2005
SU1429 : Salisbury Cathedral: North Gate
taken 19 years ago, near to Harnham, Wiltshire, England
Salisbury Cathedral: North Gate
Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.The main body was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258.
The cathedral has the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom (123m/404 ft). The cathedral also has the largest cloister and the largest cathedral close in Britain (80 acres (320,000 m2)). The Cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (from AD 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original copies of Magna Carta Although commonly known as Salisbury Cathedral, the official name is the Cathedral of Saint Mary.
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