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Wells (/ w ɛ l z /) [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 21 miles (34 km) south-east of Weston-super-Mare, 22 mi (35 km) south-west of Bath and 23 mi (37 km) south of Bristol.
The Bishop's Eye in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway into a walled precinct, the Liberty of St Andrew, which encloses the twelfth century Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Vicar's Close and the residences of the clergy who serve the cathedral.
Boundary Wall. Construction began around 1210 by Bishop Jocelin of Wells but principally dates from 1230. [1] Bishop Jocelin continued the cathedral building campaign begun by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and was responsible for building the Bishop's Palace, as well as the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel within the liberty of the cathedral.
[17] [26] [27] Water supply was originally from two wells, one at each end of the close. By 1468 lead pipes had been installed to bring water into the houses, although the wells continued to function until the 19th century. [28] Number 22 is the house which still has most of its original medieval structure as it was originally built. [29 ...
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St Cuthbert Out, sometimes Wells St Cuthbert Out, is a civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. It entirely surrounds (but does not include) the city and parish of Wells as an enclave. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 4,574, [1] an increase on the 2011 census count of 3,749. [2] [3]
Wells St Andrew became a civil parish in 1866, [4] on 1 April the parish was abolished and merged with Wells St Cuthbert In to form the present-day civil parish of Wells, [4] which covers all of the city; local government for Wells in this period was provided largely by Wells Municipal Borough. In 1931 the parish had a population of 290. [13]
Wells is the first cathedral in England to be built, from its foundation, in Gothic style. According to art historian John Harvey , it is the first truly Gothic cathedral in the world, its architects having entirely dispensed with all features that bound the contemporary east end of Canterbury Cathedral and the earlier buildings of France, such ...