United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom Links

• Cathedrals of Britain The Pilgrims Association provides a guide to churches, cathedrals and abbeys in the UK and Ireland. Each has a page with history, pictures and visitor information.
  
  
• Westminster Cathedral The official site of the primary Catholic Cathedral in England and Wales includes a brief history and tour of the Byzantine-style building, designed by Victorian architect John Francis Bentley.
  
• The Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool (RC) The official site give a history of this remarkable Modernist building completed in 1967. Designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, the circular plan and spiked elevation is intended to evoke Christ's crown of thorns.
  
• Medieval English Cathedrals A-Z Guide A gazetteer of cathedrals in England and Wales from Britain Express including opening times and how to get there.
  
• St Paul's Cathedral, London The official site of the magnificent Baroque church designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1673. It has an illustrated chronology and 360-degree panoramas that require QuickTime VR.
  
• St. Anne's RC Cathedral, Leeds Leeds Council provides a photograph and brief history of the church designed in 1899 by J.H. Eastwood and S.K. Greenslade in the Arts and Crafts style.
  
• Edinburgh Cathedral ( Roman Catholic ) Originally the Chapel of St Mary, built in 1814 to the designs of James Gillespie Graham, it became a cathedral in 1878. Brief history; interactive plan leads to photographs and details.
  
• Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Archaeological Trust uncovered the Anglo-Saxon cathedral beneath the present one. Illustrated report from Current Archaeology.
  
• St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow The official site provides a history of the building designed by George Gilbert Scott, with a special section on Gwyneth Leech's murals.
  
• The Cathedrals of England. Julian Thurgood provides an introduction to the subject and a full list of Anglican and Roman Catholic cathedrals in England, with links to their web-sites.
  
• Liverpool Cathedral (Anglican) Mersey World provides a photograph and brief details of the largest Anglican cathedral. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, it is a 20th-century building in a traditional mould.
  
• Coventry Cathedral Official site giving history and visitor information.
  
• Coventry Cathedral Peter Barton's illustrated history of the new cathedral built to the design of Basil Spence after the medieval cathedral was destroyed by bombing in the second world war.
  
• The Virtual Tour of Ripon A tour of the inside of Ripon Cathedral, with some good photographs. From Stem Computer Systems.