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To: NYer

Best wishes to the faithful clergy and laity of the Church of England in whatever they decide to do. They have the *nicest* churches. My brother’s father-in-law is a Church of England vicar, and he leads four churches in Norfolk and area, each an absolute gem.


7 posted on 10/22/2009 7:25:47 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Someday I will.)
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To: Tax-chick
Norfolk is something of a backwater these days, but it was a great and wealthy county back in pre-Reformation times, and its churches reflect the people's wealth and piety.

Lord Peter Wimsey probably said it best, looking at Fenchurch St. Paul's (a fictional church but based on the best of the old Norfolk churches) - "It's like a young cathedral!"

10 posted on 10/22/2009 7:43:01 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - (recess appointment))
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