Tag: Bath Abbey

Hey Bath! – love you.

Winter Solstice – December 21st – seems a good place to reflect on what is past and what is to … More

Special ceremony to welcome new Rector of Bath Abbey

  The new Rector of Bath Abbey, the Revd Canon Guy Bridgewater will be formally inducted in a special service … More

All through the night.

Well, it’s that time of year again. Whether you call them chalets, cabins, huts or sheds – they are busy … More

Beef-steak, Roman earbuds and an angel.

This morning l gazed upon the face of an angel, saw what the Roman version of an ear bud looked … More

Historic canal under attack.

Always the same isn’t it? The week a vital member of staff takes a holiday, his services are suddenly urgently … More

Albert’s Peal.

Of the Bath men – who were sent  to the trenches during the First World War – one of them … More

Bath’s turf wear

Two years of necessary disruption around Bath Abbey as the multi-million pound Footprint Project gets underway but l can’t resist … More

Rare Roman find at Abbey

Hot on the heels of unearthing part of a mediaeval tiled floor – while engaged on the Footprint Project at … More

More secrets from under the floor.

I find myself getting familiar with the ‘Scott Layer’ – a 1 metre thick layer of rubble under the floor … More

Mending the cracks in our history.

Phase One of Bath Abbey’s multi-million-pound Footprint Project has involved the lifting of several hundred memorial stones from the floor … More

Was this how Bath’s Norman Cathedral looked?

Could images discovered on medieval tiles, which have just been found under the floor of Bath Abbey, give a clue … More

Behind the scenes.

A chance to look behind the scenes at a multi-million pound project to secure the unique floor of Bath Abbey … More

New Rector for Bath Abbey

  Looks like Bath Abbey has a new Rector and he is Canon Guy Bridgewater – currently Team Rector and … More

Does bell ringing appeal?

The bell ringers of Bath Abbey – and elsewhere around our local churches –  are recruiting and with a very … More

Going undercover!

Be prepared for the shock of seeing a big white tent at the east end of Bath Abbey if you … More

Leap of Faith!

Full of admiration this morning for one of the first of what is expected to be one hundred people who … More

Don’t make me use my car!

Dr Jos Darling is just one of the inner city regulars using the First Bus U1 Bath University service but … More

First ledger raised.

The sound of hammering is now to be heard at the east end of Bath Abbey. Contractors, Emery Brothers have … More