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Durham Cathedral has quite a good pedigree also,it has three copys of the Magna Carta,
I once went for a Geological tours of Durham fascinating where and how all the rocks orginated. The thought of how such builtings were built interests me as well. It was not until I visited Istanbul that I discovered what had filled the gap between the fall of Rome and the great Medieval Cathedrals.When did Westminster Abbey become a cathedral? Westminster Cathedral is down the road.My daughter played in a concert in Gloucester Cathedral, lovely accoustics, lovely atmosphere, pity about the lack of heating.
lincs,will you look up the wikipedia,Durham cathedral,that were I read about the three copies of the Magna Carta were,Bye the way this is not about who's got the biggest spiral and the best cathedral,but a mear observation about how beautiful these buildings are don't you think so?
Thirteen later versions of the Magna Carta also survive. Durham Cathedral owns copies of the 1216, 1217 and 1225 versions. Overseas, copies of the 1297 version are on display at Australia's Parliament House in Canberra and at the U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Others that spring to mind are Liverpool Anglican (the largest/heaviest ring of bells hung for ringing in the world - appreciate that may not be everyone's thing, I don't remember the building being up to much) and also Liverpool RC, which has wonderful stained glass.I'm afraid that York Minster lost it for me when it started charging. :(