Hull and Hereabouts

Continuing in the vein of stuff that somehow didn't get posted earlier here are two statues from Beverley Minster. On the left King Æ...

As vaguely promised a few weeks ago here is the font of Beverley Minster with its elaborate cover dangling above it. The font itself is ...

When I was posting about Beverley Minster a few months back I somehow forgot to show you the ceiling which, compared to Holy Trinity...

Here as promised is the West window of Beverley Minster. I'm told it depicts figures and events in early Christianity in Northumbri...

Somehow this massive 18 th century carved oak door survived the ravages of the Gilbert Scott's 'restoration' of Beverley Mi...

Strange how the term Gothic was originally one of abuse and denigration (and has become so again when applied to the youthful urge to we...

Well here's a pleasant enough old wall on Eastgate with an ancient gateway and all, must have been there for hundreds of years. Well...

  No, not a cathedral but a mere parish church, Beverley Minster is surely a gothic masterpiece. This is the north side. I think I...

Not having anything new to offer I've raided my archives for this view of the head of Beverley Beck with the minster peeking out at ...

Coifi was a pagan priest at a temple in Goodmanham near York in the early 7th century. So what is he doing on the walls of Beverley...

The western facade of Beverley Minster [ 1 ] contains many carved statues, not all of them are of saints and so on. This guy for exampl...

After yesterday's long range shot here's one a bit closer. I know what you're thinking; why didn't I stand a little further ...

Here's Beverley Minster taken last Spring, you can just make out the blossom in hedgerow.This is the view from the aptly named Long Lane...

Beverley Beck connects Beverley with the River Hull and so on to the rest of the world. The town was a trading post of the Hanseatic League...

Photo by Margot K Juby There are plans to loosen the regulations regarding the siting of pylons and power lines so sights like this could...

The eastern end of Beverley Minster.

Here's Beverley Minster just visible through the trees of the Westwood.

Beverley Minster seeming to rise from the rubble.