Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity |
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| Carlisle Cathedral | |
| Dedication | The Holy and Undivided Trinity |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Tradition | Broad Church |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Carlisle |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Dean | vacant |
| Other | |
| Website | www.carlislecathedral.org.uk |
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Carlisle Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral in the city of Carlisle, in Cumbria, in England.
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History
It was begun during the reign of King Henry I by the first Bishop of Carlisle, the Englishman Æthelwulf (1133-1155), who built a moderate-sized Norman minster of which the transepts and part of the nave still exist. The present cathedral has fine examples of stone tracery, mediæval stained glass, paintings and carvings. The building is made of red sandstone, which due to local weather at some places appears black. Five of the seven bays of the cathedral were destroyed by the Scottish Presbyterian Army during the English Civil War to provide stone for the reinforcement of Carlisle Castle. The Scots had even less respect for medieval architecture than Oliver Cromwell. Carlisle cathedral was restored by in the 19th century by Ewan Christian. Due to the extremes in wet and dry conditions at Carlisle, the ground on which the Cathedral is built is constantly moving. This is visible when upon inspection of the pillars, which lean in all directions. Robert William Billings published an analysis of Carlisle Cathedral which has been the subject of scholarly interpretation, particularly citing his geometric theory of analyis.[1]
Organ and Organists
Organ
Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register
Organists
- 1560 Thomas Southick
- 1587 Robert James
- 1610 James Pearson
- 1630 Robert Dalton
- 1663 John How
- 1693 Timothy How
- 1734 Abraham Dobinson
- 1749 Charles Pick
- 1781 Thomas Greatorex
- 1785 Thomas Hill
- 1833 Richard Ingham
- 1841 James Stimpson
- 1842 Henry Edmund Ford
- 1903 E. G. Mercer
- 1904 Sydney Nicholson
- 1910 Frederick William Wadely
- 1960 Robert Andrew Seivewright
- 1991 Jeremy Suter
References
See also
- Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
- English Gothic architecture
- Romanesque architecture
- Church of England
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