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Wells Cathedral, England

This is Wells Cathedral, England. This guide to cathedral cities in England will show you England cities with important cathedrals. They’re great cities in England to visit. The guide also has a cathedral cities in England map. These are some of the best cities in England if you like history and architecture.

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Wells Cathedral, Somerset

Wells Cathedral, Somerset . Wells Cathedral is an Anglican, gothic style cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral from around 1175 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705, it became an Anglican cathedral when King Henry VIII split from Rome. It has been called “unquestionably one of the most beautiful” and “most poetic” of English cathedrals. . Wells is also the location…

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In the first of two articles, John Goodall describes the architectural development of Wells and the struggle of its late-medieval clergy to win the church its now-familiar status as a cathedral.

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