Issue 63 Autumn 2005
CONTENTS
The following articles appear in this issue.
An old saint in a new age
An abbreviated version of the talk given by Dr Diana Webb, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at King’s College, University of London, following the AGM on Friends’ Day 2005. The full version is also available on this website.
St. Albans Festival Pilgrimage
The Dean of St Albans reflects on the new-look pilgrimage in June 2005.
Lord Grimthorpe: an appreciation
In the centenary year of his death, Rob Weston contends that we should be grateful for Grimthorpe’s contribution to the restoration of the Abbey.
Lord Grimthorpe: a centenary reappraisal
In contrast, Jane Kelsall suggests that the view that Grimthorpe saved the Abbey from ruin is inaccurate.
Chairman’s address from the Fraternity AGM, 25 June 2005
Funding the work of the Friends
Stephen de Silva shows how legacies can assist the work of the Friends.
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SELECTED HISTORICAL ARTICLES from EDITION No. 51 – No. 61
St Albans Abbey, Selja, Norway
Gunner O Morsund
No. 52 p4-10
The Restoration of Duke Humphreys Tomb and a Celebration by the Freemasons
of Hertfordshire
D T Bury
No. 53 p19-20
How Lord Grimthorpe lost £2000
Pam Martin
No.53 p27-29
The Wallingford Clock
David Kelsall
No. 53 p34-35
The Other Saints Alban
Barbara M G Ilott
No.53 p39-41
Censuses : Glimpses of the Past
No.55 p16-18
Churches and Cathedral Wardens
Pam Martin
No.55 p19-23
Achieving Cathedral Status : to be or not to be?
Michael Rose
No.57 p4-8
The Investiture and Enthronement of the First Bishop of St Albans 12
th June 1877
No.57 p9-12
The Great St Albans Salvage
The Use of Roman Brick in St Albans Abbey
Terence Paul Smith
No.57 p13-18
Robert Fayrfax “ Prime Musitian of the Nation “
No.58 p18-20
The Abbey Festival 1863
The St Albans Times and Hertfordshire Advertiser, 11 July 1863
No.58 p14-15
The Painting of the Martyrdom of St Alban
Jane Kelsall
No.59 p8-11
Sir John Mandeville’s Memorial Inscription
Patrick O’Keefe
No.59 p20-22
Watercolours of St Albans Cathedral
No.59 p23-25
The Writings on the Wall
Stephen Potter
No.60 p10-14
The Medieval Doors of St Albans Abbey
Ronny Mitchell
No.60 p15-18
The Installation of the First Dean of St Albans 18 July 1900
No.61 p12-14
Pope Adrian IV: Nicholas Breakspear [1100-1159]
Brother Clement,SC
No.61 p15-21
St Alban in France
Martha Ferrée
No.61 p31-33
ABBEY NEWS
Those Chairs II. We counted them all out …….and we counted
them all in
Nicholas Bates
No.51 p10-11
Friends for Fifty Years
Julian Gibson
No. 51 p17-21
Children in St Albans Abbey: the work of the Education Centre
Susanna Ainsworth
No. 53 p22-26
Rededication of the Mensa
No.53 p30-33
Synthesis or Fudge? A Surveyor looks back and ahead
Andrew Anderson
No.54 p9-16
The Nave Altar Frontal and its Designer
No.55 p4-8
A New Look inside the Muniment Room
David Kelsall
No.55 p9-13
Peter Moore and the Abbey Ecumenical Chaplaincy
No.55 p24-28
At the Shrine of St Alban
Christopher Lewis, Jane Kelsall, and Canon Iain Lane
No.57 p19-20
A Royal Visit at the Cathedral
Stephen de Silva
No.59 p15-18
The Cross of Abundance
Gillian Talbot
No.59 p29-31
The Installation of the Dean of St Albans- Friday 2nd July 2004
Sheila Riley and Sue Tomson
No.61 p7-11
Christopher of St Albans
Pam Martin
No.61 p29-30