A Trip to Minster Abbey Isle of Sheppey Kent England
A drive to the Ancient Abbey at Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent England
Minster Abbey in Kent England - Remastered
A visit to Minster Abbey, Isle of Sheppey in Kent, England.
Remastered - to give better views of the Abbey 2011
Minster Abbey
An insight into the life and vocation of the nuns at Minster Abbey, Kent.
Minster Abbey & Minster Gatehouse Tower Panorama
Minster Abbey with a panorama view from the Minster Gatehouse Tower next door.
Minster Abbey Church, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK.
The Old Ghost of Minster Abbey Kent England
Video of a 'ghostly' figure walking at Minster Abbey Isle of Sheppey in the County of Kent in England The recording was discovered in 2011 underneath an old Persian rug - or so I was told by an even older man who confessed to being a liar.
Ask yourself would any one lie to me on YouTube?
Minster Abbey Issue Title Is Abbey Days (1937)
Minster Abbey. Part of ABBEY DAYS issue.
Title reads: Abbey Days.
Kent.
Various shots of Minster. Formerly a monastery, much of the church and manor house are in ruins. Various shots of Benedictine nuns wandering around courtyard. Abbey is now a convent.
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Minster Abbey to Sheerness Isle of Sheppey Kent England
A Timelapse drive from the Abbey to Sheerness 2011
London, England: Westminster Abbey
Kings and queens have been crowned and buried since 1066 here in this most historic church in the English-speaking world. Filled with the remains of people who put the Great in Britain — saints, musicians, scientists, and soldiers — gloriously Gothic Westminster Abbey is the national church and the religious heart of the nation. English literature lovers find strolling through the memorials in Poets' Corner is a pilgrimage in itself.
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Celebrations 70 years after the Community returned to Minster
London, UK 2009 West Minster Abbey Bells Ringing
Fall 2009 standing in front of the Westminster listining to the Bell's ringing. panning 360'
York Minster Abbey
Inside an amazing spot in York's Cathedral: the Chapter House.
London England Big Ben and West Minster Abbey
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Minster Abbey - 70 years on - the cake
Minster Abbey Bereavement Retreat 2015
England 2019 Episode 11: York Minster
York Minster is the largest Gothic church north of the Alps. The current structure was begun on 1220 and took 250 years to complete. While Henry 8th destroyed Englands abbeys, York Minster was not part of a monastery so it was spared.
The origins of the church date back to the 7th c. as chronicled by the Venerable Bede in his History of the English Church and People (AD 731): So King Edwin, with all the nobility and a large number of humbler folk, accepted the faith in the year 627. The King's baptism took place at York on Easter Day, the 12th April, in the church of Saint Peter the Apostle, which the King had built of timber. Soon after, he gave orders to build on the same site a larger and more noble basilica.
A statue of Constantine stands outside the minster. Constantine was visiting York in 306 AD when his father, the emperor, died, so Constantine was declared Emperor of Rome on this very spot (the Minster stands on the site of the Roman imperial headquarters). He was officially crowned in Rome six years later. He went on to legalize Christianity, and within another two years, York got its first bishop.
There is more medieval stained glass in this building than in the rest of England combined. It survived WW2, hidden in stately homes throughout Yorkshire. The stone tracery in the Great West Window represents the sacred heart of Christ, meant to remind people of his love for the world.
In the South Transept, the freshly painted cream-colored ceiling with gold medallions decorating the ribs is a reminder that the roof of this wing was destroyed by a lightning strike in 1984. Some believe the lightning was God’s angry response to the new bishop of York who questioned the literal truth of Jesus’ resurrection. He had been interviewed at a nearby TV studio the night before, leading locals to joke that the lightning occurred “12 hours too late, and 17 miles off-target.
A corridor leads to the Gothic octagonal Chapter House. This was the traditional meeting place for the governing body (or chapter) of the Minster. Visitors are encircled by stained glass while fanciful 13th c. carved heads look down from atop the stalls. The English Parliament actually met here, not in London, starting in 1295 during the reign of Edward I (while he was fighting the Scots nearby) and throughout the reign of Edward II before finally moving to London in the 14th century.
The Great East Window is the largest in England. A massive restoration project on its 311 panels was recently completed in January 2018. The window stretches from Genesis to Revelation, depicting the creation, fall, redemption, and final judgement.
The 18th c. astronomical clock has a pair of knights who strike the hour. A Book of Remembrance below the clock contains the names of 18,000 airmen from bases here in northern England who died in WW2 and to whom the clock was subsequently dedicated.
Steps lead down to the crypt where you can see some of the stone columns and other remains of the Roman fortress that originally stood here. The tomb of St William of York (d. 1154) is actually a Roman sarcophagus that was reused. The so-called Doomstone is a stone carving from the original Norman minster, portraying demons stoking the fires of hell's cauldron.
Parts of the soundtrack were recorded live during our visit. The cacophony of church bells at the beginning of the video summoned the townspeople to worship on Sunday morning. The Gloria in Excelsis was sung by the choir near the beginning of the worship service. The chimes of the astronomical clock were recorded live. The organ music at the end of the video portion (before the photos) was the prelude from the Sunday service. (The music playing during the photo section was not recorded at the church.)
The Benedictine Nuns of Minster Abbey
East West Dialogue at Minster Abbey
West Minster Abbey
This is an Amateur video showing one of the most iconic Churches in the United Kingdom Where various coronations and Royal weddings happened
Stow Minster St Mary - Anglo Saxon Church - UK - England - Lincolnshire - West Lindsey
Church website including history:
For many centuries Stow has been a small country village, but its origins lie at the heart of the Christian mission and ministry to North Lincolnshire and the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey.
Traditionally, a Minster was a Church which provided both a worshipping heart and an administrative centre from which Christian ministers and missionaries were sent out to the local countryside and villages.
Stow Minster remarkably still has such a worshipping heart and a desire to serve whilst being considered by many to be amongst the best tourist sites and visitor attractions in Lincolnshire.
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Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Beverley Minster
Places to see in ( Yorkshire - UK ) Beverley Minster
Beverley Minster in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, is a parish church in the Church of England. It is one of the largest parish churches in the UK, larger than one third of all English cathedrals and regarded as a gothic masterpiece by many. Originally a collegiate church, it was not selected as a bishop's seat during the Dissolution of the Monasteries; nevertheless it survived as a parish church and the chapter house was the only major part of the building to be lost. It is part of the Greater Churches Group and a Grade I listed building. Every year it hosts events in association with local schools, including the Beverley Minster Primary School Nativity Performance and the Beverley Grammar School Speech Night.
Beverley Minster owes its origin and much of its subsequent importance to Saint John of Beverley, who founded a monastery locally around 700 AD and whose bones still lie beneath a plaque in the nave. The institution grew after his death and underwent several rebuildings.
Beverley Minster took 200 years to complete building work but, despite the time scale involved, the whole building has coherent form and detail and is regarded by Thomas Rickman as one of the finest examples of Early English design. The twin towers of the west front are a superlative example of the Perpendicular style. These formed the inspiration for the design of the present west towers Westminster Abbey, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
As with many English churches during the wars of religion in the 16th century, Beverley Minster was not immune to dissension. Church authorities cracked down hard on those they felt were part of the Popish conspiracy contrary to Royal decrees. Among those holding traditional beliefs were three of the clergy at the minster, who were charged with Popish practices in 1567; John Levet was a former member of the college and Richard Levet was presumably his brother. Both Levetts were suspended from the priesthood for keeping prohibited equipment and books and when restored were ordered not to minister in Beverley or its neighbourhood.
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