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St Etheldreda's Church, Ely

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found on an engraved silver plate on which was written 'Manus Sanctae Etheldredae DCLXXIII.' The plate itself was of a tenth-century style, suggesting that the hand had been separated from the rest of St Etheldreda's body at around the time of the tenth century. It was reported in 1876 that when the hand was found it was "perfectly entire and quite white (but) exposure to the air has now changed it to a dark brown and the skin has cracked and disappeared in several places"
799:, in the sixteenth century, the shrine of St Etheldreda was destroyed and the cult ended. Fragments of the shrine are thought to have survived in various locations around the town of Ely. Painted panels with scenes from the Saint's life were found being used as a cupboard door in an Ely house in the 1780s. There is also a small eighth-century carved frieze found in a barn wall at St John's Farm near Ely, which is thought to come from the shrine. Parts of the canopy of 1920: 1932: 803:'s tomb, within the Cathedral of Ely, have also been claimed as parts of the shrine. The fact that so little of the original shrine survives is probably due to the fact that Prior Robert Wells and the 23 monks who signed the deed of surrender on 18 Nov 1539 seem to have been largely sympathetic to the ideas of the Reformation and so many of them took positions in the new church or drew pensions from the Crown. 814:(later to found Caius College, Cambridge) as he records his surprise at finding that it was built out of stone, not marble, as might have been expected. Nevertheless, official records show that some 361 ounces of gold and 5,040 ounces of gold and white plate were taken from the shrine into the royal treasury. 248:
By the middle of the nineteenth century the town of Ely had approximately 600 families and there were some 30-40 Catholics living in the district. but there was no resident priest. At that time there was a single missionary rector based in Cambridge, Canon Thomas Quinlivan. The opening of the London
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The modern relic of Saint Etheldreda, consisting of her left hand, was found preserved in a separate reliquary, hidden in a priest's hiding hole in a house in Sussex in about 1811. It was presented to the Duke of Norfolk and passed down to the community of Dominican Sisters at Stone. The hand was
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Besides the principal relic of the body of St Etheldreda, the cult of St Etheldreda seems to have also involved the distribution of lace necklaces and other objects which were claimed to have been associated with St Etheldreda. Records of the visitation of Dr Layton and Dr Leigh in 1536 make
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During the medieval period the Abbeys or Cathedral churches of Durham, Glastonbury, Salisbury, Thetford, Waltham and York all claimed to have relics, or small parts of the body of St Etheldreda. It cannot now be confirmed whether these were authentic relics or not, but the nineteenth-century
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The parish of St Etheldreda began as a distinct and separate mission in 1890 when Fr John Francis Freeland was sent to Ely and opened the first place of worship by partitioning his lodging room to create a tiny chapel. In 1891 the population of Ely numbered 8017 and the first Roman Catholic
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The modern day shrine is a relatively simple construction, displaying St Etheldreda's hand in a glass reliquary. Until the late 1960s there was a small altar dedicated to St Etheldreda, immediately in front of where the relics are displayed, but the liturgical changes which followed the
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The parish grew gradually, numbering about 100 by the early 1930s. In the period around and after, the Second World War, there were up to 300,000 Italian and German Prisoners of War based in the Fens, a number of whom were based at a camp in Ely and worshipped at St Etheldreda's.
763:. St Etheldreda was one of the most popular Anglo-Saxon saints and her shrine was one of the five most visited in medieval England. An analysis of Shrine offerings during the medieval period, for example, shows her shrine to be a major centre of pilgrimage until the 1520s. 810:'s instruction to the clergy of Ely diocese on 21 October 1541, commanding that "all images, relicks, table monuments of miracles and shrines" should be demolished and obliterated. Reference to the actual destruction of the shrine was made by Dr 332:
The original stained glass was supplied by Messrs Jones & Willis of London and Birmingham. The main window behind the Altar depicts St Wilfrid, Our Lady and St Etheldreda. The window is a conscious copy of a similar window to be found in
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This list is based on the information contained in Patrick Bright (Op Cit) for the period 1890-1987. The details thereafter are taken from The Catholic Directory which is published annually and details for East Anglia can be found online at
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Thomas Dinham Atkinson, An Architectural History of the Benedictine Monastery of Saint Etheldreda at Ely, Cambridge University Press, 1933, p.177. Note also the records from Sir John Williams, Henry VIII's treasurer, in John Maddison,
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congregation numbered just 16 worshippers. With numbers rising, Fr Freeland purchased ground and opened a small corrugated-iron chapel in 1892 on part of the site upon which the later St Etheldreda's church would be built.
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has also been recently found to have medieval pictures of St Etheldreda, on which see Rosalind C Love (ed & trans), Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely, Clarendon Press, 2004,
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The current church was opened on 17 October 1903, on the feast of the translation of St Etheldreda's relics. Due to the finances at the time of opening, the church was not consecrated until 22 May 1987.
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reference to cloths for women with sore throats and sore breasts, a comb of St Etheldreda for women with headaches and a ring of St Etheldreda for women seeking relief when 'lying-in' in childbirth.
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who died on 23 June AD 679 and went on to become one of the most popular of the medieval saints in England. She has even been described as one of "the most significant of all native English Saints."
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The following table records the number of Baptisms (of children), Receptions (of adults) into the church, Marriages and the number attending Sunday Mass (as counted on the annual Census Sunday).
