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	Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A cathedral is a Christian church building, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy (such as the Roman Catholic Church or the Lutheran or Anglican churches), which serves as the central church of a bishopric.
		In this sense therefore, the word cathedral, though grammatically used as a noun, is originally the adjective in the phrase cathedral church, from the Latin ecclesia cathedralis.
		The Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, the cathedral church of Rome, alone in Western Europe possesses a patriarchal character among Roman Catholics, since the Pope is the Patriarch of the West.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cathedral (2557 words)

	Bristol Cathedral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Anglican cathedral in the English city of Bristol and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral.
		In 1542 the church was made the cathedral of a new Diocese of Bristol and was dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity.
		Bristol Cathedral was used as a location in the 1978 film The Medusa Touch (Internet Movie Database entry), under the guise of a fictional London place of worship called Minster Cathedral.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bristol_Cathedral (349 words)

	Bristol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1373 Edward III of England proclaimed "that the said town of Bristol withall be a County by itself and called the county of Bristol for ever", but maps usually instead show it as part of Gloucestershire, and as the city spilled south of the river, it took the county with it.
		Bristol was made a city in 1542, with the former Abbey of St Augustine becoming Bristol Cathedral.
		Bristol is home to two major institutions of higher education: the University of Bristol, a "redbrick" chartered in 1909, and the University of the West of England, formerly Bristol Polytechnic, which gained university status in 1992.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bristol (2815 words)

	Bristol Cathedral Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bristol Cathedral is a major venue in the musical life of the city.
		Bristol Cathedral Concerts is an independent charity which undertakes to provide a series of concerts annually in the cathedral.
		Cathedral Concerts seeks to invite a wide range of choral and orchestral performers, from groups of schoolchildren to professional orchestras.
	www.bristol2008.com /148.asp (228 words)

	Bristol - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Bristol Hippodrome is a larger theatre (1981 seats) which hosts national touring productions, while the 2000-seat Colston Hall, named for the controversial local figure Edward Colston, is the city's main concert venue.
		Bristol is the home of a regional morning newspaper, the Western Daily Press, a local evening paper, the Evening Post and a weekly free newspaper, the Bristol Observer.
		John Harvey founded the Bristol wine merchants John Harvey and Sons, and their sherry brand Harvey's Bristol Cream has taken the name of Bristol all over the world.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Bristol (2853 words)

	Bristol - SmartyBrain Encyclopedia and Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bristol is a city in south-western England, on the River Avon.
		In particular, Bristol was the birthplace of a kind of English hip-hop music often called trip hop or the Bristol Sound, epitomised in the work of artists such as Tricky and Massive Attack among many others.
		Bristol was never well served by suburban railways, though the line to Avonmouth and Severn Beach survived the Beeching Axe and is still in operation today, while the line to Portishead has recently reopened to freight traffic.
	smartybrain.com /index.php/Bristol (1979 words)

	About Bristol - Churches - Bristol Cathedral
		The origins of Bristol Cathedral lie in the abbey founded in 1140 by Robert FitzHarding, a wealthy merchant, Provost of Bristol and Lord of Berkeley.
		Bristol had been part of the diocese of Worcester up until this time, but two years later was made a city.
		At the rear of the Cathedral is a tranquil rose-speckled garden, with wooden seats for the weary amongst the old gravestones.
	www.about-bristol.co.uk /chu-01.asp (228 words)

	Bristol Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com
		Bristol has an abundance of open spaces to enjoy, set near the Cheddar Gorge and the thickly wooded slopes of the Avon gorge, which reaches almost into the heart of the city.
		Bristol is linked to Bath by cycle path, which follows the course of the old Midland Railway, and a walkway, which follows the course of the river Avon.
		Bristol is the ideal touring base, within easy reach of the Cotswolds, South Wales, the Somerset countryside and coast and the mysterious and ancient landscape of Wessex.
	www.aboutbritain.com /towns/Bristol.asp (841 words)

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		From one Jew in Bristol 10,000 marks were demanded, this is a huge sum and it is commonly held that this was the sum demanded from all the Jews in the town.
		Bristol declared itself for her but Edward took refuge here and put the elder Despenser, who was nearly ninety, in charge of the castle.
		Bristol, having always straddled the counties of Somerset and Gloucester was really part of neither, all legal affairs had to conducted in either Ilchester in Somerset or Gloucester.
	members.lycos.co.uk /brisray/bristol/bhist3.htm (7716 words)

	Celebration of British Cathedral Music X (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There has been a choir at Bristol Cathedral since the reign of Henry VIII, and a tradition of music probably since the days of the Augustinians who founded the abbey in 1180.
		Bristol Cathedral has an illustrious musical heritage, boasting Edward Gibbons, brother of Orlando, and Elway Bevin, pupil of Tallis, among its former Organists.
		The present choir consists of 16 Choristers, all of whom are educated at Bristol Cathedral School, and 6 Lay Clerks.
	www.saintjohns-newport.org /anglican/celebrationx.cfm (531 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Bristol \| Bristol cathedral celebrates anniversary
		Bristol's Catholic Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Paul in Clifton is celebrating its 30th birthday.
		The original Pro-Cathedral - the parish church which had been standing in for a cathedral - was desperately in need of major repair work and had been for some time.
		Then a group of businessmen came forward with a cash offer in the mid-1960s and it was decided a new cathedral should be built.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/bristol/3012642.stm (562 words)

