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# The Stones of St. Thomas's, Salisbury
- URL: https://www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-stones-of-st-thomass-salisbury/
- Published: 2010-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-01-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Description: A photo story by Peter Horwood
- Author: Andy  Marshall
- Tags: #exposure, #Import 2023-02-28 18:49

## A place of peace in the city -

assembled stones that for nearly 800 years are more than the sum of their parts...

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Rugged walls that speak of centuries...

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Light plays patterns on the old stonework...

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And sometimes the wear of the years does leave its mark...

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A signature of time...

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A new growth is sheltered and nurtured...

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Some stones speak of those long gone...

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A side story that continues inside...

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Light falls softly filtered through old glass...

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And stone figures watch all that goes on...

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/f3dlvss6unqkdhgqtun3fpkc6fzydyrgh0eu/original.jpg)

Bathed in the transmitted and altered images of stained glass windows...

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Some stone bears the rough-hewn marks of ancient masons...

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/jxtvcvxvy2d8m6jekq9ws4zmzgobo1qqeqi7/original.jpg)

Some is shaped with care and craft and skill - a witness to centuries of praying, singing and sermons...

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Stone worn smooth by the passage of countless marriages, baptisms, funerals and the journeys of the faithful...

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/y249sw5ddde8sfk44y1pyu1opbip8q2mc0si/original.jpg)

Stone that helps proclaim the start of the adventure of life...the font.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2e/b6/2eb6d776-18dd-41f1-a2d1-b76fa2d605be/content/images/production/photos/zs0zsnj3h929bt60sy5sc4wtpr6azp5k1sq8/original.jpg)

Stone that speaks of our mortal identity when we depart...

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The stones that help us remember as the sun sets on another day...

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## St. Thomas's, Salisbury

is a remarkable place, right at the heart of the city. The church has a stunningly rich historic interior and plays a key part in the life of the city and the wider community.