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Lincoln Cathedral
The third largest in
England occupying approx 57,000 sq ft. the original building was started in 1072
and fully built by 1092 but after a great fire and of all things an earthquake a
new Cathedral was started in 1192 built in the English style and today we see it
as the triple towered cathedral church of St Mary. An important feature of
the Cathedral is the arcade designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1674 which was
the year he started the rebuilding of St Pauls. Southwell Cathedral
The Manor of Southwell was
given to the Archbishop of York in 956. It was not long before a College of
Canons was formed and as a Collegiate Church served as an outpost of York until
1840, when it was reduced to little more than a Parish Church. However in 1884
it became the See for a new Diocese covering both Derbyshire and
Nottinghamshire. Eventually Derbyshire became a separate Diocese but Southwell
had now become a Cathedral in its own right Derby Cathedral
Cathedral Church of All
Saints. Most of the present building designed by James Gibbs in the classical
style dates back to 1723 when the medieval church, except for the perpendicular
tower (circa 1511), was pulled down. Do look for the magnificent wrought iron
screen incorporating the royal arms of George II. Made by the craftsman Robert
Bakewell. At the East end of the South aisle is a monument to the Countess of
Shrewsbury none other than Bess of Hardwick and in the vault below is one of her
descendents Henry Cavendish the famous scientist who discovered Hydrogen in
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