Wells Cathedral

Part of August Bank Holiday weekend trip to Somerset was a quick whip around the ground of Wells Cathedral. Which as frequeently turns out, is a pretty interesting place with a ton of history - smack in the middle of rural England.  The present cathedral was begun in 1175 on the sight of a much earlier Saxon church from about 705.  the 1175 church was the first English Church to be built in the French Gothic style.

The adjacent Bishop's House is surrounded by a moat with swans - who apparently can ring a bell for their supper.  Now these swans also apparently feature in the film Hot Fuzz. So this post gives you both historical facts and  movie trailor what more could you want?

swans (not ringing the bell)