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Canterbury Cathedral - http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
The official site provides photographs, history and an interactive tour. |
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Lincoln Cathedral - http://www.lincolncathedral.com/
The official site provides an outline history with reconstruction drawings, and a well-designed tour: beautiful photographs, including close-ups, with brief explanations, and a clickable plan. |
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York Minster - http://www.yorkminster.org
The elegant official site for the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe. Well-designed tour with photographs and brief historical details. |
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St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh - http://www.stgilescathedral.org.uk/
The official site includes history and images of the building, a large presbyterian church commonly known as a cathedral since it served that purpose for part of the 17th century. |
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Salisbury Cathedral - http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/
The attractive official site has a brief history and building chronology. An interactive map of the close leads to photographs, history and visitor information on the buildings around the cathedral. |
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Exeter Cathedral Keystones and Carvings - http://hds.essex.ac.uk/exetercath/index.html
Avril Henry and Anna Hulbert's searchable explanatory catalogue of the medieval interior sculptures. Images, descriptions, introduction, notes and bibliography; clickable plan. |
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Leicester Cathedral - http://www.cathedral.leicester.anglican.org/
The official web-site has a floor plan, brief history and illustrated tour of the medieval Church of St Martin which became a cathedral in 1927. |
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Chester Cathedral - http://www.chestercathedral.com/
The official site gives history, description and visitor information. The church of the former Abbey of St Werburgh became a cathedral in 1541. |
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Winchester Cathedral - http://www.winchester-cathedral.org.uk/
The official site of this magnificent medieval church provides a history, plan showing building phases and features, illustrated description and a gallery of professional, expandable photographs. |
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Exeter Cathedral - http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/
The official web-site. Clear interactive plan, coloured to show building phases. Clicking on locations leads to large photographs and brief details, which can also be seen by following the tour. |
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Gloucester Cathedral - http://www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk/
The official web-site has an outline history, detailed plan and gallery of beautiful photographs using natural lighting effects. Also visitor information. |
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Llandaff Cathedral - http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/
The official site provides an illustrated history of this mainly Gothic cathedral on one of the oldest Christian sites in Britain. |
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Medieval Cathedrals in England and Wales A-Z Guide - http://www.britainexpress.com/Where_to_go_in_Britain/Cathedrals/Cathedrals1.htm
Britain Express provides a tourist guide: thumbnail photographs, brief histories and visitor information. |
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Ripon Cathedral - http://www.riponcathedral.org.uk/
The official site provides an outline history of the medieval minster which became a cathedral in 1836 and an educational tour, with clickable cutaway view leading to text and illustrations suitable for school use. |
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Rochester Cathedral - http://www.rochestercathedral.org/
Largely Gothic, though with some Romanesque architecture remaining. The official site provides history, virtual tour using a sensitive ground plan and visitor information. |
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Bradford Cathedral - http://www.bradfordcathedral.co.uk/
The official site includes a brief history, tour and images of this comparatively modest cathedral. The medieval parish church of St Peter became a cathedral in 1919. |
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Lichfield Cathedral - http://lichfield-cathedral.org/
The official web-site provides a history and floor-plan coloured to show dated building phases, with details of what is where. Photograph album has expandable thumbnails. |
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St. Woolos Cathedral, Newport, Wales - http://www.churchinwales.org.uk/monmouth/people/cathedral/
The official web-site supplies an outline history of the Norman and Gothic church adopted as the cathedral for the new diocese of Monmouth in 1929. |
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St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen - http://www.stmachar.com/
The official web-site delves into the medieval cathedral's Celtic roots and has a limited photo album. |
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Medieval English Cathedrals and Churches - http://myweb.lmu.edu/sshepherd/med.htm
S.H. Shepherd's professional photos of Durham, Gloucester, Lincoln, Litchfield and Salisbury Cathedrals, along with some churches. |
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Lichfield Cathedral - http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/cathedral-early.ihtml
The City Council offers an illustrated history of the medieval cathedral and its predecessors: Litchfield has been the seat of a bishop from the 7th century. |
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Sheffield Cathedral - http://www.sheffield-cathedral.co.uk/
Provides a history of this medieval church elevated to cathedral status in modern times. |
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Gothic Architecture in England: The Cathedrals - http://members.tripod.com/gothic_architecture/
Amy Johansen's outline of the topic, using Wells, Lincoln and Gloucester as examples of the three main styles of Gothic Architecture. Includes bibliography. |
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Bristol Cathedral - http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/chu-01.asp
About Bristol supplies photographs and a brief history of the Abbey of St Augustine, founded in 1140, which became the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in 1542. |
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Winchester Cathedral: St. Swithun's Shrine - http://www.britannia.com/church/shrines/sw-shrine.html
An illustrated article in Britannia pieces together the evidence for the structure of this popular shrine destroyed in 1538. Bibliography. |
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Worcester Cathedral - http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menuengl/mainwor.html
Photographs and an elevation drawing from Alison Stones, Images of Medieval Art and Architecture. |
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Gloucester Cathedral - http://www.britannia.com/church/studies/gloscath.html
Britannia Internet Magazine supply photographs, an engraving, history (by David Nash Ford) and detailed architectural analysis with bibliography (by Stephanie James). |
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Hereford Cathedral History - http://www.britannia.com/history/herefords/churches/herefordcath.html
Text edited by David Nash Ford from Cathedrals (1924) with one photograph. |
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Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford - http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=278&Itemid=324
The official site gives a substantial history, with sources. Founded as the church of an Anglo-Saxon nunnery and incorporated into a college, Christ Church became a cathedral in 1546. |
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Brecon Cathedral, Wales - http://www.kingswaycomputers.co.uk/brecon
An illustrated history is provided by this official web-site. Once the church of Brecon Priory and then a parish church, it became a cathedral in 1923. |