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	Hereford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hereford (pronounced hěr-ə-füd; Welsh: Henffordd (pronounced "Henforth") is a city in the west of England, close to the border with Wales and on the River Wye.
		Hereford has a cathedral dating from 1079 which contains the Mappa Mundi, a medieval map of the world dating from the 13th century which was restored in the late 20th.
		On April 1, 1998, Hereford and Worcester was abolished, and Herefordshire and Worcestershire were re-established as separate counties, although with slightly altered borders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hereford (759 words)

	HEREFORD - LoveToKnow Article on HEREFORD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The removal of murderec Aethelberts body from Marden to Hereford led to the foundatior of a superior church, reconstructed by Bishop Athelstane, anc burnt by the Welsh in 1055.
		The north transept was wholly rebuilt in 1287 to contain the shrine of St Thomas de Cantilupe, bishop of Hereford, of which there remains the magnificent marble pedestal surmounted by an ornate arcade.
		Hereford (Herefortuna), founded after the crossing of the Severn by the West Saxons early in the 7th century, had a strategic importance due to its proximity to the Welsh March.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HE/HEREFORD.htm (1380 words)

	Articles - Hereford Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hereford Cathedral remained in a state of ruin until Robert of Lorraine was consecrated to the see (made Bishop) in 1079 and undertook its reconstruction.
		Bishop Bisse's masonry, which by this time had been found to be useless, was swept away from the central tower, the lantern was strengthened and exposed to view, and much work was done in the nave and to the exterior of the Lady Chapel.
		The former, Countess of Hereford, was a 14th-century benefactress of the cathedral, who gave to the Dean and Chapter an acre (4,000 m²) of land in Lugwardine, and the advowson of the church, with several chapels pertaining to it.
	gaple.com /articles/Hereford_Cathedral?mySession=020c56bda72c3374ccf... (3682 words)

	Hereford Cathedral History Part 1: Celtic & Saxon Times
		A later Bishop, possibly Elwystl or Ufelfyw, was supposedly one of the prelates present at the conferences held between St. Augustine of Canterbury and the Welsh Ecclesiastical hierarchy in AD 602 & 4.
		The first Bishop of Hereford, actually named by most historians, dates was in office in the 670s, when the Welsh had been pushed westward and the Mercians were well established enough in this area, which they called Magonset, to appoint their first Saxon Bishop.
		The Bishop, although blind for thirteen years before his death in 1056, directed the affairs of his See with great fervour and it must have been a heavy blow to him when his Cathedral was burned down in 1055 by a Welsh horde who overran the city.
	www.britannia.com /history/herefords/churches/herefordcath.html (797 words)

	New Bishop of Hereford inaugurated - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hereford, England, Jun. 26 (UPI) -- A new Bishop of Hereford was inaugurated Saturday at a special ceremony at the Church of England's Hereford Cathedral.
		Bishop Anthony Priddis, a married father-of-three, took up his new position in March, the BBC reported.
		The Diocese of Hereford was founded in 676 and covers the whole of the county of Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes in Worcestershire, Powys and Monmouthshire.
	washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20040626-102944-8285r.htm (117 words)

	Guardian \| Bishops submit to day of reckoning
		The bishops of the Church of England were yesterday exposed to public scrutiny as details of their living costs were published for the first time.
		Officials said variations could be accounted for by events such as the Bishop of Peterborough's garden party for 1,500 people on St Peter's Day and the Bishop of Gloucester's decision to tour all the deaneries in his diocese and to hold parties for all stipendiary and retired clergy and their wives.
		A spokeswoman for the Bishop of Hereford said the heavy expenditure on maintenance was due to the need to fell and remove a diseased beech tree in the bishop's garden.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4318067-103690,00.html (314 words)

	Hereford.uk.com - Herefordshire History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The stalemate was utilised by Harold to rebuild the defences of the town of Hereford.
		The shock of the events of 1055 may have had a terminal effect on the Bishop of Hereford, Aethelstan, who died early in 1056 and was succeeded by Harold's chaplain, Leofgar.
		In the action which followed Bishop Leofgar, the Sheriff of Hereford, priests, and several leading citizens were killed.
	www.hereford.uk.com /history/anglosaxon.asp (570 words)

	Hereford
		The Bishop is married to Kathy, a professional artist, specialising in portraits and Christian figurative painting.
		Bishop Anthony Priddis (55) has spent most of his career in Oxford Diocese and was made an honorary Canon of Oxford Cathedral in 1995, a year before being consecrated Bishop of Warwick, in Coventry Diocese in 1996.
		The new Bishop is keen to identify himself with the needs of the countryside, a situation that is not alien to him.
	www.chaddesley-corbett.co.uk /hereford.htm (557 words)

