Category Archives: churchcrawling

A Soldier Shot on the Afghan Frontier, 1889

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

In Rochester Cathedral, a cross executed in memory of Lt Archie Harris of the Royal Engineers “[s]hot while in pursuit of a Pathan robber on the Afghan frontier”, 11 October 1889. History doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme. “A scrimmage … Continue reading →

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Ripon Cathedral’s Space Age Chapel

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

1970’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Ripon Cathedral represents a sadly stillborn Anglican Space Age tradition of church furnishing. Continue reading →

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St Aldegundis, Emmerich

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Gerry Lynch

Difficult to photograph close in due to its dense inner-city site, some say that St Aldegundis is on the site of the original mission church in what later became Emmerich am Rhein, founded by St Wilibrord around 700. That is … Continue reading →