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Although the population recorded in the 2011 census was only 10,536, [3] (increased to 12,000 by 2018) and with a built-up area of just 3.244 km 2 (1.253 sq mi), [4] Wells has had city status since medieval times, because of the presence of Wells Cathedral. Often described as England's smallest city, [5] [6] it is actually the second smallest ...
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 ...
Vicars' Close is a dead end street in Wells, Somerset.It is reportedly Europe's oldest residential street with the original buildings still intact. [3] John Julius Norwich called it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century". [8]
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The Church of St Cuthbert is an Anglican parish church in Wells, Somerset, England, dating from the 13th century. It is often mistaken for the cathedral. It has a fine Somerset stone tower and a superb carved roof. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
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.
Wells-next-the-Sea is a port town on the north coast of Norfolk, England. The civil parish has an area of 16.31 km 2 (6.30 sq mi) and in 2001 had a population of 2,451, [ 1 ] reducing to 2,165 at the 2011 census .
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.