Death’s Sting

Some hymns repay reading aloud, in full, with time to reflect. Henry Francis Lyte wrote this as he was dying of tuberculosis in 1847.

Utopia

Thomas More bought land stretching from the Thames up to the King’s Road in 1520. He chose this site as being midway between the King’s Thames-side palaces at Hampton Court and Greenwich. The house he built became known as Beaufort House after his execution. As you can see there were extensive grounds with gardens, orchards… Continue reading Utopia

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My Great Aunt Aline (Lloyd Thomas) is buried in the churchyard of St Swithun (sic), Compton Beauchamp, Oxfordshire.

A Pro-Cathedral

A “pro-cathedral” is a church with cathedral status though not being the main cathedral. St Paul’s is one of three cathedrals of the Anglican Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe; the others being in Gibraltar and Brussels.