Peterborough, Cambridgeshire - The Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew

These pictures are from a second visit to Peterborough Cathedral.  There are more pictures at www.grave-mistakes.info.

This is a well preserved Norman doorway.

This is the semi-circular ceiling above the apse, the space behind the High Altar.  The ceiling was painted in 1856 to a design by Sir George Gilbert Scott and shows Jesus as the true vine with the apostles as the branches.  It is based on the medieval original which was destroyed by musket fire from Parliamentarian troops in 1843.

The information panel below tells the story of this wall painting.

A memorial to brave men of the Jedburghs who supported resistance fighters in Europe and the Far East 1944-1945.

Tomb of Willian Connor Magee, Lord Archbishop of York, born in Cork in 1821, died in 1891.

Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533, first wife of Henry VIII, died on 7 January 1536 aged 50 years at Kimbolton Castle, Cambridgeshire, and was buried here on 29 January 1536.