Cathedrals

Perhaps the most aweinspiring structures ever built in these isles, ancient cathedrals continue to exude spiritual force and architectural magic many centuries after their incredible design and construction.This book, by monumental mason, letter and fire fighter Mark Mills is beautifully illustrated throughout with engravings, and finely printed on the highest quality recycled papers. Here is the amazing story of the cathedrals, told through the exquisite examples of old England.

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• 3 ANCIENT ENGLISH CATHEDRALS written by Mark Mills First published 2006 AD This edition Wooden Book
• 4 CONTENTS Dedicated to the Glory of God Just before the Reformation England had 17 Cathedral Church
• 1 INTRODuCTION Where to begin How can we possibly begin to fathom the intricacies of these great ch
• 2 3 None of our existing cathedrals have survived from Saxon times except in certain circumstances w
• 4 5 Founded in 1140 as an Augustinian abbey, building commenced immediately on this great Norman chu
• 6 7 CANTERBuRy Christ Church The first seat of episcopal power in Britain, Canterbury began its life
• 8 9 CARLISLE Cathedral Church of the Holy Undivided Trinity Carlisle is uniquely situated on an anc
• 10 11 CHESTER Cathedral Church of Christ the Blessed Virgin Mary Originally founded by the Romans a
• 12 13 CHICHESTER Cathedral of the Holy Trinity Originally established by St Wilfred on the Isle of S
• 14 15 Standing on a mass of rock, with the River Wear snaking around its base in a horseshoe, Durham
• 16 17 Originally an island in the vast marshy Norfolk fens, Ely was given to the Saxon princess St E
• 18 19 Built on a Roman camp, the Abbey Church of St. Peter was founded in 939 by monks of the Benedi
• 20 21 In AD 49 the Romans entered Caer Glow, forming a fortress there, and by 189 Gloucester is repu
• 22 23 In Saxon times Hereford was situated in part of Mercia. It may have been the site of a See as
• 24 25 When Chad was made Bishop of Mercia in 669 he moved the See from Repton to Lichfield, the cent
• 26 27 Apart from Durham no other English cathedral is so dominantly placed as that of Lincoln. In t
• 28 29 The diocese of Norwich is one of the most ancient in England, the See having been founded in 6
• 30 31 The smallest cathedral in England, Oxford began as a nunnery founded in the 8th century by St
• 32 33 The first church at Peterborough was part of an abbey founded in 655 by King Peada of Mercia w
• 34 35 In 1836 Ripon Minster became a cathedral, elevated by the creation of a new diocese. However,
• 36 37 This ancient and undisturbed diocese was founded in 604 by Bishop Justus, on the orders of St
• 38 39 Salisbury is the only English cathedral built on a fresh site in the Gothic period. In 1217 B
• 40 41 SOuTHWARK Cathedral Collegiate Church of St Saviour St Mary Overie This ancient church was r
• 42 43 Knowledge of the early history of Southwell is patchy. A Roman Christian font found nearby in
• 44 45 This abbey church was founded by King Offa of Mercia in 730 to commemorate the site of the mar
• 46 47 ST PAuLS Cathedral Church of St Paul The see of London was established as early as 314 and in
• 48 49 Permission to found an AngloSaxon church beside the great spring at Wells is believed to have
• 50 51 A cathedral was first built on this site in 634, and the plan of that ancient building is stil
• 52 53 Nestled against the River Severn, the site was settled in the Iron Age, then occupied by the R
• 54 55 The site of a Roman fortress, York had its own bishop by 314. In 627 the newly converted King
• 56 57 CATHEDRAL GROuND PLANS from Bannister Fletchers History of Architecture 1895
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