Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Sunday, 18 May 2025

Marian pilgrimage - Our Lady on the Bridge at Wakefield


Recrossing the Pennines and following the course of the River Calder eastwards the Pilgrimage crosses that river at Wakefield on its way southwards. As it does so on the fourteenth century bridge it comes to the famous bridge chantry dedicated to Our Lady.

My account from last year of this precious survival, together with other links to aspects of its history and architecture, can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady on Wakefield Bridge

May Our Lady on the Bridge at Wakefield pray for Pope Leo XIV


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