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Salisbury
Cathedral |
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Salisbury Cathedral is
a Cathedral of the Old Foundation. The see was founded at
Sherborne in 703, moved to Ramsbury in 920, to Sherborne again
in 1058, to Old Sarum in 1075, and finally Salisbury in 1228.
Park in a city pay car park. There is no compulsory entrance fee
but a donation of around £6 or £7 is respectfully requested. I
understand photography is allowed |
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The Eastern Chapels |
Chapel of St Stephen &
the Martyrs |
Edward Seymour, Earl of
Hertford (1621) & Lady Catherine Grey (1563)
Recumbent effigies, flanked by kneeling figures of
their sons, Edward & Thomas. Marble, probably erected 1625 &
attributed to William Wright of London.
Marble. He was the son of the Protector Somerset.
E. Wall |
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William Wilton (1523)
Chancellor of the Cathedral. Stone tomb chest with Purbeck
Marble lid. Heraldry
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Trinity Chapel
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Above: Coffin Lid of black Tournai Marble of 11th
or 12 C. Brought from Old Sarum. Said to be that of St
Osmund (1099) This date appears on this lid but this
was added in 16th or 17th century.
S Wall
Left: Bishop John
Wordsworth (1911) White marble effigy on black marble
tomb chest. Signed: George Frampton (1914)
N Wall
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The
Ambulatory |
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Above: Tomb recess with slab 15th century
Purbeck marble coffin lid with
cross, 13th century set in the above and possibly that of
Bishop Roger N Wall
Right:
Bishop George Moberly (1885)
Canopied recess in which coffin lid and effigy.
Designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield;
executed by
Thomas Nicholls
S Wall
Other Monuments in the Ambulatory |
Clifford Wyndham Holgate (1903) bronze
tablet S Wall |
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Choir -
North Aisle
(Progressing from the east - so the easternmost is the first bay - to the west; the 'fourth
bay' is more properly the north east transept) |
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First Bay |
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Above
Left & Centre:
Purbeck marble coffin lid with effigy of bishop (early 13th
century); now in 19th century aedicule designed by Scot,
the original being destroyed by Wyatt in 1789. Traditionally said
to be cenotaph of Bishop Richard Poore, who
founded the present cathedral but more likely
Bishop Robert de Bingham (1246) , who was responsible
for the completion of the choir.
Far right: Bishop St Clair Donaldson (1936)
Relief portrait in bronze by
A G Wyton (signed) |
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Second Bay |
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The chantry chapel and tomb of
Bishop Edmund Audley (1524), exterior from the
north choir aisle and interior. The monument was constructed in his lifetime and he was buried
beneath the floor. |
John Fulford RN (1888) Brass on
slate
slab by Hart, Son, Peard &
Co |
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Third Bay |
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James Tuchet, Lord Castlehaven (1769)
Marble
tablet |
Bishop Roger de Martival (1330)
originally
thought to be Bishop de Bingham. Purbeck marble slab with
indents for brasses; 14th century stone canopy |
Henry Parry Liddon (1890)
brass cross on marble tablet by
Hart, Son, Peard &
Co |
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Fourth Bay |
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Thomas Bennet
(1558)
Purbeck. Inscription states he died in 1554. He was precentor
and chancellor |
Other Monuments in the
Fifth Bay |
John Lowe (1631)
Bencher
of Middle Temple. Marble Tablet
Edward Paroissien Eddrup (1905)
White marble
tablet with gray surround
Robert George Swayne
(1901) Alabaster and white marble tablet |
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Fifth Bay |
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Said to be
Archdeacon George
Sydenham (1524) Chaplain to Henry VIII and Archdeacon
of Sarum. |
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Douglas MacLean
(1925) White marble tablet with alabaster frame
Thomas Kingsbury (1899) White marble tablet
with gray surround |
Below:
Dean Gilbert Kymer (1463)
(also said to be that
of Bishop Woodville, 1484) Purbeck marble tomb chest with canopy. Top has indent for
a brass.
