This cathedral contains many monuments
and marble sculptured figures over the toombs of ancient Bishops
Lords and Princes some of whom had laid there for seven
or eight hundred years. It is said that some of these monuments
with their marble sepulchre drapery are as neatly executed as any
found in Europe. Almost everything about this magnificient
chathedral from the dome to the basement is carved out of solid
marble. The pulpit is also hewn from solid stone. There
is a large organ in the building and the Church of England
hold service in it twice each day in the year. We staid during
one service.
From Worcester we rode to Ledbury and
on the road we passed through the town of Malvern on Malvern Hill which commands the splendid prospect
of all the surrounding country for thirty miles on some
of the highest peaks of which are large entrenchments where
men retreted in the time of the Roman invasion. The
buildings in the village of Malvern are fine and very
picturesque in appearence standing on the side of these
^hills^ Malvern is a noted place which the nobility and gentry
of England visit in the Summer season. We had
a view of Eastner castle as we past along. That night
we spent at Mr Francis Pullins in Ledbury
On the next day we walked to Froom's
Hill and called upon brother John Benbow and had an
interview with Elder Kington. In the evening we held a
Church meeting at Stan^d^ly Hill to do Church business. This
was the first meeting at which Brigham Young was
present in this district of country and I will therefore subjoin
the following minutes from my Journal:
Minutes of the First Meeting
Attended By Brigham Young
In Herefordshire
Standly Hill Branch
monuments of this age.
This cathedral contains many monuments
and marble sculptured figures over the toombs of ancient Bishops
Lords and Princes some of whom had laid there for seven
or eight hundred years. It is said that some of these monuments
with their marble sepulchre drapery are as neatly executed as any
found in Europe. Almost everything about this magnificient
cathedral from the dome to the basement is carved out of solid
marble. The pulpit is also hewn from solid stone. There
is a large organ in the building and the Church of England
hold service in it twice each day in the year. We staid during
one service.
From Worcester we rode to Ledbury and
on the road we passed through the town of Malvern on
Malvern Hill which commands the splendid prospect
of all the surrounding country for thirty miles on some
of the highest peaks of which are large entrenchments where
men retreted in the time of the Roman invasion. The
buildings in the village of Malvern are fine and very
picturesque in appearence standing on the side of these
hills Malvern is a noted place which the nobility and gentry
of England visit in the Summer season. We had
a view of Eastner castle as we past along. That night
we spent at Mr Francis Pullins in Ledbury
On the next day we walked to Froom's
Hill and called upon brother John Benbow and had an
interview with Elder Kington. In the evening we held a
Church meeting at Standly Hill to do Church business. This
was the first meeting at which Brigham Young was
present in this district of country and I will therefore subjoin
the following minutes from my Journal:
Minutes of the First Meeting
Attended By Brigham Young
In Herefordshire
Standly Hill Branch
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