Hereford Cathedral and The River Wye, Herefordshire, UK is a photograph by Neale And Judith Clark which was uploaded on March 10th, 2023.
Hereford Cathedral and The River Wye, Herefordshire, UK
Hereford Cathedral and The Wye Bridge or The Old Bridge bridge reflected in the River Wye or the Hereford Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin and... more
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Hereford Cathedral and The River Wye, Herefordshire, UK
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Neale And Judith Clark
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Photograph - Photography
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Hereford Cathedral and The Wye Bridge or The Old Bridge bridge reflected in the River Wye or the Hereford Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin and Saint Ethelbert the King, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, GB, Europe
Hereford Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Anglican Diocese of Hereford in Hereford, England.
A place of worship has existed on the site of the present building since the 8th century or earlier. The present building was begun in 1079. Substantial parts of the building date from both the Norman and the Gothic periods. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.
The cathedral has the largest library of chained book in the world, its most famous treasure being the Mappa Mundi, a medieval map of the world created around 1300 by Richard of Holdingham. The map is listed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.
The cathedral is dedicated to two saints, St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert the King. The latter was beheaded by Offa, King of Mercia, in the year 794
The Wye Bridge is a Grade I listed stone bridge in Hereford, the county town of Herefordshire in England. Spanning the River Wye, it was constructed in 1490 to replace an earlier timber bridge dating back to the twelfth century.During the 1645 Siege of Hereford in the English Civil War it was the scene of heavy fighting between the English Royalist defenders and the Scottish Covenanter besiegers.
The River Wye (Welsh: Afon Gwy) is the fourth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 250 kilometres (155 miles) from its source on Plynlimon in mid Wales to the Severn estuary. For much of its length the river forms part of the border between England and Wales.
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March 10th, 2023