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[edit]DescriptionSalisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire. - geograph.org.uk - 689221.jpg |
English: Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Some interesting facts about Salisbury Cathedral:
The Cathedral was built in just 38 years (AD1220-1258) 60,000 tons of Chilmark Stone and 10,000 tons of Purbeck Stone were used to build the Cathedral 28,000 tons of oak were used to construct the roof 420 tons of lead covering 4 acres were used on the roof Britain's tallest spire (123m/404ft) was built between AD1310-1333 adding another 6,500 tons The spire now leans 69.85cm (27.5ins) to the south and 44.44cm (17.5ins) to the west The best preserved of only four surviving original Magna Carta (AD1215) is on display in the Chapter House Europe's oldest working clock (AD1386), now situated in the north nave aisle, used to be located in the Bell Tower (demolished in 1789). It has "ticked" more than 5 million times since it was first built Salisbury has the largest Cathedral Close in Britain (80 acres) It has Britain's largest Cathedral Cloisters The Quire stalls are the largest and earliest complete set in Britain It is reputed that there are 365 (the number of days in a year) windows and 8760 (the number of hours in a year) marble pillars The Close gates are locked from 11.30pm every night through until 7am next morning The first Cathedral School was founded by Bishop Osmund in 1091 at Old Sarum - the original settlement site for Salisbury Salisbury was the first Cathedral to have a girls' choir - founded in 1991 There are 67 statues on the West Front A dead rat which carried traces of arsenic was found inside the skull of William Longespée when his tomb was opened centuries later http://www.salisburycathedral.org.uk/history.cathedral.php |
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Author | Christine Matthews |
Attribution (required by the license) InfoField | Christine Matthews / Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire. / |
InfoField | Christine Matthews / Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire. |
Camera location | 51° 03′ 49″ N, 1° 47′ 54″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.063630; -1.798400 |
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Object location | 51° 03′ 53″ N, 1° 47′ 52″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.064620; -1.797800 |
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