	Katie and the Bishop of Hereford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bishop Spofforth is in the second light from the left offering his heart to the Blessed Virgin, who is in the arms of her mother, St Anne.
		He doubtless traveled on several occasions between Hereford and Yorkshire during his time as bishop and there exists a tradition that he was the bishop who was waylaied in Barnsdale Forest by Robin Hood.
		Bishop Thomas was a historical character, whereas the historical existence of Robin Hood is highly doubtful; however the lawless nature of the period and the wealth of highly placed church dignitaries are both well illustrated by the story.
	members.aol.com /gamelbar/bthomas1.htm (626 words)

	PETER OF AIGUEBLANCHE - LoveToKnow Article on PETER OF AIGUEBLANCHE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1268), bishop of Hereford, aelonged to a noble family of Savoy and came to England in 1236 with his master, William of Savoy, bishop of Valence, being in attendance on Eleanor of Provence, the bride of Henry III.
		A year or two later he is found residing permanently in England as a member of the king's court; before 1239 he was archdeacon of Salop, and in 1240 he was chosen bishop of Hereford.
		When civil war broke out between Henry and his barons the bishop remained loyal to his master, and whilst residing, almost for the first time, at Hereford he was taken prisoner in May 1263.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PETER_OF_AIGUEBLANCHE.htm (234 words)

	Outstanding Hereford Woman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bishop was nominated by the Montana Hereford Auxiliary.
		Bishop along with her husband Gary, are advisors for the Montana Jr Hereford Association.
		Matasovic was one of the 13 founders of the Illinois Junior Hereford Association in 1959.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/mmatasovic/ohw.htm (502 words)

	Hereford Cathedral History Part 2: Medieval Times
		It was Bishop Putta who fostered the teaching of the Gregorian Tones introduced by St. Augustine to England, and to the use of which Archbishop Theodore gave his support.
		From 1215, Hereford possessed its own liturgy, known as " The Hereford Use" and, in that connection, is one of the cities referred to in the Book of Common Prayer's preface; the others being York, Salisbury, Lincoln and Bangor.
		Hereford Cathedral's greatest treasure, however, is the celebrated "Mappa Mundi" preserved in a modern building tastefully erected, at the end of the Bishop's Cloister, to blend with the rest of the Catherdal architecture.
	www.britannia.com /history/herefords/churches/herefordcath2.html (779 words)

	StreetBiker Online - Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The varied menagerie was followed by a long break as the Bishop took a vow under matrimonial duress not to ride again, a promise that he kept for 25 years.
		BoH - I felt it was an organisation that campaigned for motorcycling in a general sense and was working to raise its status.
		BoH - I'm sure there is, I'm not that familiar with the Harley market and dare I say it, I'm not that keen on Harleys, they're not my style though I love their sound.
	www.streetbiker-mag.com /sb0121/4.html (1703 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Ancient Diocese of Hereford
		Though the name of Putta, the exiled Bishop of Rochester, is usually given as the first Bishop Of Hereford (676), Venerable Bede's account merely states that he was granted a church and some land in Mercia by Sexulf, Bishop of Lichfield.
		In 793 the body of the martyred Ethelbert, King of the East Saxons, was buried at Hereford, and his shrine became a place of pilgrimage famous for miracles.
		The diocese was generally fortunate in its bishops, two of whom are specially prominent: John de Breton, the great English lawyer (1268-1275); and his successor, Thomas de Cantilupe, better known as St. Thomas of Hereford, the last English saint to be canonized.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07255a.htm (686 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Bishop of Hereford retires
		He is one of the country's most senior Bishops who sits in the House of Lords and is also the Church of England's official spokesman on rural affairs.
		Speaking at his diocesan synod meeting in Hereford on Saturday he said stop the war supporters "could not have thought through the implications of what they were saying".
		Bishop Oliver described going to war as a deeply shameful thing and there had not been enough rigorous analysis of the moral dilemma.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2832713.stm (277 words)

	Bishop breaks ranks to back war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		He intended no criticism, citing the bishop's position was based on what he thought was best for the Iraqi people, but "beware the law of unintended consequences." He then explained how many hundreds of thousands of Iraqis died of sanctions, not to mention those killed by leaving a brutal regime in place.
		THE Bishop of Chester upstaged a Vatican synod at which he was an observer yesterday by questioning the wisdom of bombing Afghanistan in response to the attacks on America while saying the West had "lost touch with reality".
		The bishop's quietly-delivered but powerful comments were contained in a reflection which he had been asked to give by the Pope on the occasion of a special moment of prayer to mark the September 11 attacks.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/874503/posts (1388 words)

	Church Architecture: Hereford Cathedral
		Although, from the point of view of size, Hereford is one of the smaller Cathedrals of England, it is an architectural gem for, at least in the opinion of Sir Gilbert Scott, few English Cathedrals have a more perfect series of specimens of the different styles of English architecture.
		About 1180-90, the gothic or pointed style began to be developed at Hereford, as elsewhere, and the eastern apses of the Norman church gave way to transitional work.
		A considerable portion of this still remains to be seen at the ambulatory or crossing of the eastern transept, west of the Lady Chapel.
	www.britannia.com /history/herefords/churches/herefordarch.html (628 words)

