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« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2020, 08:57:32 »

Is 4 Gloucester Cathedral

No, 4 is Durham.
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« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2020, 08:58:25 »

Thankyou Bob I'm rather enjoying your Ecclesiastical Excursion.
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« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2020, 09:00:58 »

Is 4 Gloucester Cathedral

No, 4 is Durham.

It is indeed.
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« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2020, 09:07:49 »


For a bonus point, the photo is probably taken from the station - usually the best view.
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« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2020, 10:39:40 »

I also know No 3. But I will play by the usual rules.
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« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2020, 11:34:40 »

I also know No 3. But I will play by the usual rules.

I’ve got it too.

A short hop can help u remain calm here.
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« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2020, 12:17:14 »

I also know No 3. But I will play by the usual rules.

"Showoff"  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2020, 12:46:58 »

No3 Tewkesbury Abbey
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« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2020, 13:11:25 »

No3 Tewkesbury Abbey

It is. Hope you got it without my acrostic railway-themed clue  Smiley
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« Reply #24 on: April 10, 2020, 14:25:23 »

No3 Tewkesbury Abbey

It is. Hope you got it without my acrostic railway-themed clue  Smiley

Well as my assistant has pointed out - correct!
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« Reply #25 on: April 10, 2020, 14:30:45 »

These are 7 Buildings I can't get anywhere near,

Thunderbolts and Lighting. Grin Grin
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« Reply #26 on: April 10, 2020, 16:26:26 »

2 - St John's Taunton (applying the Coffee Shop Taunton rule with a bit of help from Wikipedia)
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« Reply #27 on: April 10, 2020, 17:24:06 »

Although the answer is wrong, that is a very interesting piece of research.

The church in question was designed by the same architect as St Johns in Taunton.   It also follows the same branch of the Anglican church.
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« Reply #28 on: April 10, 2020, 17:44:29 »

Although the answer is wrong, that is a very interesting piece of research.

The church in question was designed by the same architect as St Johns in Taunton.   It also follows the same branch of the Anglican church.

In that case, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Swindon would be apt in many ways. It's even right next to the railway, and:
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St Mark's was built to serve workers of the Great Western Railway, whose Swindon Works were nearby.
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« Reply #29 on: April 10, 2020, 17:50:19 »

Although the answer is wrong, that is a very interesting piece of research.

The church in question was designed by the same architect as St Johns in Taunton.   It also follows the same branch of the Anglican church.

In that case, Saint Mark the Evangelist, Swindon would be apt in many ways. It's even right next to the railway, and:
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St Mark's was built to serve workers of the Great Western Railway, whose Swindon Works were nearby.

The correct answer.   I can see the spire from my office window above the rooftops over Faringdon Road (GWR (Great Western Railway)) Park.   Often known as the Railway Church, you can see it on the left as you leave Swindon on a westbound train just past the water tower.  I feel sorry for the new priest there - he was appointed after the parish went more than a year without one.  His first task after being installed was to receive the keys so he could go round and lock up all three churches under his authority as the lockdown began.

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