The Secrets Of Salisbury Cathedral | The Tallest Spire in Britain

[@HistoryHit]

Hey guys, we've reuploaded this video due to an error in the original version. Hope you enjoy!

[@TrevorTrottier]

What was the error?

[@clioflano421]

@@kevin02mulderthe grizzlier the better... Long live history 👍

[@milesbrown8016]

What an awesome spire, any church‘s desire…..And the documentary was done well, for all to dwell and tell….👌🏻

[@emeraldqueen1994]

Butterflies are sometimes used to depict souls 🦋 maybe that’s why they used a butterfly in the chapel where they offer prey for the souls of the dead?

[@mrrey8937]

From the US.....been there twice, absolutely stunning place to visit, from the town leading to the cathedral to the cathedral itself. I spent 5 hours inside the cathedral thinking only an hour had passed, it is that interesting and beautiful. Stonehenge is not to far away.

[@sandrawood6398]

I did the same thing when I was there after I read the book old sarem. I walked around there too. I loved sll of it. Fascinating places.

[@mrrey8937]

@@sandrawood6398 every 10 or twenty paces or turning a corner, there was something new and completely different and amazing then, you find out its under your feet as well! I remember walking down the length of the cathedral, early morning, looked to the left and saw what looked to be a large oil painting. A man in a priests robe sitting at a small but tall table about chest high, inside a very small open room, studying or praying. A ray of sunlight pierced the room's darkness and hit him on the back shoulder, illuminating the area...... then he moved, he was real!! I will never forget it. It looked like a 18th century oil painting.

[@davideldred.campingwilder6481]

Actually, it's correctly known as an Abbey, however, it once was a Cathedral...

[@jamiepotts6249]

I live there its just not that good 😭

[@elvinhaak]

@@jamiepotts6249 Been there at an exchange-trip ... I think not enough time to see it all. But also I was not THAT much impressed. The video shows more then I saw though.

[@alfiemorgan3761]

I’m from Salisbury, the cathedral grounds are my favourite place in the whole world to go and sit. I sit on the same bench everyday and listen to music.

[@morenofranco9235]

Just had a tour of the Roman Baths, and now a wonderful trip around Salisbury Cathedral. Looks like I am about to join Alice for a tour of Wells Cathedral. Thanks History Hit, for making my day.

[@suemccurdy3691]

Salisbury is my all time favourite cathedral. I spent 3 years living in the Close while at the teacher training college (1964-67). What a wonderful view every day. Some of the happiest years of my life. I was finally awarded my honorary degree in the cathedral in 2020.

[@frederickspring3626]

An amazing video. My grandfather was the clerk of the works at Salisbury Cathedral for many years before his retirement and I'm sure he would have loved this video

[@Stitchwitchstitch]

This is one of the most stunning things I’ve ever seen! I just couldn’t stop staring. The intricacies! I could have gone back every day for a week at least just to look at it. I was lucky enough to visit it with my grandparents- grandfather was a retired Anglican priest, and we visited many churches and abbeys (castles, colleges, historic sites, etc) the years. Then again, it is Britain- you can take one step and be in some battlefield or on a hike and find out you’re on a burial mound, or the garden you’re trying to establish brings up Roman coins or Bronze Age post holes!

[@evolancer211]

I can listen and watch Alice all day.

[@cliffhoelzer6895]

I was there as a student in 1975 and remember the sun setting and the trees beginning to turn. The light turned the tower golden above the trees...one of the most beautiful sights I had every scene! I remember it's Godley ethereal beauty to thus day!

[@raider7829]

Wow! Sounds amazing!!!

[@markbaynes5930]

I went to school there from 70-74. Amazing experience. Wandered those cloisters many a time before services. Wonderful acoustics in the cathedral. . Great memories.

[@raider7829]

@@markbaynes5930 so Amazing!! I wish I got to experience it!!

[@tomasxfranco]

Alice is a joy to watch and listen to.

