Category: Library & Archives

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian If you look in the lower-right corner of each page of a book printed between the 15th and 18th centuries…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Until recently, this obscure little book of poetry probably hadn’t been looked at in years, perhaps even centuries. However, last…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Some monuments and ledger stones in the Cathedral have lengthy inscriptions, declaring the virtues and life stories of the people…

By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This photograph was taken during the demolition of the seventeenth century houses built on the site of the Medieval Cloisters.…

by Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian “There were bright buildings, many bathing-halls, plenty of tall pinnacles, a great noise of people, many a banqueting-hall full of…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Printing presses may not have had the immediate global reach of our modern-day social media platforms but pamphlets could be…

by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Have you ever heard of St Oflamnus? It is not surprising if you haven’t, because no saint of that name…

by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist In 1286, following the murder – three years earlier – of the Cathedral’s Precentor, Walter Lechlade, an agreement was drawn…

By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Sage is delicious with butternut squash and goes well with pork and chicken. You may even have tried sage leaves…

by Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Farley Sinkins was born in Leeds in 1845, the son of Devon-born William Sinkins and his wife Susanna, who were…