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Images by Theme: Cathedrals

A selection of images of some of England's Medieval cathedrals

Worcester Cathedral, Worcester

York Minster from the south, York, York

York Minster, York, York

Crowd at the foundation stone laying ceremony at Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

Durham Cathedral, Durham

Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon

Hereford Cathedral

Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Herefordshire

Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire

Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich

RAF aircrew put the 80ft bronze spire onto the roof of the new Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

Rochester Cathedral, Kent

Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury

Two men carving an inscription in Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

West front of Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset

Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent

Cathedral Church, College Gate, Rochester, Medway

Cathedral of St Mary, Worcester, Worcestershire

A helicopter lowering a spire onto the roof of the new Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

A man and boy looking at the construction site for Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

A man carving an inscription on the foundation stone for Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

A sculpture of the devil, by Jacob Epstein, being hoisted into position at Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands

An RAF helicopter trying to lift an 80ft bronze spire for the new Coventry Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands