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cathedrals are the chief churches of a diocese, where the archbishop or bishop has his throne (
cathedra). The fabric and worship of the church itself is the responsibility of the dean. The oldest dioceses of the Church of England are Canterbury (597), London (604), Rochester (604), York (625), Norwich (631), Lincoln (Lindsey) (634), Durham (Lindisfarne) (635), Lichfield (656), Hereford (676), and Worcester (680). The newest are Birmingham (1905), Southwark (1905), Chelmsford (1914), Bury St Edmunds (1914), Coventry (1918), Bradford (1920), Derby (1927), Guildford (1927), Leicester (1927), and Portsmouth (1927). There are also more than eighty suffragan bishoprics.
Little pre-Norman work remains, though
Wilfrid's 7th-cent. crypts at Ripon and Hexham survive. Among the more remarkable features of the other cathedrals are the Norman nave at Durham (late 12th cent.), the chapter house at Bristol (late 12th cent.), the west front at Wells (13th cent.), the carvings at Southwell (late 13th cent.), the spires at Lichfield (early 14th cent.), the cloisters at Gloucester (late 14th cent.), the towers of Lincoln (14th and 15th cent.), and the great dome of St Paul's (late 17th cent.). Modern Anglican cathedrals are at Truro (1880+), Liverpool (1904+), Guildford (1936+), and Coventry (1956–62), this last to the design of Sir Basil
Spence.
Westminster Roman catholic cathedral, with its enormous campanile, was built between 1895 and 1903. Two remarkable 20th-cent. catholic cathedrals are at Liverpool, designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd (1962–7), and at Clifton, Bristol (1970–3). [There are separate entries for all the sees of the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Church in Wales, and the episcopal Church of Scotland.]
J. A. Cannon
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Cathedrals Under Siege: Cathedrals in English Society, 1600-1700.
Magazine article from: The Historian; 6/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...of the century, cathedrals appeared outwardly...chapter on the cathedral clergy delves into...England in its cathedrals. Another chapter...quite well that the cathedral clergy provided...lay people in the cathedrals, as well as discipline...clergy, students at cathedral schools, and ...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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CATHEDRAL CENTENARY: The door is always open; A cathedral is more than pews, cupolas and Burne-Jones windows. Its heart is the people who go to worship God. Jo Ind reports on the community which is St Philip's, in the year the cathedral celebrates its centenary CATHEDRAL CENTENARY.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/5/2005; 700+ words
; ...emphasise enough that it's not my cathedral. The cathedral belongs to George, tothe bishop...called Patrick who used to visit both cathedrals, this one and St Chad's, the Roman Catholic Cathedral. 'Whenever there was a great big...
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COLUMN: Cathedrals: What's the big deal?
News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/27/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...tour of Spain's cathedrals. After my second day of cathedral viewing, I realized...themselves enjoying the cathedral. In this sense, cathedrals are just like the...won't discount cathedrals totally. If the cathedral is 400 years old...
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Cathedrals to lose pounds 3m Heritage cash
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/20/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...grant for historic cathedrals, prompting fears...is to close its Cathedral Grants Scheme at...building." The cathedral will now have to...Although some cathedrals have significant...coming to an end, cathedrals will still remain...future." Lincoln cathedral was expected to...
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Cathedrals become temples of Mammon While admission charges are being scrapped by national museums, the Church of England continues to take millions in `voluntary' donations
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/6/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...at St Paul's Cathedral. Many cathedrals claim that they...At Hereford Cathedral, general admission...but Anglican cathedrals are making millions...without them cathedrals would fall into...Peterborough Cathedral, said: "It...
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Cathedrals in line for sweeping changes
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/12/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...The independence of cathedrals from their bishops...at the door of his cathedral when consecrated to...remain. Fourteen later cathedrals, such as Southwark...report urges the richer cathedrals, to raise more from...more. The changes to cathedral constitutions that...
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Cathedrals under Siege: Cathedrals in English Society, 1600-1700
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...slow reconstruction of cathedral life after the 1660...reveal the lives of cathedrals in their own right...century, or for the cathedrals as a group; hence...between regions, and cathedrals and over time.While...that one-third of cathedral clergy published a...
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Roskilde Cathedral, Marvel of the north
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Review; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...s capital city to find its greatest cathedral - St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Notre...example. Yet Denmark's most interesting cathedral is not to be found in its modern capital...brick facade gives little clue to the cathedral's importance in Danish history. In...
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 "Birmingham Mail (England)")
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Cathedral unveils a vision of future; LICHFIELD: Ambitious plans to transform gateway to famous landmark Local News Extra.(News)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England); 6/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...development stage and the cathedral authorities are now seeking...Dorber, said: "Lichfield Cathedral has been here for around 1...before it there were earlier cathedrals and churches on this site...look at the history of the cathedral we can see that in roughly...
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Cathedral was spared architect's disastrous plans for demolition
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 3/7/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Barrington, under whose rule Durham Cathedral nearly lost its most treasured piecesTHE...Salisbury, he instigated repairs to the cathedral and employed an eminent architect of...employed to undertake work at Durham Cathedral.Decisions regarding Wyatt's work...
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cathedral
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Cathedral and the Cathedral of St. John the...York City and the cathedrals of Washington...Simson, The Gothic Cathedral (1956); A. Rodin, Cathedrals of France (1960...Cook, The English Cathedral through the Centuries...
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Christ Church cathedral
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Christ Church cathedral, the cathedral church of the archdiocese of Dublin and Glendalough . A cathedral has existed on this site since c .1028 when the Norse king of Dublin, Sitric Silkbeard, co‐founded the cathedral of the Holy...
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Cathedral of St. Sophia, Novgorod
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...of the eleventh century, a cathedral of such size and complexity...crushed brick and lime. The cathedral has five aisles for the main...counterpart, yet the two cathedrals are of approximately the same...development in the Novgorod cathedral. Novgorod chronicles indicate...
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Cathedral of the Dormition
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
CATHEDRAL OF THE DORMITION The first Kremlin Dormition cathedral, a simple onedomed masonry structure, was built by...model his church on the thirteenth-century Dormition cathedral in Vladimir, in the belief that the prototype was designed...
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Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine New York City, the world's largest Gothic cathedral. The Episcopal cathedral was begun in 1892 in the Byzantine-Romanesque style after designs by G. L. Heins and C. Grant La Farge. In 1911, plans for...
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