-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 71
Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with an up or down perspective.
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This week, we’re looking up at one of Britain’s modern Cathedrals, Southwark, which hides on the South Bank, not far from London Bridge. It is wedged into a hectic part of town, right next to Borough Market and with busy railway lines running overhead, so most of the time you really do need to look up to get a view of it.
When I say modern Cathedral, I mean that it only became a Cathedral in 1905, though the building itself is not modern. There has been a religious structure on this site since the 11th century, with mention of a minster here in the Domesday Book (1086).
It was Southwark Priory from 1106 to 1538, becoming a parish church after the dissolution of the monasteries. The building you see here today has the original Gothic structure, built between 1220 and 1420, at its core although the nave is a late 19th-century reconstruction.
In 1905 the Diocese of Southwark was created and this parish church became a Cathedral. As a matter of interest, there are another 2 cathedrals in Southwark, one catholic and one Greek Orthodox.
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Welcome to week 71 and a huge thank you for last week‘s entries, ranging from the horror of Ady’s birds to the delight of Yvette’s cupcakes.
All are welcome; do please share your up or down perspective with us. Simply create your own post as normal, create a link to this challenge and click above to enter your link and view other entries. If you have any difficulties with the linky, please just leave your link in a comment below and I will upload your thumbnail.
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Travel with Intent 
I love combining shots of old and new and that little view of the Shard…the views from up there are so amazing!
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I need to return to the Shard to get some good shots.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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If I had known you were in the area I’d have bought a monmouth coffee from the market 🙂
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I’ll have to warn you next time 🙂
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Travel with Intent wrote:
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Debbie – love the looking up ones for this beautiful post 🙂
and the last image in my fav – with that rugged cross to the right – almost ironic to see that handmade temp kinda cross next this old – well built stone structure – with modern in the middle – quite a shot!
also, the note of the “priory” reminds me of this lawyer we had to get in the 90’s – an out of state guy who ended up going in for a heart transplant a few weeks after we hired him (he was old and was a mess) and well, one memory I have is how for like 20 minutes he wanted to talk about the possible origin of our last name – prior vs. priory – and yawn – and cha-ching – let;s just talk about the case… lol
anyhow, hope you have a nice day!
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That one frontal shot is excellent, Debbie! Take care:)
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“Thanks for the memories” as the song goes. Lovely gallery of photos 🙂
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And Oh !! A big thanks for the mention Debbie 😀
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I loved the spires of the cathedral.Here we don’t see that kind of structure. I also agree with Sophie,old and new look so different yet standing together !
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I love the complete contrast between the old and the new!
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