{"id":7435,"date":"2026-08-20T18:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=7435"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T17:04:18","slug":"ely-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=7435","title":{"rendered":"Ely and its Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>At the edge of, or rather on an island in the Fenland of Eastern England, stands one of the largest and most impressive Cathedrals of Britain, but the town that supports it is tiny.<br \/>\nHow did such a Cathedral develop here, where did the wealth come from and how was it maintained through the Middle Ages? In this dayschool. We will look at the history of the town of Ely and its Cathedral from Hereward the Wake to Oliver Cromwell<\/p>\n<p>Please note all lectures will be recorded and distributed to the participants at the beginning of the next week. This should allow participants from different time zones, or those working to catch up with the lectures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dayschool<\/strong>: Saturday,<strong>\u00a0 5 December 2026<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Time<\/strong>: 11.00\u2013 16.00 GMT<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZOOM LECTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"474\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"66\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"129\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"132\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"27\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"66\">\u00a335<\/td>\n<td width=\"120\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"129\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"132\">50<\/td>\n<td width=\"27\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To book, please use the attached order form or use this Eventbrite link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/1998254320464?aff=oddtdtcreator\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/1998254320464?aff=oddtdtcreator<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alternatively You can book via the MANCENT booking form and pay with cheque or\u00a0 contact Birgitta Hoffmann for the BACS details or a PayPal invoice<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact:<br \/>\nBirgitta Hoffmann<br \/>\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\nemail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a>\u00a0mobile: 07377 791562<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann At the edge of, or rather on an island in the Fenland of Eastern England, stands one of the largest and most impressive Cathedrals of Britain, but the town that supports it is tiny. How did such a Cathedral develop here, where did the wealth come from and how was it maintained through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7439,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7435","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7438,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7435\/revisions\/7438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}