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Durham Cathedral (formally the Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Cuthbert) is a Church of England cathedral in Durham, County Durham. It is the seat of the Bishop of Durham. It contains the shrines of the Anglo-Saxon saints Cuthbert and Bede. The cathedral is the successor to the Anglo-Saxon Lindisfarne Priory. Fleeing Viking raids, the monks settled at Chester-le-Street from 882 to 995, when they moved to Durham. The present building was substantially completed between 1093 and 1133 in the Romanesque architectural style. The nave ceiling is the earliest surviving example of a pointed rib vault. The Galilee chapel was added in the 1170s. The western towers were built around 1200. The east end was expanded in the Early English Gothic style in the 1230s, and the Perpendicular Gothic central tower was built in the 15th century. Many of the monastic buildings survive, the monks' refectory now containing part of the cathedral library. The cathedral is within the council area of County Durham.
Historic England Grade I Listed 1161023.

Place Type: Ecclesiastical Monument
Historic County: Durham
Lat, Long: 54.773473,-1.576726
Grid Reference: NZ 2732 4214
Civil Parish: City of Durham CP
Council Area: County Durham CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Durham PA

GBPN ID: 321214
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Durham_Cathedral,_Durham_321214

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