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Choir -
South Aisle
(Progressing from east to west; the 'fourth bay' is
more properly the south east transept) |
First Bay |
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Bishop Walter Kerr Hamilton (1869)
Tomb
chest and effigy designed by
Sir G G Scott; the
effigy is of white marble and by
the Hon the Rev P
B Bouverie
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Susan Esther Wordsworth (1894)
wife of
the Bishop. Inscribed copper tablet with marble frame and
mosaic base. |
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Second Bay |
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Right:
Samuel Rolleston,
archdeacon of Sarum
(1766)
&
James Rolleston MD (1771)
Marble tablet with architectural surround
Above:
Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, 6th Earl of Radnor (1930)
Tablet |
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Seventh Bay |
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Bishop Richard Medford (1407)
Secretary to Richard II. Alabaster tomb chest with
Purbeck marble top and alabaster effigy; Chilmark stone canopy.
Much painting and gilding remain
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South-East
Transept
This transept has two
chapels to the east - see below
(proceeding along the west wall from north to south and then
the south wall from west to east) |
West Wall |
William
Chillingworth (1643/44)
Erected 1936 by Canon
William Lisle Bowles. Gothick by
Osmond
Rowney Noel (1786)
Dean. Marble tablet
with urn
Richard Hooker (1600)
Erected 1936 by Canon
William Lisle Bowles. Gothick by
Osmond
Bishop Seth Ward (1689)
Large marble
tablet with bust of the Bishop
Canon Seth Ward (1690)
Nephew of the above.
Oval cartouche
Dean John Clark (1757)
Tablet on plinth.
Inscription records friendship with Newton; astronomical and
geometrical instruments.
John Jacob MD
& his wife
Mary
and her sister
Frances.
They were
daughters of Dean Clark above |
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South Wall |
Bishop Tomas Burgess (1837)
Canopied wall table
tomb in 15th century style by
Osmond
Mary Ann Moberly (1890)
White marble
relief signed by E M Roper
Susannah Carpenter (1919)
Oval tablet |
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Chapel of St Nicholas |
Edith Emily Moberly (1901)
Relief tablet
Mathew Marsh (1840)
Canopied niche in 14th
century style by Osmond |
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Chapel of St Mary Magdalene |
William Lisle Bowles
(1850) Gothick tablet by
Osmond |
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North-East
Transept |
The monument to
Thomas Bennet
has been described above
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Bishop Wyville (1375)
large brass plate
with demi-effigy of a bishop in a stylized fortress with a
smaller armed figure on guard at the door below |
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Capt. Sir Edward
Hamilton Westrom Hulse (1915)
White marble tablet. |
James Swayne (1827), Robert Swayn(1865), William
Clark Merriman (1877) &
Robert William Merriman
(1924) All clerks of the peace. Tablet |
Chapel of St Edmund of
Abingdon
This is the central of the three chapels |
Chapel of St Thomas |
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Above: William Long
(1818)
The figures are of marble and represent Learning and Charity. By
John Flaxman
Between St Edmund &
St Thomas chapels |
Above left:
W G Maton (1835) Stone
tablet in Tudor style by Osmond
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Above right: George Jackson Christian
& Wife (1857) Both killed in the Mutiny of the Sepoys
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Also but not shown:
Walter Long (1807)
Surgeon.
Marble tablet with flanking figures and portrait medallion.
Signed by John
Flaxman
N Wall |
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Chapel of St John the Baptist |
Other Monuments
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Lettice Cotton (1798)
Black,
white & gray tablet
E Wall
Rev Edward Moore (1812)
&
Mary (1822)
White tablet E Wall
Sarah Evans (1804) & James Evans
(1825) White tablet
E Wall |
Louisa Brodie (1816)
E Wall
Anna Maria Sturges
(1803) tablet with urn
E Wall
Anne Seyner (?) tablet with urn
E Wall
White marble tablet (obscured
by organ) E Wall |
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South Transept
This transept has three chapels to the east
(progressing along the west wall from north to south
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West Wall |
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Milo Sandys
(1632) Slate tablet in stone frame |
Above:
Revd John Selwyn (1823)
Master of Wigston's
Hospital, Leicester. White marble tablet on black slab
Right:
Thomas Rennell (1824)
Attributed to Flaxman |
Charles Ekins (1849)
Bengal Cavalry. By
Osmond |
Sir Robert Hyde (1665)
Recorder of Salisbury and Chief Justice of Common
Please. Possibly by
Joshua Marshal or Besnier (B Bailey) |
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Bishop John Thomas (1766)
Marble tablet |
John Henry Jacob (1905)
Alabaster tablet |
Ursula
&
Katherine Sadlier (1641)
Black marble tablet with marble frame |
Above & right:
Thomas Henry Hume (1834)
treasurer. Marble
tablet in Gothick stone surround by
Hopper of London |
Charles Langford (1635)
painted tablet |
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Other Monuments
in the South Transept, West Wall |
Robert Hay (17th C)
Purbeck marble tablet in marble surround
General A L Layard (1823)
White marble tablet
on slate base
Lt-Col Roger Alvin Poore (1917)
kia
Passchendaele. Marble tablet on slate base |
Willoughby
Vere Bertie (1812 at 1 year) and his father
Willoughby Bertie (1810
lost at sea) White marble
sarcophagus on black tablet by
Osmond |
Edward Poore (1780)
&
Rachel
(1771) Canopied table tomb by
J Carline of
Shrewsbury to a design of
Revd Hugh Owen.
