Salisbury Cathedral Cloisters, Wiltshire

Salisbury Cathedral Cloisters, Wiltshire

Visited February 2016

As with every Cathedral I've visited, the cloisters (and of course the inside) of Salisbury cathedral are lined with memorials to the great and the good of the area, including clergy, parishioners and war dead. For some reason, most of my photos didn't come out properly, but here are a few examples from the walls and floor of the cloister area, as well as a view of the cloisters themselves.

Perhaps most poignant to me is not the memorial to an infant but the original wooden cross from a Great War grave in Cairo - the rows of white Commonwealth War Graves are a common sight in any cemetery I've visited, but this crudely made and painted cross seems a lot more 'real' than those sanitised markers. Maybe that's just me though.

Anyway, Salisbury Cathedral is a wonderful place to visit - not just for the memorials, but of course they have a copy of the Magna Carta there, centuries of history, and a quite frankly splendid font which seems more like a mirror or work of art than a font. My picture of it didn't come out so you'll have to visit to see for yourself!