Lincoln Cathedral
cathedral located in Lincoln in England
Key facts
- Location
- Lincoln , Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Previous denomination
- Roman Catholicism
- Tradition
- Anglo-Catholic
- Website
- lincolncathedral .com
- Dedication
- Virgin Mary
- Consecrated
- 11 May 1092
- Style
- Gothic
- Years built
- 1185–1311
- Length
- 147 metres (482 ft)
- Width
- 24 metres (78 ft)
- Height
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Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln. The cathedral is governed by its dean and chapter, and is a grade I listed building.
The earliest parts of the current building date to 1072, when bishop Remigius de Fécamp moved his seat from Dorchester on Thames to Lincoln. The building was completed in 1092, but severely damaged in an earthquake in 1185. It was rebuilt over the following centuries in different phases of the Gothic style, with significant surviving parts of the cathedral in Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular.
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