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Old photograph of the South Aisle in Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. Built before the Reformation from the late 12th century onwards and serving as the seat of the Bishop and later the Archbishop of Glasgow, the building is a superb example of Scottish Gothic architecture. It is also one of the few Scottish medieval churches, and the only medieval cathedral on the Scottish mainland, to have survived the Reformation not unroofed.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the 74th Highlanders Memorial, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The monument in Glasgow Cathedral is on the south wall of the nave. It is Egyptian in design, and is constructed of very hard and clear Sicilian marble, with a centre panel of statuary marble, surrounded by appropriate emblems. The names of those it commemorates are engraved on the sides, while the centre shows, in good relief and with spirit, a representation of the regiment attacking the rampart at Tel-el-Kebir. The whole is surmounted by the Sphinx, with banners, a soldier’s helmet, and claymores. The public ceremony of unveiling it and placing the old colours above was performed by General Bruce, who was long connected with the regiment, and who, in handing over the colours to the care and safe-keeping of the Cathedral authorities, stated that he was probably the only person there who had also been at the presentation ceremony in India in 1855. The battle-stained relics were brought from Hamilton by an escort under the command of Major Wallace, and consisting of two officers, six non-commissioned officers, and fifty men, all of whom had been present at Tel-el-Kebir.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Sutherland Highlanders Memorial, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The 93rd Highlanders, Crimean War Memorial. Erected to the memory of
Banner, Robert Murray , Major, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
Ball, Robert Abercromby Edward Alfred , Lieutenant, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
Kirby, Franklin Knight , Lieutenant, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
McCowan, John Anstruther , Breveret Major, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
McCuish, William Lear , Lieutenant, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
Wemyss, William Turner James , Lieutenant, 93rd Sutherland Highlanders
13 Non-Commissioned Officers, 4 Drummers, 238 Privates of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders. Who fell in action, or died during the Crimean Campaign of 1854 to 1856.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Major William Middleton Memorial in the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. Major William Middleton married Janet Hamilton Campbell, daughter of Colin Campbell, 1st of Colgrain and Janet Miller Hamilton, on 10 June 1857. He died on 18 April 1859. Major William Middleton gained the rank of Major in the service of the 7th Dragoon Guards.
Early examples of the Middleton surname include: Umfridus de Midilton in Arbroath, Scotland in 1221, and Gilbert de Middelton in (Yorkshire, England in 1273. One of the earliest of the name to settle in America was John Middleton who embarked from London on the ship " Assurance " bound for Virginia in July 1635. Charles Middleton, second Earl of Middleton and titular Earl of Monmouth born 1640, died 1719, was secretary of state to King James II and secretary of state for England in 1684. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Robert de Mideltone, which was dated 1166, in the " Eynsham Chartulary "in Oxfordshire.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Highland Light Infantry Memorial in the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. A memorial in the nave erected by the 71st Highland Light Infantry in memory of those who fell in action or died of wounds in the campaign in Eusofzai, North West Frontier of India, in 1863.
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Tour Scotland photograph taken in the Nave of the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. St. Ninian came from Whithorn in Galloway in the 5th century and dedicated a Christian burial ground at Cathures, later Glasgow, in the Kingdom of Strathclyde. To this spot in the following century came Kentigern, popularly called Mungo. He was born tradition says on the shore in Fife near Culross where the ruins of St. Mungo's chapel are supposed to mark the spot. At Culross he was brought up by St. Serf and trained for the priesthood.
Mungo left St. Serf and came to Carnock in Stirlingshire from where he accompanied the corpse of a holy man, Fergus, which was carried on a cart by two untamed oxen. They stopped at St. Ninian's burial ground in Cathures where Fergus was buried. The Blacader Aisle may mark the site.
Kentigern was chosen by the King, clergy and people to be their bishop, and he founded a monastic community and built a church where, reputedly, St. Columba came to visit him. From here Kentigern travelled to Cumbria, to the Lake District, and as far as St. Asaph in North Wales. The date of his death is given as 13th January, 603. His tomb is in the Lower Church of the Cathedral where there is a service held every year to commemorate his life.
There is little known about the church buildings which stood on the site of the present Cathedral until the early part of the 12th century. The first stone building was consecrated in about 1136 in the presence of King David I and his Court when John (1117-1147) was Bishop. Destroyed or severely damaged by fire, this cathedral was succeeded by a larger one consecrated in 1197, during the time of Bishop Jocelyn (1177-1199) to whom we owe the institution of the Glasgow Fair in July, which is still observed as an annual holiday.