[@Bloomcycle]

I'm a retired restoration stone mason by trade and working at this place would be the job of a lifetime ⛪

[@Stitchwitchstitch]

What you and your peers do/did is AMAZING. Thank you! Have you read/listened to Pillars of the Earth? One of the main characters is a stonemason in the Middle Ages and he’s working on a great cathedral. It’s a great long novel, incorporating people from varying classes and economic perspectives. Those that work, play, pray etc. Masonry was and is such an art. I got to spend many summers in England, and it’s the stonework that, for me, makes so much of it unique. Even church ruins from the reformation still stand strong in so many places- even if the pillars and lintels etc are fallen, the beauty of them lasts. I always wonder about the person/people who worked on the stones. Not to mention the risks they had to take. The ways they measured and laid lines out, mortared, lifted- just awesome. If you haven’t seen it, there’s a documentary where Peter Ginn gets hands on with restoration masons who are doing work using period methods! “Living history” style, costume and tools all. Can’t remember the title but it’s a history hit doc. I think Alex is in it too (don’t remember his last name). I’d love to hear what/where you worked on, if you read this and feel like replying! Regardless, I am grateful for your craft!

[@Bloomcycle]

@@Stitchwitchstitch I'll check it out. Ty

[@zachkucera3793]

I have been fascinated with Salisbury Cathedral as a cleric and also because I loved "Sarum: The Novel of England," which is a must read. I do hope to visit there one day. Thank you so much for a wonderful peek into the history and construction of this wonderfully gorgeous house of worship. And a special bit of gratitude to Alice and the History Hit crew for their hard work in making this come alive for those of us on the other side of the world. Blessings from the Pacific Northwest in the US.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

I have almost finished Sarum myself and found it a fascinating read. I plan to return to southern England again soon. I was there about 40 years ago and having studied English history I know my trip will be better for the effort. Here's wishing you a good trip there as well.

[@rossmeldrum3346]

All of my ancestors prior to 1830 were born and died in Great Britain, so I consider myself as much British as American. Watching these channels gives me the chance to see what my ancestors experienced daily. Thus I feel a closer connection to my past.

[@AsmodeusT]

What an amazing documentary. Watching how much energy and enthusiasm you have when presenting historical stories makes it really easy to stay engaged until the end of the video!

[@franciscomorales7863]

Wonderful!!!! Thank you!!!

[@leonardo.1024]

empathize so strongly with Alice sticking to the wall of the spire on that balcony.

[@yuh8456]

Seeing my old school in some of the shots has been quite the experience… don’t remember thinking fondly of it at the time but looking back on it, going to school pretty much next to cathedral was honestly incredible

[@TheDirtyNorf]

I'm not religious, but having assemblies in the cathedral was really cool.

[@jeremyblatherwick3794]

Thank you for a lively and engaging video of Salisbury Cathedral. My Great Grandfather George Freemantle was Senior Verger of Salisbury Cathedral during the late 19C. The job came with a house (with a 99 year lease) in the close. He had three children there of which one survived until 1977. I remember visiting her in this house as a youngster listening to the clock bells chiming in the morning and walking around the cathedral. At that time (1970's) there were modern sculptures in the close thankfully gone now.

[@arlen_95]

Thank you very much for this video! My favorite books are Pillars of the Earth and World Without End by Ken Follett. The Kingsbridge Cathedral is partially based on Salisbury Cathedral. I love taking in the stunning architecture and history of gothic Cathedrals! As an American we don't have the beautiful centuries-old gothic Cathedral's you have in the UK. I will always despise Henry VIII for his despicable Iconoclasm of English Cathedrals and Monasteries. Centuries of rich history, cultural, architecture, and art all wiped just so Henry VIII could enrich himself and divorce his wife. Whenever I look at an English Cathedral I try to imagine the stunning and vibrant rainbow of colorful murals and relics that you would have seen in the 1300's. Imagine what the interior of Salisbury Cathedral looked like in it's glory days! It breaks my heart that its all been replaced by bare and whitewashed stone.

[@margaretlavender9647]

Altho I loathe the RC church, I totally agree with you. I live halfway between Salisbury and Stonehenge.

[@arlen_95]

@@margaretlavender9647 I agree. I’m not a fan of the Catholic church either. I just hate how in these theological wars that go on between protestant versus Catholic etc., the beautiful and historic architecture and art gets caught in the crossfire. Also how the French revolution destroyed so much art and culture in it’s misguided desire to wipe out all traces of monarchies in the past.

[@1AlejoYT]

Impossible not to fall in love with this Cathedral, its history; with this video and its lovely and charismatic presenter 🥰

[@derekstocker6661]

Thanks so much for this fabulous review of this wonderful edifice, what a great place to visit or even to work, being surrounded by all that history and building skill would be so satisfying.

