At Ely, as at many other monasteries and cathedrals ... but because the Octagon was larger than the old crossing tower, the new section had only three bays, not four. The architecture of the ...

Ely Cathedral was built by William the Conqueror and it appears 'defiantly French', writes Kit Hesketh-Harvey The waterways around the Cambridgeshire city and their riverbank pubs are perfect for ...

Ely, a city in Cambridgeshire some 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge, is home to around 19,000 people - as well as a magnificent Cathedral. Originally founded as an abbey church in 673 AD ...

It should have been an easy job for the sound team of “Maestro” — Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony played in England’s Ely Cathedral. Normally they would pre-record the music and run ...

Ely's annual Flower Festival starts on Thursday and the Cathedral is already blooming as 100 displays take shape. This year the Festival is themed 'Kaleidoscope of Life'. It opens on Thursday 21 ...

Ely’s nave was built in the early 12th century ... Every part of the ground-plan and elevation was set out using ratios such as the Golden Section ...' One bay to the east was the stone pulpitum ...

These are similar to the patterns in the 12th-century painting on a nearby section of the south aisle vault. The monks didn’t do stone carving or wall-painting (that was done by professional ...