Enclosed by iron railings |
Bishop John Hume (1782)
&
Lady Mary
(1805) White marble tablet with urn by
T King of
Bath |
Mark Saurin Poore (1931)
Stone tablet. Below this are
two brasses to Frances Elizabeth, Lady Poore (1896)
and Lt Roger Poore Royal Field
Artillery (kia Flanders 1915) |
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Chapel of St Lawrence |
Chapel of St
Michael |
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Above:
Lt William Fisher (1845)
of the Bengal Lancers.
Quatrefoil by Osmond
E Wall
Left top: Elizabeth Douce (1810)
White marble sarcophagus E Wall
Left Bottom:
Anna Elizabeth (Dawson) Slade (1819)
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monument 15th century style by
Osmond
E Wall |
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Bishop John Fisher (1825)
Canopied table tomb on which
no effigy but cushion, crozier and Bible; by
Osmond, 1828.
Canopy later |
James Bennett (1859)
White cross in Gothick
surround by Osmond
E Wall |
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Bishop Frederick Edward Ridgeway (1921)
Stone with
relief half length portrait; bronze by
A G Wyon
E Wall |
Chapel of St
Margaret |
Other Monuments in Saint Margaret's Chapel |
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William Douglas (1819) Marble tablet by
Osmond E
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John Douglas (1834) Marble tablet by
Osmond E Wall |
John Henry Jacob (1862) Coffin enclosed in a arcaded
tomb chest with brass on top and inscription strip around base. Designed by G E Street |
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First Bay |
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Henry Hatcher (1846)
Local historian. Stone
tablet with Gothick architectural surround by
Osmond |
James Wickens (1827)
&
Ann (1850)
White marble scroll surmounted with pediment and
urn on black base |
Dr John Stephens (1780)
&
Mary (1779)
White marble tablet with pediment and black marble
details |
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John Cheyney (1509) Alabaster effigy, formerly on now
destroyed canopied tomb chest (drawing extant); now on tomb
chest made of fragments of other monuments. He was a supporter
of Henry Tudor; fought at Bosworth and rescued Henry's standard
when the bearer was killed. |
Fourth Bay |
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Fifth Bay |
John Montacute, Earl of Salisbury
(1389) Sandstone tomb
chest with effigy in arnour. Remains of painting and
gilding. Tomb chest has shields bearing arms
Other Monuments in Fourth Bay |
Copper, with brass
insets, relief medallion, memorial to dead of South African War 1900-3 |
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E W Tennant (1916)
the soldier poet. White marble
portrait relief signed AGW (Arthur George Walker RA). Kia on the
Somme aged 19 |
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Other Monuments in Fifth Bay |
Purbeck marble tomb
chest 15th century. Quatrefoil paneled sides, each with blank
shield. Holes and an indent for lost brasses |
Sixth Bay |
Seventh Bay |
Eighth Bay |
There are no monuments
listed in this bay
Ninth Bay |
There are no monuments in this bay |
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Purbeck marble table
tomb, late medieval, with flat sides with plain shields in
roundels formerly with brasses.
Tenth Bay |
13th century Purbeck marble coffin lid with
traces of cross in relief |
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Above: The
'Boy Bishop'
or, possibly,
Bishop William de la Corner.
