Local Interest Books Archives | Southwell Minster https://www.southwellminster.org/product-category/books-guides/local-interest/ The Cathedral Church of Nottinghamshire Sat, 23 Nov 2024 16:56:44 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 The Leaves of Southwell Where medieval stone meets living nature https://www.southwellminster.org/product/the-leaves-of-southwell-where-medieval-stone-meets-living-nature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-leaves-of-southwell-where-medieval-stone-meets-living-nature Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:40:48 +0000 https://www.southwellminster.org/?post_type=product&p=40255 The Leaves of Southwell Where medieval stone meets living nature This booklet offers an introduction to the ‘Leaves of Southwell’ which are acknowledged to be one of the great masterpieces of Medieval Art. They have been a source of wonder and inspiration for over 700 years and, as the modern playwright William Ivory writes in […]

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]]> Time’s Winged Chariot by Ronald Milner https://www.southwellminster.org/product/times-winged-chariot-by-ronald-milner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=times-winged-chariot-by-ronald-milner Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:32:50 +0000 https://www.southwellminster.org/?post_type=product&p=52398 Time’s Winged Chariot A backward glance through Ninety Years Published 4th June 2023 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Bishop Ronald’s Ordination Ronald Milner draws a vivid picture as he looks back over his 90+ years of life, from childhood in the 1930’s,in that pre-television, pre-computer age, to the war years and battling his way […]

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]]> Wildlife in Wood Natural History in the wood carvings of Southwell Minster’s Quire https://www.southwellminster.org/product/wildlife-in-wood-natural-history-in-the-wood-carvings-of-southwell-minsters-quire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wildlife-in-wood-natural-history-in-the-wood-carvings-of-southwell-minsters-quire Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:28:05 +0000 https://www.southwellminster.org/?post_type=product&p=40261 Wildlife in Wood Natural History in the wood carvings of Southwell Minster’s Quire M. Jill Lucas Southwell Minster is renowned for being the home of the ‘Leaves of Southwell’. The remarkable 13th century carvings of flora and fauna in the Chapter House are a ‘Benedicte’ (1) in stone. Less celebrated but also worthy of attention […]

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]]> Southwell Minster A Short Guide https://www.southwellminster.org/product/southwell-minster-a-short-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=southwell-minster-a-short-guide Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:02:37 +0000 https://www.southwellminster.org/?post_type=product&p=40258 Southwell Minster A Short Guide For nearly 1000 years Southwell Minster has been a place of pilgrimage. The medieval Archbishops of York declared it to be the mother church of the County and it remains Nottinghamshire’s most loved building. The present Minster, on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church, was authorised by Archbishop Thomas of […]

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]]> Roaming the Rails https://www.southwellminster.org/product/roaming-the-rails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roaming-the-rails Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:59:16 +0000 https://www.southwellminster.org/?post_type=product&p=7832 Roaming the Rails by John Meredith The author spent most of his working life as an engineer with British Railways. Became Head Verger for Southwell Minster from 1980 – 1999.

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]]> The Nottingham Cookbook – Second Helpings https://www.southwellminster.org/product/the-nottingham-cookbook-second-helpings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nottingham-cookbook-second-helpings Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:57:10 +0000 https://www.southwellminster.org/?post_type=product&p=7831 The Nottingham Cookbook Second Helpings A celebration of the amazing food and drink on our doorstep. Features over 45 stunning recipes.

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