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Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, [2] 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 .
From 1311, when the spire of Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, until the Washington Monument was completed in 1884, a succession of church buildings held this title. The tallest church building in the world is the Ulm Minster (161.5 m), the main Lutheran congregation in Ulm, Germany.
The United Kingdom no longer features as prominently on the list of tallest churches worldwide, but in 1311, Lincoln Cathedral surpassed the Great Pyramid of Giza to become the world's tallest building. Salisbury Cathedral is the present tallest church building in the country, standing at a height of 123 metres (404 feet), and it remains ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Lincoln: Cathedral: 1311: 8 October 1953 1388680: Cathedral Church of St Mary and Cloisters ...
Lincoln (/ ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ə n /) is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town.In the 2021 Census, the city's district had a population of 103,813. [4]
The central tower of Lincoln Cathedral is the tallest medieval tower in Europe. Bishop Remigius built the first Cathedral on the present site. It took 20 years but the Cathedral was destroyed in a fire some 50 years later. Bishop Alexander rebuilt and expanded the cathedral only for it to be destroyed by an earthquake in 1185.
English: Interior of the Cathedral, Lincoln An early instance of the arms of Edward III and his four elder sons appears on the tomb on Sir Bartholomew Burghersh, K.G., in Lincoln Cathedral, c. 1355.
Lincoln High Street around 1820. The city centre is divided into Uphill, Downhill, Steep Hill, Cornhill, Brayford and past the railway station. [4] [5] [failed verification] These areas are connected by the ancient Ermine Street which is known as the High Street, in Downhill the High Street becomes The Strait then Steep Hill connects to Uphill where it becomes Bailgate.