Durham Cathedral Worksheet B2008
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Glenn SweetDurham Cathedral Worksheet B2008
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Glenn SweetDurham Cathedral – some 9.
Why is there a black line of marble
questions to help you look across the nave?............................................
What is the name of this type of
at it.
marble?.............................................................
What are the white pieces in
This worksheet is anti-clockwise!
Write your answers on the back if you it?.......................................................................
need more space.
What do you think of the
1. Just inside the Cathedral, near the Daily Bread Window?
South Door, is a memorial. Who does it What do you think of the War
commemorate?…………………………………………… Memorial Window?
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11. Which saint is buried in the Galilee
2. Find two vandalised tombs. Whose Chapel?.............................................................
tombs are they? Why were they What is the name of his most famous
vandalised?...................................................... book?.................................................................
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What do you think of the
3. How many steps are there to the top little windows in the Galilee
of the tower?.................................................. Chapel?
3. Why is one of the pillars called “The Stand by the font and look down the
cathedral nave towards the choir and
Apprentices’ Pillar”?......................................
the Rose Window.
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12. Is there anything
4. Who are commemorated in the
missing? ..........................................................
Durham Light Infantry Chapel?.................
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Why are there flags in this Chapel?........
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Go outside, through the North Door.
What do you think of the
Millennium Window? 13. Where is the Sanctuary Knocker?
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5. Whose head is buried with St. What was it for?............................................
Cuthbert?........................................................ ............................................................................
Why only his head?.......................................
What do you think of the Rose
Window?
6. How many altars are there today in Vocabulary Check
the Chapel Of The Nine Altars?...............
What do these words mean ?
7. In the Choir, under the Bishop’s (a) CLOISTER
Throne, there is an ornate tomb. (b) CHOIR
Who is buried in it? ..................................... (c) PULPIT
Who was he?................................................... (d) BUTTRESS
Why was his tomb not vandalised?............ (e) FONT
............................................................................ (f) PEW
(g) NAVE
8. ‘CCCC’, ‘DDDD’, ‘EEEE’, ‘FFFF’ etc. (h) ALTAR
What are they?.............................................. (i) CHEVRON
(j) SANCTUARY