Norwich Cathedral History Lesson for Care Home residents

“What started as a what shall we do today?” ended up as a 900-year-old exploration for Care home residents from Buckingham Lodge, in Watton.

They were surprised to learn that the Cathedral which started life as a Benedictine Monastery actually only took a mere 49 years to build and was constructed from Jurassic Limestone originally from Caen in France, before amazingly being transported by ship to Gt Yarmouth and then using the many waterways such as the Rivers Yare & Wensum before ending up in Norwich.

However the biggest surprise was the Bishop’s Throne, or ‘Cathedra’ which from which the Cathedral takes its name as one of the speakers explained the chair is situated as being the highest point closest to God in the building but also surprisingly where sometimes the Cathedrals’ resident cat Budge can sometimes also be found.

Residents & Staff were also able to pay their respects to the body of Norfolk born Nurse Edith Cavell who was executed for helping around 200 allied soldiers in WW1.

Buckingham Lodge Carer Sam Wright spoke about the Cathedral being such a fascinating place to visit, “it’s so important for our residents to get out and about”, she said “visiting new places that they haven’t visited before and learning new things”