Just before Christmas I was in Reading to get some photos of a Church and took the opportunity of going in the Museum. It provided a little piece of research for another blog I hope to be doing about Reading Abbey some time .
Next door I noticed this office was empty
The first thing I noticed was this picture on a pillar by the Reading Abbey exhibition, it depicts the Last Abbot Hugh Faringdon at his execution which was not very pleasant in those days. He was lucky in fact he died of hear failure before it happened which is more that I can say for the two fellow priests that were with him. He was executed in front of his Abbey
Couple more paintings, the one on the left is the King presiding over Reading Abbey I think the other Queen Elizabeth I
Back to what I was looking at Reading Abbey, the model above shows what it would have looked like and the church over to the left St Laurence is still there today along with a nearby building above it.
Archaeological work has been done around the Abbey Remains and these are some of the finds
I should have read up on what this alabaster carving was off
This is thought to be one of the Cloister pillars from the Abbey. The reformation tore a lot of fine Abbeys down Reading being one of them and I cannot help but wonder what they would be like now had they been left.
I'll leave you with this picture I took on the was back , I think it represents a Christmas Tree.
Taking Part in Our World Tuesday
Nice little reportage. I like it.
ReplyDeleteUma reportagem fantástica.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
Obrigado meu amigo
DeleteBeautiful pictures and write-up!
ReplyDeleteMany Thanks
DeleteBeautiful artwork there and such interesting documentation of history.
ReplyDeleteI love visiting the place
DeleteI like the light show in the first shot. And so much room to be and soak that up.
ReplyDeleteYes, last time I passed it was occupied
DeleteInteresting history!
ReplyDeleteLovely Reading shots ~ all very creative ~ I lived in Reading MA for 20 odd years ~ so that caught I my eye ~ thanks,
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy Week ahead ~ ^_^
Never been there though I was in Boston a few times, shame or I'd have visited when I went to Salem
DeleteEven the remains of the abbey are fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThere is a bit more that than that, the ruin's of the place are half a mile away
DeleteA gruesome period of history. I didn't know Reading had an abbey. Interesting stuff Bill.
ReplyDeleteO yes and I went to school beside the ruins, they have been closed for a few years due to H&S, parts were falling off but they have funding now to help preserve them and will be reopening
DeleteNever been to Reading abbey and yes that is definitely Elizabeth I
ReplyDeleteMollyxxx
DOubt you will till it is reopened though the Museum is worth a visit
DeleteHi Bill,
ReplyDeletewonderful impressions of this fabulous museum.
I wish you all the best for 2017 !
Best regards, Synnöve
HAppy new year to you as well
DeleteLovely shots. I like all that white space in the first shot.
ReplyDeleteSo di dI , not somthing you see in a town very offten
Delete