely it looks like a great place to visit,looking forward to your next video!
Thanks Vicky! I was lucky to be invited up to Cambridgeshire. :)
Magnificent building. A symbol of Norman power and occupation. My wife’s uncle (Fred Wilkinson) was the Canon of a Ely Cathedral and a meetings room in St John’s Church nearby is named after him. We have had family gatherings in that room which makes us all feel very proud of him and his work 👍
Golly, what a privilege!
Built for the glory of God primarily.
Me and a friend remade this cathedral in the game minecraft, there's a video up on my channel if you'd be interested in seeing it. The recreation is accurate to scale! :)
The cannon is a memento of the Crimean War. The government was left with 300 Russian cannon for which it had no use so distributed them around British town as war memorials. The Ely cannon is one of the few that were not melted down in WW2
I lived in Ely for a year. Lovely place! If you have time, you should visit Wicken Fen - it was the first nature reserve owned by the National Trust from 1899 and is now one of Europe’s most important wetlands. It’s HUGE though so take your walking shoes!
That sounds awesome - thanks very much for the tip!
It's good that I live there lol
Good for you!
The cannon was given to ely by Queen Victoria i believe
The Cannon was Gift from Queen Victoria for the Services of the East Anglia Yeomanry for services rendered in the Crimean War.
This fair Albion shall awake; and show the way once more
Nice 😀
Thanks 😋
Amazing cathedral - pity they didn’t pay to go in as these cathedrals need financial support to help maintain them for everyone.
Do you have to pay to pray, I wonder!!?
Most cathedrals allow you in without paying to attend services, but good luck trying to prove it, unless you are a local 'regular'!
Good question! :)
aye!
So they want you to pay but you can't record, no thanks.