In the early 14th century, probably under Bishop Walter (1207-1232), the Nave was extended and completed. The south-west door and the entrance to the Blacader Aisle and the walls of the nave up to the level of the sills of the windows belong to this period. The next major rebuilding came later in the 13th century with William de Bondinton (1233-1258) who was responsible for adding the Quire and the Lower Church. The doorways of the sacristy (Upper Chapter House) and of the Lower Chapter House date from the mid-13th century, and the whole church may have been completed before the end of the 13th century. Most of the Nave above sill level probably dates from after 1330, and the West Window from the later 14th century.
After the Reformation a wall was put across the nave to allow the western portion of the nave to be used for worship by a congregation which became know as the Outer High. This congregation worshiped in the nave from 1647 until 1835. The Lower Church was used by another congregation, the Barony, from 1596-1801, until a new church was built just across from the Cathedral. When the Lower Church was no longer used for worship, soil was brought in to a depth of about five feet and it became the burial place for members of the Barony Congregation. The visible parts of the pillars were coloured black with white "tears", the graves were enclosed by railings four feet high, with two narrow passages for access. The Lower Church was cleared before the middle of the 19th century.
The congregation which used the Quire was for a time called the Inner High. The pulpit was placed between pillars of the south aisle and the King's Seat was on the north aisle. In 1805 a major reconstruction saw the pulpit removed to the east end. Galleries were inserted between the pillars on three sides, and the King's Seat was removed to the western gallery in front of the Pulpitum or Choir Screen. This brief history has been taken from "A Walk through Glasgow Cathedral" written by the previous Minister of the Cathedral, The Very Reverend. Dr. W. J. Morris.
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Tour Scotland photograph of stained glass windows in Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The Cathedral has one of the finest collections of modern stained glass windows and nearly all have been installed since 1947.
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Tour Scotland photograph of The Law Monument in the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. The 17th century monument of Archbishop James Law almost completely conceals the windows in the Chapel of Saint Stephen and Saint Lawrence. Archbishop Law was a former Minister of Kirkliston and Bishop of Orkney before becoming Archbishop of Glasgow. He completed the renewal of the lead roof of the Cathedral, which had been started by Archbishop John Spottiswood, following the depredations in the time of the Reformation. He also made generous benefactions to schools and hospitals in Glasgow. The monument was given by his wife, Marion Boyle, daughter of John Boyle of Kelburn.
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Tour Scotland photograph the East Window of the Quire in the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. The great East Window was installed in 1951 and shows the four Evangelists, St. Matthew, St. mark, St. Luke and St. John each with his traditional emblem. It is by Francis Spear.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a pulpit in the Quire of the Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland. A choir, also sometimes called quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir stalls, seating aligned with the side of the church, so at right angles to the seating for the congregation in the nave, of which there would have been little if any in the Middle Ages. Smaller medieval churches may not have a choir in the architectural sense at all, and they are often lacking in churches built by all denominations after the Protestant Reformation, though the Gothic Revival revived them as a distinct feature.
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Tour Scotland photograph of the Quire, Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The Quire dates from the middle of the 13th century. The seating is arranged with the pews facing east in manner of Reformed worship. These pews, together with the carved stalls in the in the north and south aisles were originally installed between 1851 and 1856. A quire, is the area of a church or cathedral that provides seating for the clergy and church choir. It is in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary which houses the altar and Church tabernacle. In larger medieval churches it contained choir stalls, seating aligned with the side of the church, so at right angles to the seating for the congregation in the nave.
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Tour Scotland photograph of a Bible in the Nave of Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. Beyond the Bible is the Quire Screen which virtually hides the Quire from the Nave. It dates probably from the 15th century. It is the only screen of its kind left in any secular, non-monastic, church of pre-Reformation date in Scotland. While several early editions of the King James New Testament were published in Scotland it was not until 1633 that the first complete King James Bible was published. It coincided with coronation of King Charles I in Edinburgh.
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Tour Scotland photograph of flowers in Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow, Scotland. The history of the cathedral is linked with that of the city, and is allegedly located where the patron saint of Glasgow, Saint Mungo, built his church. The tomb of the saint is in the lower crypt. Sir Walter Scott's novel Rob Roy gives an account of the kirk. King James IV ratified the treaty of Perpetual Peace with England at the high altar on 10 December 1502. The cathedral and the nearby castle played a part in the battles of Glasgow in 1544 and 1560.
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