[@ulrikaa1581]

That stonework is amazing! What a beautiful cathedral. 🤩

[@zworm2]

Just finished re reading the great story - Sarum. What a wonderful Cathedral. Thanks

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

An excellent book for sure. The author is actually from Salisbury.

[@zworm2]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 Gave it a great feel in the story. Like Jack Hargreaves talking about his countryside.

[@kevinquist]

thank you for this. I'm A proud Christian, a history fanatic.. and an Anglophile. This video was a short vacation for me and what a wonderful vacation it was.

[@heya4405]

my school had a summer trip to scotland england and france and we stopped in salisbury for a day! It was sooo fun and were from new jersey so it was cool going to a different country

[@christinecarter6836]

I wish we could know more about the original "architect" and some of the stonemasons who would have spent a lifetime working there, who must have poured their heart and soul into the work they did. Stunning I hope to visit it one day, from NZ.

[@Mpayne1472]

Elias de Derham was the architect and used a master mason named Nicholas of Ely to carry out his brilliant design

[@thefreedomguyuk]

We do actually have those details available.

[@judyhall8615]

Thanks!

[@metubegirl01]

I had the good fortune to have visited in 2015 the week the scaffolding came down and the Magna Carta came home to the Chapter House. I have mentally revisited my wonderful day many times.

[@raider7829]

What an Outstanding, Majestic place of Worship! Love this 💕💕

[@gigteevee6118]

Went there last month, wish I’d seen this before, need to go back now! Great city and location.

[@patricialong5767]

Absolutely beautiful!!

[@voidremoved]

That dress fits her nicely

[@EarlyMusicDiva]

That fascinating clock deserves a documentary all its own!

[@sandraferguson6486]

Hi Alice we love your informative entertaining and enthusiastic presentation you clearly have a passion for history.

[@SpiceGhouls]

This was fascinating! Please do Norwich Cathedral next!

[@elvenkind6072]

21:22 What a wonderful giggling. Love the nerdy enthusiasm for her subject :)

[@patrickcol]

I planted those trees, (@ 16:17), back in 1972 :)

[@dlxmarks]

I visited Old Sarum and walked around its cathedral's footprint. Perhaps it was standard sized for the Normans but it is surprisingly small compared to later cathedrals.

[@daegudiva]

The more Alice the better!

[@MrSOLOPIANIST]

Wonderfully narrated. Fabulous building. Cathedrals are the BEST

[@davidford694]

The water in the funky font is moving. It spills out over four channels, one in each cusp. An amazing contrast to the still appearance at the top.

[@themanamana81]

wonderfull documentary! thank you! greetings from Germany

[@cindchan]

Loved seeing how the stone masons work! I think I visited this cathedral many many years ago when I came to Salisbury to see Stonehenge.

[@samdix6343]

I love the cathedral, I was confirmed and babtised there. God bless.

[@franciscojose6496]

Pure art pure information pure history of course

[@azfarsyed7082]

Old historical buildings have attraction Love your ways to speak, explain.Hope you show. More places to visit there thanks

[@SirRodericSpode]

Amazing video and great presenter. I am going to the Cathedral with my wife in November, this was a great intro to what i'm going to see.

[@qed456]

Salisbury is a magnificent cathedral = Ms Loxton shows it well - Glory be to God and his cathedrals

[@CaptainFearless1]

stumbled on this and really glad i did ...very interesting and excellently presented. Still taken aback at such a large, intricate structure being built in such a short space of time....we would struggle to match that with cranes etc

[@slightlyconfused876]

Tallest spire in England. A fact known to every KGB agent.

[@elliotdixon1462]

Bahahahahaha!!! 🤣

[@will5989]

I can understand why they had to visit it now 😉.

[@johnb6723]

And everyone else.

[@AsmodeusT]

Hahahaha, this comment is properly funny 🤣🤣🤣

[@jremy89]

Can you explain this reference for a ignorant American?

[@rodpettet2819]

I went high up in the tower to where the spire started. I don't have a head for heights but I forced myself. It's a magnificent and fascinating cathedral.

[@ednammansfield8553]

I haven't been to this cathedral yet but I have visited Lincoln Cathedral and also Hereford Cathedral also many times. Hereford Cathedral has a copy of the Magna Carta there as well as the tapestry of the Battle of Hastings. Both wonderful buildings.