	Bishop backs call for an end to nuclear proliferation - news from ekklesia
		Bishop Anthony Priddis signed the petition calling on the British government to back a call for all countries with nuclear weapons to negotiate, sign and ratify an effective treaty abolishing all such weapons.
		The Bishop of Hereford interrupted an all-day meeting to meet the peace campaigner.
		Since his appointment last year, the Bishop of Hereford has thrown his weight behind a number of radical campaigns and joined with other Church of England bishops in backing the call to Make Poverty History at the beginning of the year.
	www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_050315hereford.shtml (501 words)

	Hereford Diocese
		The Bishop of Hereford will don a hard hat in place of his mitre when he visits Special Metals Wiggin Ltd on Tuesday 30th November.
		The Bishop will be shown round the Technology and production environment in the company, one of Herefordshire’s largest private employers.
		“Having met the Bishop during his Pilgrimage around the Holy Places of the Diocese before he was officially made Bishop of Hereford, I though it was important that he experience some of the industrial life of the city,” said Clive.
	www.hereford.anglican.org /pages/news_pressrelease.php?wiggin.txt (289 words)

	Hereford
		Putta and his successors are designated bishops 'Uuestor E[lih]' in the episcopal lists; Wulfheard describes himself as bishop of the church of Hereford (EP 4).
		EALDRED, bishop of Hereford and Worcester [not in ep.
		Putta: forced to abandon Rochester in 676 (HE iv.12); went to Seaxwulf, bishop of the Mercians, 'who granted him a church and a small estate, where he ended his life in peace' (ibid.); he may not have been a bishop of this line, though he had come to be regarded as such by c.800 (cf.
	www.trin.cam.ac.uk /users/sdk13/chartwww/Bishops/sees/hereford.html (226 words)

	John Walmsley, Ninth Bishop of Sierra Leone (1923)
		The Bishop was quite firm in his determination to remain in Africa for a time longer.
		Shortly afterwards the question of resignation was raised again in a definite form by his old Oxford friend the Bishop of Hereford, who urged him to accept an important living in his diocese and to assist him in episcopal work.
		The Bishop was able to leave the nursing home after ten days; and, as his letters show, he thought he had made a complete recovery.
	justus.anglican.org /resources/pc/africa/walmsley1923/09.html (2408 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| England \| Hereford/Worcs \| Bishop of Hereford's first role (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bishop Anthony Priddis, 55, was inaugurated at a special service at Hereford Cathedral on Saturday.
		Bishop Priddis, a married father-of-three, took up his new position in March.
		Bishop Priddis, who is a trained biochemist, spent most of his career in the Oxford Diocese.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/hereford/worcs/3844375.stm (198 words)

	Giles de Braose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Died in Gloucester, 17 November,1215; buried in South aisle of Hereford Cathedral.
		Bishop of Hereford from 1200 - 1215, Giles, along with other bishops, left England in 1208 when the Pope's interdict came into force.
		In 1213 Giles and Reginald turned to open war with King John and took the de Braose Lordships in Wales which John had confiscated on the death of their father in 1211.
	freespace.virgin.net /doug.thompson/BraoseWeb/Giles.htm (152 words)

	Bishop wanted, apply to Church of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Church, founded in 1534 by Henry the Eighth, is seeking nominations for the post of Bishop of Hereford, in western England, at a salary of 33,000 pounds ($AU83,322), the Sunday Times newspaper reported.
		Until now the nomination of bishops, among the most senior church appointments, has been done by a committee in private, with two names eventually being sent to the Prime Minister for final selection.
		Bishop Mudenda of SE Africa with one of his colleagues.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/914815/posts (2023 words)

	Edward FOX (Bishop of Hereford)
		Various ecclesiastical preferments were granted to him, including the archdeaconry of Leicester (1531), the deanery of Salisbury (1533) and the bishopric of Hereford (1535).
		In 1535-1536 he was sent with Nicholas Heath to Germany to discuss the basis of a political and theological understanding with the Lutheran princes and divines, and had several interviews with Martin Luther, who could not be persuaded of the justice of Henry VIII's divorce.
		He was the most Lutheran of Henry VIII's bishops, and was largely responsible for the Ten Articles of 1536.
	www.tudorplace.com.ar /Bios/EdwardFox.htm (453 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas of Hereford
		In June, 1275, he was appointed Bishop of Hereford, and was consecrated by his friend Cardinal Kilwardby (8 September, 1275).
		As bishop he continued his apostolic life, labouring incessantly for the good of his people, maintaining the privileges and property of his diocese against Gilbert of Gloucester, Llewellyn, and others, supporting Edward I in his struggle with Llewellyn, combating the unjust practices of the Jews, and reforming the clergy, secular and regular.
		He was buried at Orvieto, but subsequently his relics were brought back to Hereford, where many miracles were wrought by his intercession and his shrine became second only to that of St. Thomas of Canterbury.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14694c.htm (565 words)

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