SPECIAL OFFER - Buy the special 1100 Anniversary Book "A Diocesan Celebration" by Dr Robert Dunning for £19.99 and get one other item free!
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Previous events:
Saturday 21st November - Songs of Praise at Wells Cathedral. Go to Worship for details
Please click to see reports and photos of Peter's Progress
You can listen again/hear what you missed at Glastonbury Abbey on the 4th July 2009
Or watch Mary Robinson receive her honourary degree for Human Rights and listen to her Anniversary Lecture at Bath Abbey
You can read the report and view some pictures of the fantastic Anniversary Cricket Match
Please check this site for updates.
In addition there will be many local events - please go to Local Index for details
Welcome...
Welcome to the Bath and Wells 1100th website, the hub of this very special year that sees the Diocese coming together to:
Give thanks for the past
Celebrate the present
Challenge the future
Fundraising - Kit for Kids in Zambia
How to get involved Fundraising for Children in Zambia
Total so far £9,569.86
More information on Links with Zambia
1100 years... how it started
The Diocese of Bath and Wells was formed in 909 so this year is its eleven hundredth anniversary. In earlier times, bishops of Sherborne had been the spiritual leaders of all of south-west England.
Sherborne Abbey
It was too large an area to care for properly, and so the huge diocese was divided. In 909 bishops were appointed to Wells and Crediton. So for 1100 years the people of Somerset have had their own bishop. They took different titles as they moved their headquarters but they had a common aim: to proclaim God to each generation.
Robert Dunning's book tells the full story. for more details see Celebratory Books
Read all about the year on the bbc website
The Official Charity of the 1100th Celebrations
Why not take a look at the range of anniversary goodies for sale on the shop pages?