Category: Library & Archives

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…

By Ellie Jones In 1281 Richard de Brendesworth and William de Tyrtyngs carried out a visitation of 19 parishes in Devon, and nine in Cornwall,…

From the Library Our Cathedral Librarian, Emma Laws, gave a talk to the Friends of the RAMM yesterday to coincide with the opening this weekend…

By Isobel, Work Experience Student As a sixth-form student at Torquay Girls’ Grammar School, I came to the Cathedral Library and Archives this week to…