Ely Cathedral Base Jump

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Ely cathedral base jump. We can confirm there was an incident saturday 8 august involving two professional base jumpers who parachuted from the top of the west tower of ely cathedral and landed safely on cross green. Bert his dog our god is a series of thought provoking paintings by artist gary bunt which feature a man bert and his dog the commentator telling the story of the life of christ from the nativity to the ascension. Until the reformation it was the church of st etheldreda and st peter at which point it was refounded as the cathedral church of the holy and undivided trinity of ely continuing as the principal church of the diocese of ely in cambridgeshire. An organ was first built at ely cathedral in 1685 reputedly by renatus harris.

Sections of this page. Stpaulslondon wincathedral derbycathedral exetercathedral durhamcathedral lincscathedral stalbansabbey engcathedrals our octagon tower is one of the wonders of the medieval world suspended high over the centre of the cathedral. The two men involved had booked tickets for an organised tour tower. These pictures were taken at.

We have also set up an ely cathedral community support group which you can join on facebook or contact us by email. If you need to speak to someone as a matter of urgency please call the chapter house on 01353 667735 and we will get back to you. The cathedral has its origins in ad 672 when st etheldreda built an abbey church. Ely cathedral the chapter house the college 4 698 25 mi ely cambridgeshire united kingdom cb7 4dl.

Press alt to open this menu. The present building dates back to 1083 and cathedral status was granted it in 1109. Spotted in ely two men who posed as tourists and base jumped of ely cathedrals west tower have been caught on camera. The jump happened while the cathedral was running a drop in session.

In 1831 elliot and hill built a new organ within the old cases which stood on the choir screen. Joyfully proclaiming the love of god in worship outreach welcome and care. Caught on camera jumping off ely cathedral credit. Cathedral staff later discovered that the men were experienced parachutists who had done around 300 base jumps between them.

Cathedral statement regarding base jumpers on saturday 8 august. Ely cathedral the chapter house the college 4 698 25 mi ely cambridgeshire united kingdom cb7 4dl. Ely cathedral is an anglican cathedral in the city of ely cambridgeshire england.