1. Durham Cathedral
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1093, Durham Castle
is an exclusive place that is known by various people and is considered to be
the best model of design in Europe.
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Its background is
pleasing, sit on the top of the River Wear, the cathedral influences the
skyline and emerges above its cobbled streets and several riverside trails
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It has a library which
contains historic documents as pre-Dissolution simple balance sheet and
three replicas of the Magna Carta.
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In 1080, William of
Calais was chosen as first Bishop of Durham who was the one to construct
this cathedral.
- · In 1066, Norman Conquest had planned to project William’s power above the north of England which remained “wild and fickle” for so long.
2.
Canterbury
Cathedral
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This
place was founded for worship in 597
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This Canterbury
Cathedral was built between 1070 and 1077.
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This chapel is a
place of Thomas
Becket. He was
the Archbishop who was eminently
murdered within the cathedral by the people of King Henry II.
3.
Christ
church Cathedral
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It was designed between 1160 and 1200.
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Christ Church
Cathedral is situated at the middle of Medieval University Town of Oxford.
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In 1522, the Church
of St Frideswide’s Priory was handed over to Cardinal Wolsey, who had
elected it as the location for his planned Oxford College ‘Cardinal College’.
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In 1529, King Henry
VIII had taken over this foundation because of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Thomas Cranmer who was openly dishonored for disloyalty and deviation; his
clothes were exposed and his head was bald.
4. Southwark Cathedral
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In 1905, Southwark
Cathedral has merely had cathedral status while the formation of the bishopric
of Southwark.
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This is one of the
first Gothic structures to be designed in London after Westminster Abbey.
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Over 1000 years ago, history reveals
that this place was for Christian to do worship, it was designed between 1106 and 1538, which was ruling under the Augustinian Priory.
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After the termination
of the Priory, it was transformed into a parish church which was brutally
spoiled in the Great fire of 1212.
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It is Europe’s tallest
building known as The Shard, which was composed with the new glass pleasantly accommodate
with the medieval stone and express humanity’s ingenuity, progress, and
timeless creativity.
5.
Glasgow
Cathedral
- · It is one of the
Scottish medieval churches (and the only medieval cathedral on the
Scottish mainland) which had sustained with the reformation.
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Before the late, 12 century, it was
constructed and served as the place of the
Bishop and later on the Archbishop of Glasgow, set an example of excellent
Gothic architecture.
6. Winchester Cathedral
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This worship place was established in
642.
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Winchester Cathedral
was constructed from 1079 and hallowed in 1093.
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In Europe, it has the longest nave and
has a maximum length as compared to other Gothic cathedrals.
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Many limestones
used to manufacture the structure were brought across from quarries in the Isle
of Wight.
7. Bristol Cathedral
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Organized in 1140 and set apart in 1148, it
was initially the St Augustine’s Abbey.
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In 1542, Later by the Henry VIII’s ending of
the abbey, it became the place of the recently constituted Bishop of
Bristol and the cathedral of the latest bishopric of Bristol.
8.
York
Minster
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York Minster is the
second biggest cathedral in Britain after St Paul’s and one of the main
churches in Europe.
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Cathedral was declared
complete and consecrated in 1472.
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The location of the
church was then started to select and the Cathedral as it survived today, initiated
to be created from 1220.
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In 1250, the north and
south transepts were the first structures to be completed.
9.
Hereford
Cathedral
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In the 6th century, the location of the Hereford Cathedral,
situated at the center of the Welsh bordering city of Hereford, consist of the
T and O Mappa Mundi, a medieval map of
the world dated back from the 13th century.
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It is the largest
medieval map.
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In 1056, in this
location, the church was devastated and burnt by a collective strength of Welsh
and Irish by the Welsh prince, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.
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In 1079, Robert of
Lorraine was made Bishop and worked on its renovation which eventually
led to the formation of the cathedral that stands today.
10. Lincoln Cathedral
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It is considered the third
biggest Cathedral which is situated in Britain.
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In 1088, Lincoln
Cathedral building was inaugurated.
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It was
the highest building in the world for 238 years (1311–1549).
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In 1549, its
inner tower warped and was not remodeled.
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