Christmas Carols and Their Stories
Puzzle 65 · Carol Services, Choirs and Bells · Page 93 in print
Truro Cathedral
Truro Cathedral, designed by John Loughborough Pearson and begun in 1880, was the first Anglican cathedral built on a new site since Salisbury Cathedral in 1220.
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The words
Bath Stone
One of the stones used to build the cathedral.
Bishop Benson
Edward White Benson, first Bishop of Truro, who devised the service.
Canterbury
Benson later became Archbishop of Canterbury.
Chorister
A chorister reads the first lesson.
Father Willis
The Henry Willis organ installed in 1887.
George Walpole
The succentor whose idea influenced Benson’s service.
Gothic Revival
The architectural style of Truro Cathedral.
Nine Lessons
The nine readings at the heart of Benson’s service.
Pearson
John Loughborough Pearson, architect of Truro Cathedral.
Reredos
The carved altar screen by Nathaniel Hitch.
St Mary's Aisle
The surviving aisle of the old parish church inside the cathedral.
Succentor
George Walpole’s post at Truro Cathedral.
Three Spires
Truro is one of four UK cathedrals with three spires.
Truro
The Cornish city whose cathedral first held the service.
Wooden Church
The temporary wooden building used as the cathedral in 1880.
Sources
- Truro Cathedral, official site (History: Building the cathedral)trurocathedral.org.uk
- Truro Cathedral, official site (History: Nine Lessons and Carols)trurocathedral.org.uk
- King’s College, Cambridge, official site (A History of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols)kings.cam.ac.uk
- Truro Cathedral, official site (Music: Father Willis Organ)trurocathedral.org.uk
- Truro Cathedral, official site (History: Cathedral Story)trurocathedral.org.uk
- A. C. Benson, The Life of Edward White Benson, vol. 1 (London: Macmillan, 1899), archive.org full textInternet Archive