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Item ID: 80598  

Bath Abbey West Front Church Somerset Old Postcard

Vintage picture post card. Church. Bath Abbey West Front, Somerset. On either side of the beautiful window is a carved ladder with figures of Angels ascending and descending. These commemorate a Vision which Bishop King had, and which was regarded by him as a sign of Divine approval of his work on the Abbey.

Background: The present Bath Abbey church founded in 1499, ruined after the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 by order of Henry VIII. It is the last of the great medieval churches of England. The West Front is unique. It depicts the dream that inspired the Abbey's founder, Bishop Oliver King, to pull down the ruined Norman cathedral and raise the present building on its foundations.

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Bath Abbey West Front Church Somerset Old Postcard


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