Bathford is a village a few miles north of Bradford-on-Avon, where we stayed during our trip to Bath, Wells etc.

We stopped for a look around on pur way back north.

In the grounds of St Swithun’s Church I found its War Memorial, a cross surmounting a pillar on a square base with gabled edges:-

Dedications to both wars:-

Other names for both wars:-

Great War names:-

In the churchyard there was one war grave of Second Lieutenant E C Guillebauld, Worcestershire Regiment, 3/6/1915, aged 32:-

Where we parked in Wells was near to a junction beyond which this brick building stood. Premises of R Tincknell and Son Limited:-

The War Memorial for the city of Wells in Somerset is in the grounds of St Cuthbert’s Church, on St Cuthbert’s Street. It has the form of a pillar surmounted by a lantern cross with bronze figures set on a square plinth above an octagonal base.

The Great War names are in square panels on the plinth. World War 2 names have been inscribed between the first and second octagonal steps:-

Behind the archway which I pictured in the first of my posts about Wells in Somerset is a grassed area which lies in front of the part-moated Bishop’s Palace:-

Environs:-

There was an interesting carving on this wall of the Palaec:-

Wells Cathedral has some conventional stained glass:-

The Lady Chapel is an exception – as I mentioned here. Kaleidoscopic glass windows:-

In side chapel off Lady Chapel:-

Cloister:-

Mosaic floor:-

Transepts:-

Stalls in choir:-

The font, much altered and moved from its original location:-

The Star. Artwork representing the Star of Bethlehem:-

The Lady Chapel. Much of the glass was reconstructed kaleidoscopically after being smashed by Puritan soldiers in the seventeenth century:-

Clock. Thought to be the second oldest working clock in the world:-

Information about the clock:-

Door and stained glass windows:-

Clerestory:-

Clerestory and stained glass:-

Organ pipes:-

Stairs up to the Chapter House in Wells Cathedral. Yes the steps are a bit dodgy:-

View downwards from Chapter House entrance:-

There’s a further set of stairs upwards from the Chapter House entrance:-

Chapter House entrance:-

Supporting column and ceiling:-

Windows and stained glass in Chapter House:-

Normally when there isn’t a charge for churches, museums and the like we will give a suitable amount, as we did at Lichfield Cathedral.

Wells Cathedral doesn’t insist on a charge to enter but the way the approach is constructed makes it difficult or embarrassing to avoid. It leaves a small amount of resentment towards the institution and spoils the experience a bit.

Wells Cathedral is quite impressive inside though.

Ceiling:-

Ceiling and altar:-

Perhaps the most striking feature is a set of internal buttresses. These were inserted when the addition to the cathedral of a heightened tower and spire meant the walls started to bend, necessitating internal strengthening and bracing. Three are known as St Andrew’s Cross arches. The fourth side is braced by a choir screen:-

I must have moved my camera on this shot though:-

The Chantry Chapel:-

Inside the Chantry Chapel:-

Another ceiling, by the Chapter House I think:-

Low Altar and St Andrew’s arch:-