history of English cathedrals


It was a vast civil engineering programme that diverted the resources of the nation. At fifteen sites across the country, from Durham in the north to Chichester in the south, Norwich in the east to Hereford in the west, thousands of men laboured to create marvels that would amaze their contemporaries. Their creations would become instant landmarks, the centre of civic pride in their local areas and […]

Statements in stone – England’s Norman cathedrals