What is Worcester Cathedral?
[[Image:East end of Worcester Cathedral.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The east end of Worcester Cathedral.]] '''Worcester Cathedral''' is an [[Anglican]] [[cathedral]] in [[Worcester]], England. It stands on a bank overlooking the [[River Severn]]. It is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is '''The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester'''. It was built between 1084 and 1504, so therefore there are many different kinds of architecture, from Norman to Perpendicular Gothic. It is famous for its Norman [[crypt]] and the unusual chapter house. ==History== The Cathedral was founded in 680 with Bishop Bosel as its head. Most of the cathedral we see today dates from the 12th and 13th centuries. Monks and nuns had been at the Cathedral since the seventh century. The monastery became Benedictine in the second half of the tenth century. The Benedictine monks were driven out in 1540 and replaced by secular (non-religious) canons. After the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]], the building became a cathedral of secular clergy again. The cathedral often had restoration work done, especially by [[George Gilbert Scott|Sir George Gilbert Scott]] and A. E. Perkins in the 1860s. Both men are buried at the cathedral. In the chancel of the cathedral is the tomb of [[John of England|King John]]. The cathedral has a memorial, Prince Arthur's Chantry, to the young prince [[Arthur, Prince of Wales|Arthur Tudor]], who is buried here. Arthur's younger brother and next in line for the throne was [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. Worcester Cathedral was not destroyed by Henry VIII during the English Reformation because of his brother's [[chantry]] in the cathedral. Other famous burials include [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Stanley Baldwin]] (1867–1947), Bishop of Worcester John Gauden (1605–1662) and Richard Edes (d.1604), a chaplain to [[Elizabeth I]] and [[James I of England|James I]]. ==Bells== The tower has a ring of twelve bells plus three