Effigy only 1.1 m in length and
of Bath Stone. 13th or early 14th century. |
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William Longespee (1250) Possibly,
Son of Earl
of Salisbury of the same name, whose effigy is in the south
aisle. Purbeck marble effigy
William Coles (1789), Jane
Coles (1810), Jane Medlycott (1824) their daughter
and her daughter, Jane Paget Ainslie (1839)
White marble tablet, somewhat obscured by clock mechanism |
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Third Bay |
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Other Monuments in Third Bay |
St Osmond's Shrine
Plain Purbeck marble tomb
with three round apertures on each of the long sides |
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Elizabeth Hyde (1667)
daughter of Bishop Hyde. Marble, attrib. Thomas Burman |
Joseph Gribble (1767)
Black
slate tablet with marble surround |
Archdeacon Henry Stebbing (1763)
Marble tablet |
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Sixth Bay |
Seventh
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Above:
Richard Brassey Hole MD (1849)
Died of cholera
aged 30. Modern stone tablet
And below this:
Bertram Charles Parsons (1968)
Clerk of works
for 22 years. Stone tablet |
Above: Revd William Brown (1784)
Right:
Alexander Ballantyne MD White
sarcophagus on gray marble slab erected 1783.
Far Right; Henry Fawcett (1833)
Sarah Maria Fawcett (1923) Marble |
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Above:
William Geoffrey
Canon and
Chancellor |
Other Monuments in Sixth Bay |
Henry Hele MD
White marble
tablet |
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Eighth Bay |
Ninth Bay |
Robert Graves Blackburne Farrer (1928)
Malay
Civil Service.
White marble tablet |
Above
Top: Bishop Roger
(1139) (?) Late 12th century coffin lid with effigy of
a bishop
Bottom Osmund (sometimes said to be Bishop Jocelin de
Bohun, 1184) 12th century Purbeck marble coffin line with effigy of a
bishop. Verses inscribed on chasuble and edge of lid.
These two
monuments were moved to the new cathedral from Old Sarum |
There are no monuments in this bay
Tenth Bay |
Plain Purbeck marble coffin lid, 13th
Century |
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Other Monuments in Eighth Bay
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William Fawcett (1887) & Mary (1889)
White marble tablet
Henry Richard William Farrer (1933) stone
tablet |
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Vestibule
(from the south transept to the east walk) |
Garth |
South Walk |
North Walk |
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Above:
Jane Louisa Chapeau (1867)
by
Osmond
Also but not shown:
William Osmond (1875)
This is identical to
the above.
Right: Louisa Marie Dennison (1841) |
Wadham Wyndham (1845)
and
to the right of this Israel Vanderplank (1707)
Also
but not shown: John Edward Young (1832),
William Arne(1824),
John Etkins (1898), Arthur Thomas Corfe Anael (1866),
Christopher Clarke (1835),
Elizabeth Eyre (1850),
Daniel Eyre,
Henry Finley (1870)
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Left to Right Above: John Greenly (1832), Rev C H Hodgson (1856), William Osmond
mason.
Buried in Salisbury Cemetery.
Other Monuments in North
Walk |
David Charles Read (1886)
Sarah Louisa Middleton (1872)
Amy Withams (185_)
Edward Steward (1930) |
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East Walk |
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Left:
Top: William Posthumous
Chapeau (1833), his widow
Louisa Haydon
Chichele (1848)
and their son,
Francis William John Chicheley
(1831)
and their daughter
Louisa Elizabeth (1843)
Bottom:
Henry Stevens (1867)
of the Middle Temple, his wife
Frances Margaret
(daughter of the above) & Henry Chichele Chapeau
(1877) , brother of the latter.
Above Far Left:
William Wadham Young (1862)
Above Centre Left:
Mary Gilbert (1854)
Above Centre Right:
John Luxford
(1813)
The brass below records that the chapter house window
dedicated to James Wicking
'of this close) and
Ann.
Dated 1861
Above Far Right:
Caroline Luxford (1800)
The brass below is in memory of
James Hussey (1879)
'of this close'. Buried at Menton |
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The following I have not located |
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James _lay (1837)
and below
this Augusta Walker (1900)
buried in the cloister
green |
Catherine Frances Louisa Buckeridge
(1845) |
Ella Bingham |
JanE Wilson |
Sarah Anne Benson (1864) |
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With grateful thanks to Amanda Miller of Amanda's Arcade for taking
and providing all this photographs and much of the information on this
page. |
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