[@aprilwoelke]

Lincoln Cathedral has one of the other copies of the Magna Carta, not Hereford. Salisbury’s is the best surviving copy as it’s never left the city.

[@michaelmiller609]

My family is from there and I have been many times. Alice Rocks!!!

[@coling8176]

Brilliant video! I used to work in Salisbury and one time after leaving work some bloke jumped out in front of my car with his hand held up - made me brake a bit smartish. Turns out it was Sir Edward Heath’s bodyguard! At least I got a little wave from Sir Edward as he crossed the road - He used to live in Cathedral Close, with his bodyguard in a little sentry box at the beginning of his pathway.

[@matthewdonovan6073]

Arundells

[@balancedactguy]

A very nice Presentation Alice! You are a brilliant young lady and a Proper Lovely English Rose you are!!!!😀

[@sassymuffinzz]

I heard this Cathedral is very popular with Russian tourists.

[@arlen_95]

I understood that reference!

[@revbenf6870]

Amazing what you can glean from Wikipedia when you need to concoct a lame excuse for murder and mayhem! Hope the GRU are keeping up on all these details, never know when they might need them.

[@davejoyford1815]

yes .they like to count the steps, its a Russian hobby

[@markuk7935]

Just don't touch the door handles!

[@blumousey]

It's so funny, as no tourist has any reason to go to Bemerton Heath! It's a couple of miles from the cathedral, just a residential area...

[@MrTwizzlet]

I love Salisbury steak! I was surprised that there is all this history there as well.

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Love watching documentary like this. 💯👏 I enjoy watching.

[@stijnvth]

Cheers for History Hit.

[@984francis]

The quality, stunning!

[@mrzebra-i1v]

I'm a descendant of the Salisbury family so it's cool to look about my ancestors.

[@justadreamin1004]

As was told to me ---- the spire has a rotating beacon at its point. Years ago in the 1950's a USAF Convair B-36 was stuck up over the overcast and could not land.The only reference point was the beacon on the spire which they circled until they ran out of gas.

[@ecarron6016]

The butterfly might be in the chantry, because they're sometimes used in Christianity as a symbol of resurrection and the hope of new life, which is essentially what someone in chantry would be praying for.

[@wudangmtn]

Awe inspiring cathedral..... I guess that was the point. I really liked Alice’s presentation.

[@lindsaydrewe8219]

I like Guedelon Castle,in France,to see how things were built, back in the day

[@joansavage1857]

Fascinating!! Many thanks….

[@pedenharley6266]

This was wonderful, thank you!

[@ronnielove1817]

Love every single episode! ❤

[@DJsan.93]

She's my favorite more of her please

[@nigelbews3335]

Just finished reading pillars of the earth by Ken Follet….To see this master piece has to be in my bucket list!

[@williamrobinson7435]

Well I didn't spot the error, but it was a pleasure to see this excellent film again! Nice one #2 Alice! 👍

[@kennybrydges2429]

great video.. we had the pleasure of visiting the Cathedral 2018 on a return visit to the U.K. from Canada ( ex pats) really impressive , thanks for the upload 👍

[@lizlittle1641]

This was very interesting. Thank you for making this video!

[@kearyfrancis1352]

I love this vedio it is very intresting, im a full time verger at a 300 year old anglican cathedral in the caribbean wish we had a department like this as our cathedral badly needs restoration

[@jenniferlevine5406]

Enjoyed this very much!

[@joenock3466]

she is amazing

[@jonescrusher1]

It's always an impressive sight driving in from the east.

[@isacmathew9244]

Hi. Thank you so much.God bless you

[@paulhalton100]

Fabulous insight and very well introduced.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

A pity that they did not show the magnificent pair of Cedars of Lebanon in the centre of the Cloister. They are heartstoppingly beautiful. The first time I saw them was over 30 years ago, at twilight on a misty Winter evening. The Cloister was deserted, and I was looking for the loo. . . I stepped from the church into the chill cloister, and then saw the trees, framed through the arches. Enchanted, I stepped forward to see their full height. I was so stunned with their beauty that I forgot to breathe, forgot to think, and simply stood there for an eternal moment when time STOPPED. In this place built and dedicated to the honour and glory of God, His blessing on it was sealed with the majestic grace of these living trees mentioned in the Bible as exemplars of Divine beauty. It was a mystical moment, one of the few times when I was overcome with wordless awe and wonder as an adult

