Wallingford Screen, St Albans Cathedral, St Albans, Herts, UK
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An impressive Victorian replacement for an original medieval reredos.
Waymark Code: WMDGK2
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/13/2012
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The original reredos was built in 1484 by William Wallingford, the 47th Abbott of St Albans Abbey, at a cost of £733. It was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries. Lord Aldenham paid for the screen’s restoration in the 19th century.
Among the figures on the screen there are images of
• St. Edmund, King of the East Saxons
• Offa the Second, King of Mercia,
• St. Edward the Confessor
• St. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln
• Pope Adrian IV. or Nicholas Breakspear, the only English pope
• Venerable Bede
• St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindis- farne
• St. Helen, mother of the Emperor Constantine the Great
• St. Benedict
A carving of the Resurrection above the altar, was created by Sir Alfred Gilbert RA, but was unfinished by Sir Alfred.
Approximate Age of Artefact: Original 1484 restored 19th century
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