	Medieval Bristol- Abbey Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bettey, J. Bristol Cathedral : the rebuilding of the nave /[Bristol] : Bristol Branch of the Historical Association, 1993.
		A history of Bristol Cathedral gathered from documents in the possession of the Dean and Chapter.
		Cathedral church of Bristol; a description of its fabric and a brief history of the episcopal see.
	vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu /medart/image/England/bristol/Cathedral/Bristol-Cath.html (341 words)

	at-Bristol Press Release - 8 October 1998 - Honours for at-Bristol Board Member
		at-Bristol Board Member, Maggie Guillebaud, received an Honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of the West of England in a special ceremony at Bristol Cathedral on Thursday 15 October at 2.30 pm.
		The MA is for her outstanding Services to Education and the Arts in Bristol and the South West.
		at-Bristol will bring science, nature and art together in innovative new ways through two new attractions – Explore at-Bristol, a hands-on science centre full of interactivity to ignite the imagination and Wildscreen at-Bristol, an inspirational wildlife centre exploring the complexities of life on earth.
	www.at-bristol.org.uk /About/Press/06_maggieg.htm (364 words)

	Pro-Cathedral, Clifton, BRISTOL
		The main entrance to the cathedral was a portico on the south side of this new loggia-like building.
		Alamed by a report in the paper suggesting that all was to be demolished (later retracted) I visited the cathedral on April 14th 2000, in order to photograph some of the details.
		The opposite side of the cathedral to the school is now used as a car park.
	www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /procath.htm (919 words)

	In Memory of C.H.
		He was also organist of (the old) All Saints' Cathedral in Cairo, where the Venerable Francis Johnston (Sub Dean and Archdeacon in Egypt and later Bishop of Guildford) wrote of the new life and richness of worship, hitherto lacking, which his personality and musical ability had brought to the Cathedral.
		The Cathedral would be packed for two evenings every December for performances which included many of Clifford's own skilful arrangements for the specific forces of large chorus, boy trebles and an orchestra of Handelian proportions.
		Elgar's daughter, Carice Elgar Blake, attended a performance of The Kingdom in Bristol Cathedral and wrote afterwards to Clifford that every nuance was as her father had intended and that she expected never to hear a finer performance.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /oakwood-records/recordings/booklet_bink200001.html (4250 words)

	GENUKI: Genealogical research information about Bristol, Gloucestershire
		Bristol returns 4 members to Parliament - 4 divisions, viz., West, North, East, and South, 1 member for each division; the parliamentary limits were extended in 1885 so as to include the local government districts of St George, Horfield, and Stapleton, and an additional part of the parish of Bedminster.
		Bristol Cathedral Website - some very attractive photographs of inside and outside this centre of worship, founded in 1140 as an Augustinian Abbey.
		Bristol History.com has a number of short factual stories connected with the City of Bristol, and the area of Kingswood Forest.
	www.genuki.org.uk:8080 /big/eng/GLS/Bristol (1667 words)

	Bristol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In Bristol, waiting for the ship to sail to Compostela, Margery Kempe would have been in proximity to the cathedral of Bristol.
		BRCA1 Bristol Cathedral, Elder Lady Chapel of 1220 against north side of choir, 1320-30.
		BRCA9 Bristol Cathedral, Transept crossing of 1450, choir 1330-30.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/visarts/projects/anglia/bristol/bristol2.html (311 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Books: Bristol Cathedral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bristol Cathedral may not be on the tourist route along with Canterbury and Winchester but it richly repays the visitor.
		The Saxon carving of the Harrowing of Hell is the most striking pre-Conquest monument in the whole country; the Norman chapter house is equally fine; from the medieval period the carving of the thirteenth-century Elder Lady Chapel is exquisite and the misericords in the choir stalls include the legend of Reynard the fox.
		At last Bristol Cathedral has a study worthy of it - which can be savoured not only by visitors but anyone who values England's great architectural tradition.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0752414828 (415 words)

	Works of Art
		Summary: On the tile pavement (1324-1325) in Prior Crauden's Chapel, Ely Cathedral, which includes a panel with the fall of Adam and Eve, lions passant, stags, birds, and geometric designs; and the worn pavement in the transept of the Cathedral, with square and rectangular tiles and a large wheel.
		Suggests the extension was to accommodate the shrine of S. Etheldreda and discusses this in the wider context of the renewed promotion of indigenous saints in the late 12th and 13th cs.
		Argues that the initial use of this image in England was in the central portal of the north transept of Westminster Abbey [London], and associates it with the relic of the Holy Blood presented to the Abbey by Henry III in 1247.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/visarts/projects/kempe/text/cathedrals.htm (4561 words)

