Welcome to Archive Item of the Week: Where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This Week: Plates! Our People’s Cathedral Archivist delves into the archive to bring you an item which you wouldn’t necessarily think would belong in an archive. Within the Guildford Cathedral … More Archive Item of the Week: The Silver Jubilee
Welcome to Archive Item of the Week: Where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This Week: The Vestments. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist delves into the archive to explore an intriguing piece of research. Within Guildford Cathedral Archives there are some intriguing items that … More Archive Item of the Week : The History of Vestments
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This week: The Supporters. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist delves into the archive to explore the beginnings of the Cathedral build and the supporters it attracted. Building work on Guildford … More Archive Item of The Week: Supporting a New Cathedral
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This week: A special relationship. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist delves into the archive to explore the special relationship between the Cathedral and the University of Surrey. Guildford Cathedral sits on … More Archive Item of the Week: The beginning of a Special Relationship
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This week: Designing the Cathedral. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist takes a rare look at the design process for the Cathedral. If you have been or know of Guildford Cathedral … More Archive Item of the Week: Designing the Mundane
Throughout the kneeler collection runs a number of themes, both of the sacred and of the secular variety. Amongst the religious iconography, institutional associations, references to places and military crests are a handful displaying unique imagery devoted to some notable individuals. On this note I thought I’d spare the geography lecturing for today and move onto … More Profiles from Prayer Pillows
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight sine if the unique items within the collection. This week: The Charterhouse Connection. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist takes a rare look at the connection between the Cathedral and Charterhouse School resulting in the Charterhouse Window. Within Guildford … More Archive item of the week : The Charterhouse Connection
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This week: Sculpture. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist takes a look into a controversial sculpture proposal. Within the Cathedral there many examples of brilliant pieces of artwork and sculpture that visitors and … More A Controversial Sculpture: Archive item of the week
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This week: The Textiles of the Cathedral. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist takes a rare look into the designs of the kneelers. The Guildford Cathedral kneelers, you may be aware of … More Kneelers in the making : Archive item of the week
Welcome to Archive item of the week: where we delve into Guildford Cathedral Archives to highlight some of the unique items within the collection. This week: how the Cathedral began. Our People’s Cathedral Archivist takes a rare look at the original brief for architects who wanted to take part in the competition to design Guildford Cathedral. … More The Birth of an English Cathedral: Archive Item of the Week
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