Cambridgeshire

Abbot John Chambers - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 19:10

Effigy of John Chambers (d1556) last abbot and first bishop of Peterborough. Described in the 17th century as being exquisitely carved, with a mitre and robe, and feet resting on a lion, this effigy was mutilated during the English Civil War.

 

Alexander de Holderness - Peterborough Cathedral.

walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 23:52

 

This effigy on a low tomb chest is thought to be Alexander of Holderness (d1226) abbot of Peterborough.

 

Bishop Hugh de Northwold - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

walwyn Sat, 07/17/2010 - 00:22

 

 

Tomb of Hugh de Northwold (d1245). Bishop of Ely from 1229-1254.

 

 

 

Bishop Woodford Monument - Ely Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 04/28/2010 - 23:23

 

Bishop Woodford (d1885) Monument. Ely Cathedral.

 

Canon Hodge Mill Monument - Ely Cathederal

walwyn Thu, 04/29/2010 - 20:28

Canon Hodge Mill Monument

 

Monument to Canon Hodge Mill (d1853), Professor of Hebrew Cambridge University.

 

 

 

Hedda stone - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 10/14/2011 - 19:23

The Hedda stone, in Peterborough Cathedral, dated to about 870AD. It contains the carved figures of twelve monks, and is thought to represent those killed in Danish raids.

Lewis Clayton Tomb - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 12/31/2016 - 11:30

 

Tomb of Lewis Clayton (d1917) who became Suffragan Bishop of Peterborough in 1903.

 

Robert Steward Monument - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

walwyn Thu, 07/15/2010 - 19:32

Robert Steward monument

 

 

 

Monument to Robert Steward (d1570) was an ancestor of Oliver Cromwell. The recumbent effigy wears armour with bogus heraldry.

 

 

 

 

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