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St Albans Cathedral (St Albans)

Description: It is an Anglican church in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England and is the second longest cathedral in the United Kingdom.

Newest Review: ... was associated with the length of the central nave. UNUSUAL BUILDING MATERIALS TOO Robert (please don't call him Bob!), the builder had the large stockpile of re-cycled Roman bricks to work with. Red in colour and irregular in shape, more like tiles than bricks (you can see some exposed outside the building on the North Transept), they were extremely hard. This was somewhat of a ... more

... double-edged sword. On the one hand this may well be the reason that the church still stands today - showing remarkably few signs of erosion compared with many later churches and cathedrals, but on the other hand, the brick was so hard that carving it was impossibl...more

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St Albans Cathedral (St Albans): WHERE St ALBAN IS LAID TO REST (3307 words)
by - written on 28/02/08 (Very useful, 108 readings)
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It was one of those rare days that we "happened upon" St Albans and it's Cathedral. Having half a day to kill whilst the car was being serviced in Chiswick, West London, although our loan car, being electrically assisted, was, for now at least, exempt from the Central London Congestion Charge, we made the positive decision to leave "The Smoke" and search out somewhere a touch less claustrophobic. THE ROMAN "CITY" OF ST ALBANS Around twenty miles to the north of London is the delightful old town of St Albans, many years ago I had enjoyed a day out here, Mrs R in her seven years in England had never had the pleasure - but ... Read the complete review