Directory > Arts > Architecture > History > Building Types > Religious > Christian > Churches > Cathedrals > Gothic > United Kingdom Lichfield Cathedral The City Council offers an illustrated history of the medieval cathedral and its predecessors: Litchfield has been the seat of a bishop from the 7th century. http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/cathedral-early.ihtml Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford The official site gives a substantial history, with sources. Founded as the church of an Anglo-Saxon nunnery and incorporated into a college, Christ Church became a cathedral in 1546. http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/cathedral/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Hereford Cathedral History Text edited by David Nash Ford from Cathedrals (1924) with one photograph. http://www.britannia.com/history/herefords/churches/herefordcath.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen The official web-site delves into the medieval cathedral's Celtic roots and has a limited photo album. http://www.stmachar.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Glasgow Cathedral Official site for the cathedral of the Church of Scotland. Includes a brief history of this medieval church by The Very Rev. Dr. W. J. Morris, and a picture tour. http://www.glasgowcathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gothic Architecture in England: The Cathedrals Amy Johansen's outline of the topic, using Wells, Lincoln and Gloucester as examples of the three main styles of Gothic Architecture. Includes bibliography. http://members.tripod.com/gothic_architecture/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Worcester Cathedral Photographs and an elevation drawing from Alison Stones, Images of Medieval Art and Architecture. http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuengl/mainwor.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Winchester Cathedral: St. Swithun's Shrine An illustrated article in Britannia pieces together the evidence for the structure of this popular shrine destroyed in 1538. Bibliography. http://www.britannia.com/church/shrines/sw-shrine.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Canterbury Cathedral The official site provides photographs, history and an interactive tour. http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Chester Cathedral Elegant official site, giving history, description and visitor information. The church of the former Abbey of St Werburgh became a cathedral in 1541. http://www.chestercathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Canterbury Cathedral An unofficial look at this World Heritage building by Peter Blanche: some history and photographs, external and internal, including tombs. Part of the Kent Genealogy Resources site. http://www.digiserve.com/peter/cc.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport, Wales The official web-site supplies an outline history of the Norman and Gothic church adopted as the cathedral for the new diocese of Monmouth in 1929. http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/monmouth/diocese/5.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Brecon Cathedral, Wales An illustrated history is provided by this official web-site. Once the church of Brecon Priory and then a parish church, it became a cathedral in 1923. http://www.breconcathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Exeter Cathedral The official web-site. Clear interactive plan, coloured to show building phases. Clicking on locations leads to large photographs and brief details, which can also be seen by following the tour. http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gloucester Cathedral Britannia Internet Magazine supply photographs, an engraving, history (by David Nash Ford) and detailed architecural analysis with bibliography (by Stephanie James). http://www.britannia.com/church/studies/gloscath.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Leicester Cathedral The official web-site has a floor plan, brief history and illustrated tour of the medieval Church of St Martin which became a cathedral in 1927. http://www.cathedral.leicester.anglican.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Lichfield Cathedral The official web-site provides a history and floor-plan coloured to show dated building phases, with details of what is where. Photo album has expandable thumbnails. http://www.lichfield-cathedral.org Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Lincoln Cathedral The official site provides an outline history with reconstruction drawings, and a well-designed tour: beautiful photographs, including close-ups, with brief explanations, and a clickable plan. http://www.lincolncathedral.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Exeter Cathedral Keystones and Carvings Avril Henry and Anna Hulbert's searchable explanatory catalogue of the medieval interior sculptures. Images, descriptions, introduction, notes and bibliography; clickable plan. http://www.exetercathedral.co.uk Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Llandaff Cathedral The official site provides an illustrated history of this mainly Gothic cathedral on one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/llandaff/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Rochester Cathedral Largely Gothic, though with some Romanesque architecture remaining. The official site provides history, virtual tour using a sensitive ground plan and visitor information. http://www.rochester.anglican.org/cathedral/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Winchester Cathedral The official site of this magnificent medieval church provides a history, plan showing building phases and features, illustrated description and a gallery of professional, expandable photographs. http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Ripon Cathedral The official site provides an outline history of the medieval minster which became a cathedral in 1836 and an educational tour, with clickable cutaway view leading to text and illustrations suitable for school use. http://www.riponcathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Sheffield Cathedral The official site, hosted by Sheffield University, provides a history of this medieval church elevated to cathedral status in modern times. http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/shefcath/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Gloucester Cathedral The official web-site has an outline history, detailed plan and gallery of beautiful photographs using natural lighting effects. Also visitor information. http://www.gloucestercathedral.uk.com/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Salisbury Cathedral Well-designed tour: an interactive aerial view leads to expandable photographs with commentaries and plans. Also primary text, essay, current research and bibliography. Part of Virginia University's Salisbury Project. http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/salisbury/docs/cathedral.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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York Minster The elegant official site for the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe. Well-designed tour with photographs and brief historical details. http://www.yorkminster.org/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Medieval Cathedrals in England and Wales A-Z Guide Britain Express provides a tourist guide: thumbnail photographs, brief histories and visitor information. http://www.britainexpress.com/Where_to_go_in_Britain/Cathedrals/Cathedrals1.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Salisbury Cathedral The attractive official site has a brief history and building chronology. An interactive map of the close leads to photographs, history and visitor information on the buildings around the cathedral. http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Medieval English Cathedrals and Churches S.H. Shepherd's professional photos of Durham, Gloucester, Lincoln, Litchfield and Salisbury Cathedrals, along with some churches. http://www.smu.edu/~sshepher/med.htm Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bristol Cathedral About Bristol supplies photographs and a brief history of the Abbey of St Augustine, founded in 1140, which became the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in 1542. http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/chu-01.html Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Bradford Cathedral A brief, illustrated history of this comparatively modest cathedral. The medieval parish church of St Peter became a cathedral in 1919. Photograph of the remains of a Saxon preaching cross. http://www.bradford.anglican.org/cathedral/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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