Friday 23 May 2014

Salisbury, May 2014


To spend some time with Tony and Paula, we stayed for a few days at the Old Mill in Harnham on the outskirts of Salisbury.  Our room was the third window up on the left so we had a lovely view of the river.  It was interesting to see the tide marks on the trees from the floods earlier in the year, level with the top of the arches over the mill race.  there's an awful lot of water around Salisbury even at this time of the year.

The Church of St Thomas of Canterbury in Salisbury.  Well worth a visit to see the Doom painting, the Angel roof
 and lots else.

The tomb of Jane Eyre

One of three medieval paintings of the life of the Virgin Mary

View of the Cathedral from the Town Path, our daily route from the hotel to the city centre

The town end of the Town Path

View from the bridge on the Town Path


A man in a strange hat outside the Cathedral



Ralph Brideoak's symbolic pew.  He was Dean of the Cathedral in 1718

Memorial to Rex Whistler.  The carved prism rotates to show different images of the Cathedral and of their family home in the Cathedral Close.

Traces of the original paint are still visible



Ceiling of the Audley Chapel (1524)

The Mompesson Tomb

The tomb of William Longespee (1226).  He was the first person to be buried in the existing Cathedral.  He was half-brother to King John and was present at the 1215 Magna Carta negotiations.



There is a huge font situated in the centre of the nave, reflecting the arches and roof in the surface of the water.  It is quite spectacular and not a little spooky!


Recently-shorn sheep grazing in the meadows, but where is the boy who looks after the sheep?

The Old Mill

View from our window