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Southwell, diocese of
Southwell, diocese of. This see, now roughly conterminous with Nottinghamshire, was created in 1884, following rapid population growth in the 19th cent. Initially it had combined Nottinghamshire, from the Lincoln diocese, and Derbyshire, from Lichfield, but, as the two counties proved incompatible, the new Derby diocese was created in 1927. In 1935 Southwell moved from the Canterbury province to York. It was a return home, for Nottinghamshire had been in the York diocese before its move to Lincoln in 1837. Southwell with its medieval minster, one of three (with Ripon and Beverley) in the old York diocese, and its ancient ecclesiastical associations became the see instead of Nottingham, the industrial centre. The cathedral is the former minster church, founded in 1108, dissolved in 1540, but restored in 1558. It has a fine Norman nave and transepts with a 13th-cent. choir and chapter house, where the stonework with its distinctive Southwell foliage is unique.
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JOHN CANNON. "Southwell, diocese of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Southwell, diocese of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Southwelldioceseof.html JOHN CANNON. "Southwell, diocese of." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Southwelldioceseof.html |
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Southwell
Southwell , town (1991 pop. 61,200), Nottinghamshire, central England. It includes the small civil parish of Southwell, which since 1884 has been the cathedral town of Nottinghamshire. Charles I surrendered to the Scottish commissioners at the King's Arms (now Saracen's Head) Inn in 1646. The cathedral, begun c.1110, is on the site of a church said to have been founded in the 7th cent. |
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"Southwell." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Southwell." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sthwel.html "Southwell." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sthwel.html |
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Southwell, diocese of
Southwell, diocese of This see, roughly conterminous with Nottinghamshire, was created in 1884, following rapid population growth in the 19th cent. The cathedral is the former minster church, founded in 1108, restored in 1558. It has a fine Norman nave and transepts with a 13th‐cent. choir and chapter house, where the stonework with its distinctive Southwell foliage is unique.
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JOHN CANNON. "Southwell, diocese of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Southwell, diocese of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Southwelldioceseof.html JOHN CANNON. "Southwell, diocese of." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Southwelldioceseof.html |
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Southwell
Southwell. St Paulinus is said to have founded a collegiate church here c.630. A college of secular canons was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1540, refounded in 1585, and again dissolved in 1841. In 1884 the largely Norman church became the cathedral of the new diocese.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Southwell." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Southwell." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Southwell.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Southwell." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Southwell.html |
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Southwell
Southwell Notts. Suthwellan 958, Sudwelle 1086 (DB). ‘South spring’. OE sūth + wella.
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A. D. MILLS. "Southwell." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Southwell." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Southwell.html A. D. MILLS. "Southwell." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Southwell.html |
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