[@debbylou5729]

I don’t understand the fascination with the ‘cedars of Lebanon’. Are tall trees unusual? They aren’t even particularly pretty

[@adrianjohnson7920]

@@debbylou5729 🌲🌲This pair of majestic trees was planted about the time Queen Victoria came to the throne. They were so heart-stoppingly beautiful that the first time I saw them, I was stunned to immobility, and for an endless moment of wonder, forgot to breathe. They are truly the most beautiful trees I have ever seen, (and I have been enchanted by the Giant Sequoias, which I think of as the new- world equivalent of the Lebanon Cedars.) I did not know what they were, and had to ask. When I learned they were the Biblical trees, I realised what a compliment God / King Solomon paid womanhood by comparing his beloved to this tree: Majestic, strong, beautiful, fragrant, ever green, as lovely in the forest as their wood is desirable and fragrant for building the Temple of the Lord. 🌲🌲

[@debbylou5729]

@@adrianjohnson7920 sorry. I’m from the US. We have redwood forests and the trees themselves are far more beautiful. We also have primordial forests. For comparison search for photos of the aftermath of Mt St. Helens. I know it’s old, but the trees that look like matchsticks? It would take 5 - 6 people extending their arms to encircle them. Thank for taking the time to explain

[@debbylou5729]

@@adrianjohnson7920 new work equivalent? No they are superior in every way. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest….I know what a pretty tree looks like then I bowed to the east coast, more beautiful trees. Those are not pretty. They’re unbalance and crooked. Just because they aren’t dead doesn’t mean they’re ‘breathtakingly beautiful’. Your cedars are 400 years old. The redwoods are about 3200 years old. Cedars of Lebanon are special because of their biblical connotation. That’s where the Bible was written. The authors had no clue what a sequoia was, so they used the example they had. This doesn’t nullify your experience. I just wondered what the big deal was

[@CapB777]

Great videos, Alice is the best!

[@simongoodwin5253]

Wakefield Cathedral also has a Peregrine Falcon camera on their spire, the tallest spire in Yorkshire.

[@Chelle8847]

I live here!! This is so weird it came up on my KZbin homepage!

[@timrutter5025]

Quite a few years ago they had a fundraising project to replace beams in the roof, you paid a contribution and had your name carved into a section of new wood. Mum, Dad, me, my partner, Sister and Brother in law and Nepew are all up there. Nice idea.

[@Jolly56Roger]

Great loved it Alice. And you are great to😍😍

[@matthewlacey5307]

Lived in salisbury since 1994. The 'tour of the spire' alone could be an hour long.

[@marigeobrien]

@ 11:10 they mention one stone head, which looks as if it came from northern Africa. I am currently reading Edward Rutherford's book, Sarum, which tells the building of this cathedral in great detail. The master stone mason (according to Rutherford) would look very much like that, at least according to his description. I've wondered if the name he used was true or fictitious: Osmond Mason. BTW, he was not from northern Africa but he did have a rather large head, flat nose and sort of big ears. Now I wonder if Rutherford saw this statue and used it as the basis for his character.

[@turtledove8858]

This cathedral is stunning! I just wish it had better chairs/pews.

[@davidchristen5335]

very well done! thank you from Canada :)

[@lindaajones5992]

Fascinating!!

[@colemarsh13]

Alice is amazing 💖

[@Ihsaan1c]

It’s 123m spire draws visitors from all over the world

[@thechan03]

I had my covid jabs there to the organ playing the theme to Harry Potter. Great video

[@milesbrown8016]

Very nice. In the WW 2, the Luftwaffe did not bomb it. They used it as a landmark

[@georgebarden3928]

Was there in August, beautiful

[@Joe-xd3ur]

I'm always amazed how they designed and built these magnificent buildings with the limited technology they had back then!

[@gilesellis8002]

Incredible . . .

[@jack_of_all_braves]

I like this lady

[@ChatWithHutch]

Great, can you do the same for York Minster please?

[@shaneyofcourse]

I got my first Covid vaccine at the old Elk's lodge in my rural home town. Imagine getting that vaccine in a cathedral 😃

[@petersadler2835]

Brilliant Gary!!