	CD Spotlight
		Harwood studied with George Riseley, who was in turn deputy at the Cathedral, organist to a number of Bristol churches, and from 1876 in charge at the Cathedral.
		The Bristol instrument and indeed Adrian Partington are at their most convincing when there is a constant flow of music, as in the fugal development to the sonata's finale.
		Less satisfactory, however, is the second subject of the first movement, a pleasant lyrical idea at the mercy of the Bristol organ's tendency to huff and puff and therefore disorientate a little Partington's sense of timing [listen -- track 1, 1:50-2:48].
	www.mvdaily.com /articles/2002/04/harwood2.htm (515 words)

	Bristol Churches - A complete list
		It was used as the cathedral of the new diocese of Clifton founded in 1850 but never consecrated.
		One of Bristol's largest suburban churches, known as the "Cathedral of East Bristol".
		Bristol's most famous medieval parish church survives alongside the inner circuit road.
	www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /pmdraper10/bristol1.htm (3428 words)

	Bristol UWE Events Diary
		A seminar focusing on Bristol City Council's ambitious plan to reduce Bristol's greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2050; incorporating an overview of the 'Climate Protection and Sustainable Energy Strategy' and looking in detail at the importance of public engagement in tackling climate change issues in the city.
		The book is on the theme of new art and the city of Bristol, and follows the Bristol exhibition of the same name in summer 2005 as a joint initiative of UWE and the Bristol Legible City project.
		Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's annual dramatisation of the birth of Jesus, magically weaving together all the rich elements that makes this story one of the greatest ever told.
	info.uwe.ac.uk /events (5618 words)

	Medieval cathedrals in England A-Z Guide
		What makes Bristol unusual for England is that the aisles are built to the same height as the choir, in the style common to the late German Gothic "hall church".
		The church was raised to cathedral status by Henry VIII.
		The cathedral was founded in 995 as a final resting place for the remains of Saint Cuthbert, which had been carted about for over a century since they were removed from Lindisfarne and the threat of the Danes.
	www.britainexpress.com /Where_to_go_in_Britain/Cathedrals/Cathedrals1.htm (1258 words)

	Independent Catholic News
		The event has been organised by the Cathedral Music Department in conjunction with BBC Radio Bristol who will be recording the concert to be broadcast by Radio Bristol on Sunday Morning in celebration of the 30th Anniversary.
		Ron has been a regular visitor to the Cathedral over the years and it is fascinating to hear him speaking about how the design of the Cathedral took shape.
		A leaflet with the full programme of events is available free from the Cathedral by telephoning on 0117 973 8411.
	www.indcatholicnews.com /clifto.html (425 words)

	Bristol Cathedral Choral Foundation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bristol Cathedral has an uninterrupted tradition of choral singing stretching back 450 years to the reign of King Henry VIII.
		It is this unique choral tradition that the Choral Foundation helps preserve, and with it a tangible link with the musical history of Bristol Cathedral that unites us with former organists such as Edward Gibbons, brother of Orlando Gibbons, and Elway Bevin, a pupil of Thomas Tallis.
		Bristol's musical heritage also boasts the first performance in 1758 of Handel's Messiah to take place in an English church.
	www.choraltradition.com (166 words)

	BBC - Bristol - City Views - YOUR views of Bristol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Bristol Cathedral is one finest cathedrals, but i am very shameful to note that many people agreed with this, but not many people really appreciate the presence of God.
		Bristol Cathedral without doubt is one of the finest cathedrals in the UK.
		My favourite memory of the cathedral is playing the organ in a nearly dark cathedral.
	www.bbc.co.uk /bristol/content/cityviews/cathedral/1.shtml (220 words)

	Photographic Tour of the City of Bristol
		Bristol is a varied and vibrant city with a 900 year old history.
		Many open spaces, parks, rivers and woodland are peppered throughout the city providing dynamic views and a sense of freedom.
		Bristol, the eighth largest city in the UK has a population of over 400,000 and a diverse cultural background.
	www.bristol-link.co.uk /tour/tour-1.htm (87 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Bristol Cathedral
		Bristol Cathedral was not raised to the status of a cathedral until 1542 by Henry VIII but a building of size and importance has stood on the site since medieval times and possibly before.
		Unusually, the Augustinian builders chose to build the church with aisles as high as the centre, a style found more commonly in Germany where the style is called Hallenkirche or hall-church.
		The Augustinian Abbey at Bristol founded by Robert Fitzharding was consecrated on Easter day in the presence of the Bishops of Worcester, Exeter, St. Asaph and Llandaff.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpl1038.htm (196 words)

	Bristol, Tincturn Abbey and Cathedral, METAPHAZE, World of Magic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The great cathedral has walls that soar 160 feet to the massive roof, constructed with the power of magic, as no span so large could have been made with the materials used without the aid of magic.
		The main floor of the cathedral has inlayed white marble and blood red polished marble in the symbol of the order.
		Tincturn Cathedral is third largest in Dnaglne, being dwarfed only by Wurtenmanstoe in Bristol, and Bristol Cathedral, out in the Valley of Dragons.
	members.aol.com /castlewrks/metaphaze/cities/citybris_site4.htm (204 words)

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