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The architect of the church was Simon Croot of Brampton and the builders were Messrs Howard of Huntingdon. The church was built for a cost of £2,600 with the Presbytery costing a further £900
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St. Etheldreda and her Churches in Ely and London: A Preliminary Notice of the Catholic Memorials and Missions in the Vicinity of the Latter and a Supplementary Account of Ely House
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St. Etheldreda and her Churches in Ely and London: A Preliminary Notice of the Catholic Memorials and Missions in the Vicinity of the Latter and a Supplementary Account of Ely House
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St. Etheldreda and her Churches in Ely and London: A Preliminary Notice of the Catholic Memorials and Missions in the Vicinity of the Latter and a Supplementary Account of Ely House
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The main modern shrine of St Etheldreda is located within the Church of St Etheldreda in Ely. In medieval England the principal shrine of St Etheldreda was at the
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Patrick Bright, A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely (Private Publication, 1987, held in the Cambridgeshire Collection) p.11
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p.275. The date is disputed, some authors date destruction of the shrine to 1539, i.e. Lynne Turner, In the Shadow of the Cathedral, Elean Publications, 2003,
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The church is built in Decorated Gothic style, with a separate elevated sanctuary and two aisles. It contains a number of stained glass windows which depict:
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led to the altar being removed, to be replaced by the parish font in 1975, which was moved from the back of the church where it had previously been.
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to Norwich railway line in July 1845 made it easier for Canon Quinlivan to travel to Ely and say occasional masses in a private house in the town.
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discovery of a relic, recorded below, supports the idea that relics of St Etheldreda may well have been distributed wider than the main shrine.
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See the 30 March 1851 Ecclesiastical Census, cited in Tim Glasswell, 'The Rectorship of Canon Quinlivan 1843-1883, p.81-96 in Nicholas Rogers,
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See the Photograph of the interior of St. Etheldreda's Church taken in the 1930s which is preserved in Pamela Blakemon and Mike Petty,
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The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely from the Foundation of the Monastery AD 673 to the Year 1771
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The History and Antiquities of the Conventual and Cathedral Church of Ely from the Foundation of the Monastery AD673 to the Year 1771
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The exact date of the destruction of the medieval shrine cannot be pinpointed with accuracy, but it probably took place following
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Rosalind C Love (ed & trans), Goscelin of Saint-Bertin, The Hagiography of the Female Saints of Ely, Clarendon Press, 2004,
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The incorruptibility of the saint's body was attested long after the translation of the relics in 695, on which cf: J. Bentham,
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Pilgrims continue to visit the shrine of St Etheldreda at the small Roman Catholic church, often combining it with a visit to
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Data taken from Mark Hackeson (Ed), Diocese of East Anglia 2012 Year Book and Ordo, Mersey Mirror Ltd, 2012, p.80-81
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Data taken from Mark Hackeson (Ed), Diocese of East Anglia 2007 Year Book and Ordo, Mersey Mirror Ltd, 2007, p.80-81
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Data taken from Gary Dowsey (Ed), East Anglia Diocesan Year Book 1987, Universe Publications Company Ltd, 1987,
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Data taken from John Warrington (Ed), Diocese of East Anglia 2002 Year Book and Ordo, Mersey Mirror Ltd, 2002,
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as it was used as a chapel until about 1973, dedicated to St Patrick. It was then sold and used as a garage.
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Dorothy Owen, 'Ely 1109-1539, Priory, Community and Town' p.59-75 in Peter Meadows & Nigel Ramsey (ed)
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Data taken from Gary Dowsey (Ed), East Anglia Diocesan Year Book 1992, Gabriel Communications Ltd, 1992,
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S Inskip Ladds, "Bishop Hothams Monument and The Shrine of St. Etheldreda at Ely" in E.H. Vigers (ed)
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Data taken from Paul Maddison (Ed), East Anglia Diocesan Year Book 1997, Mersey Mirror Ltd, 1997,
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A small part of the hand of St Etheldreda was returned to the parish in 1950, given from
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and they donated it to the parish in June 1953, where it has remained ever since.
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At the heart of St Etheldreda's cult was the fact that her body was found to be
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Roman Catholic diocesan shrine and parish church in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
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in London where it had been honoured. But the main relic had remained with the
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thus helping her cult to become established and well known from an early date.
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Online Extracts of Patrick Bright's "The History of St. Etheldreda's Church"
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Signs of Devotion: The Cult of St. Aethelthryth in Medieval England 695-1615
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When the parish church opened in 1892 the services offered were as follows:
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Signs of Devotion: The Cult of St Aethelthryth in Medieval England 695-1615
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Transactions of the Cambridge & Huntingdonshire Archaeological Society
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The parish church was dedicated to St Etheldreda because she died in Ely.
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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A History of the Catholic Church of Saint Etheldreda in the City of Ely
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catechism 3 p.m. & rosary, instruction & benediction 6.30 p.m.
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20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom
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Cambridgeshire History on the Net (The Cambridgeshire Collection)
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The Introduction to Owen Garvey's Letter to The Wisbech Telegraph
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Cambridgeshire History on the Net (The Cambridgeshire Collection)
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Cambridgeshire History on the Net (The Cambridge Collection)
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St Etheldreda, (David Nash Ford's Early British Kingdoms)
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The clergy resident in the parish have been as follows:
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daily mass 8 a.m., holidays of obligation, mass 9 a.m.
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52°24′06″N 0°15′41″E / 52.401725°N 0.261408°E / 52.401725; 0.261408
England
Denomination
Roman Catholic
https://elyrcchurch.com
Style
Gothic Revival
Diocese
Diocese of East Anglia
Bishop(s)
Alan Hopes
Rector
Roman Catholic
Ely
Cambridgeshire
Diocese of East Anglia
Province of Westminster
national shrine
relics
St Etheldreda
Anglo-Saxon
abbess
Thorney Toll
Positive Organ Company
York Minster
Rev. John Francis Freeland
Rev. Henry George Hughes
Rev. Charles Alexander Grant
Canon Paul Taylor

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