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Dreaming towards the spire and blue skies above All Saints Church in Hereford. All Saints Church has been a focus of Hereford life for over 800 years. Its dramatic twisted spire dominates the skyline, and the medieval interior is an inspired meeting of the sacred and the secular. The original All Saints, probably dating from 1200AD, did not last long and it may well have been damaged by an earthquake. Rebuilding was soon started, but took a long time and it was not until about 1330AD that the new church was completed, very much as we see it today. It seems that the tower and spire had always leant over (until the straightening of the 1990s), because the builders did not realise until it was too late that they were laying the foundations of one side very close to one and possibly more rubbish pits. In later years the spire was given a further twist at the top, as metal fixing for the stones rusted badly and pushed the stones out of place. There is a ring of eight bells, which regularly peal out over the city. #allsaintschurch #allsaintschurchhereford #allsaintshereford #allsaints #hereford #hightown #hightownhereford #herefordshire #yourherefordshire #visitherefordshire #hereforddiocese #churchofengland #church #churches #spire #spires #dreamingspires #bluesky #blueskies #summer #summertime #summersun #summersunshine #englishsummer #urban #urbanphotography #urbanlife #historicbuilding #historicbuildings