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Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
is one of the largest cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop. It is a Religion building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic Church, Anglicanism, Orthodox Christian and some Lutheranism churches, which serves as a bishop's seat, and thus as the central church of a dioc...
s in England

England

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture which flourished during the high and late Middle Ages. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....
cathedral in Europe

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity

Trinity

In Christianity doctrine, the Trinity is the unity of God the Father, God the Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in monotheism. The doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, or in the Greek hypostasis , but one being....
, Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
, Saint Paul

Paul of Tarsus

Saint Paul, also called Paul the Apostle, the Apostle Paul or Paul of Tarsus , was a Hellenistic Judaism, who called himself the "Apostle to the Gentiles", and was, together with Saint Peter and James the Just, the most notable of early Christian missionaries....
and Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun was an early England Bishop of Winchester, now best known for the popular United Kingdom weather lore proverb that if it rains on Saint Swithun's day, 15 July, it will rain for 40 days and 40 nights....
and is the seat of the Bishop of Winchester

Bishop of Winchester

The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be a Lord Spiritual regardless of their length of service....
and centre of the Diocese of Winchester

Diocese of Winchester

The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England.Founded in 676, it is one of the oldest and largest of the dioceses in England....
. Since March 2006 an admission charge has been required for visitors to enter the cathedral.

cathedral was originally founded in 642 on an immediately adjoining site to the north.

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Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire

Hampshire

Cathedral

England

Gothic architecture

Europe

Trinity

Saint Peter

Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
, Saint Paul

Paul of Tarsus

Saint Swithun

Bishop of Winchester

Diocese of Winchester

Pre-Norman cathedral

The cathedral was originally founded in 642 on an immediately adjoining site to the north. This building was known as the Old Minster

Old Minster, Winchester

The Old Minster was the Anglo-Saxons cathedral for the diocese of Wessex and then diocese of Winchester from 660 to 1093. It stood on a site immediately north of and partially beneath its successor, Winchester Cathedral....
. It became part of a monastic settlement in 971. Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun

Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries....
cathedral. Mortuary chests said to contain the remains of Saxon

Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxons is the term usually used to describe the invading tribes in the south and east of Great Britain starting from the early 5th century AD, and their creation of the English nation, lasting until the Norman conquest of England of 1066....
kings such as King Edwy of England

Edwy of England

Eadwig or Edwy , called Eadwig All-Fair or Eadwig the Fair, was Kingdom of England from 955 until his death four years later. The eldest son of King Edmund I of England and Elgiva of England, Eadwig was chosen by the nobility to succeed his uncle Edred of England as King....
and his wife Queen Elgiva

Elgiva

Elgiva or ?lfgifu was the wife of king Edwy of England. Not much is known about her but we do know she was already Edwy's 3rd cousin once removed before they got married....
, first buried in the Old Minster, are also housed in the present cathedral. The Old Minster was demolished

Demolition

Demolition is the antonym of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction , which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use....
in 1093.

History

This section is about the history of the cathedral, for the history of the associated priory, see: Priory of Saint Swithun

Construction of the cathedral began in 1079 under bishop Walkelin

Walkelin

Walkelin or Walchelin was the first Normans bishop of Winchester ....
, and on April 8 1093, in the presence of nearly all the bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
s and abbot

Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery....
s of England, the monks removed from Saxon cathedral church of the Old Minster

Old Minster, Winchester

The Old Minster was the Anglo-Saxons cathedral for the diocese of Wessex and then diocese of Winchester from 660 to 1093. It stood on a site immediately north of and partially beneath its successor, Winchester Cathedral....
to the new one, "with great rejoicing and glory" to mark its completion. The earliest part of the present building is the crypt

Crypt

In terms of European architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a church usually used as a chapel or burial vault possibly containing sarcophagus, coffins or relics....
, which dates from that time. William II of England

William II of England

William II , the third son of William I of England, was Kingdom of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers also over Duchy of Normandy, and influence in Kingdom of Scotland....
and his older brother, Richard, Duke of Bernay

Richard, Duke of Bernay

Richard, Duke of Bernay was the second son of William the Conqueror, and a potential heir to the English throne. However, Richard predeceased his father, and the throne was eventually inherited by his brother William II of England....
are both buried in the cathedral. The squat, square central tower was begun in 1202 to replace an earlier version which collapsed, partly due to the unstable ground on which the cathedral is built. It has an indisputably Norman

Norman architecture

The term Norman architecture is used to categorise styles of Romanesque architecture developed by the Normans in the various lands under their dominion or influence in the 11th and 12th centuries....
look to it. Work continued on the cathedral during the 14th century, in 1394 the remodelling of the Norman nave commenced to the designs of master mason William Wynford

William Wynford

William Wynford was one of the most successful English master masons of the 14th century, using the new Perpendicular Gothic style. He is first mentioned in 1360 when at work at Windsor Castle as warden of masons' work....
, this continued into the 15th and 16th centuries, notably with the building of the retroquire

Retroquire

A Retroquire is a term in ecclesiastical architecture that defines the space behind the high altar in a large Church or cathedral, which often separates it from the end chapel....
to accommodate the many pilgrim

Pilgrim

A pilgrim is one who undertakes a pilgrimage, literally 'far afield'. This is traditionally a visit to a place of some religious or historic significance; often a considerable distance is traveled....
s to the shrine

Shrine

A shrine, from the Latin scrinium is a holy or sacred place which is dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor veneration, hero, martyr, saint or similar figure of awe and respect, at which they are veneration or worshipped....
of Saint Swithun

Saint Swithun

Benedictine

Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy....
foundation, the Priory of Saint Swithun, was dissolved

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, denotes the administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII of England disbanded all monastery, nunnery and friary in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their income, disposed of their assets and provided f...
(1539) and the cloister

Cloister

A cloister is a covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that face a quadrangle or garth. The attachment of a cloister to a cathedral or church usually indicates that it is part of a monastic foundation....
and chapter house

Chapter house

A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room attached to a cathedral or collegiate church in which meetings are held. They can also be found in medieval monastery....
were demolished, but the cathedral continued.

Restoration work was carried out by T.G. Jackson during the years 1905–1912, including the famous saving of the building from total collapse. Some waterlogged foundations on the south and east walls were reinforced by a diver, William Walker

William Walker (diver)

William Walker Royal Victorian Order was an England diver famous for shoring up the southern and eastern sides of Winchester Cathedral.He was born in 1869 in Newington, Surrey and named William Robert Bellenie....
, packing the foundations with more than 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks and 900,000 bricks. He worked six hours a day from 1906 to 1912 in total darkness at depths up to 6 m

Metre

The metre or meter is a Unit of measurement of length. It is the SI base unit of length in the metric system and in the International System of Units , used around the world for general and scientific purposes....
, and is credited with saving the cathedral from total collapse. For his troubles he was awarded the MVO

Royal Victorian Order

The Royal Victorian Order is a dynastic order of knighthood and a House Order of chivalry in the Commonwealth realms. Created by Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom on 21 April 1896, with the motto Victoria and 20 June as the official day, the order was established to recognise those who have served the monarch with distinction, each be...
.

Events

Important events which took place at Winchester Cathedral include:

Funeral of King Harthacanute
Harthacanute

Harthacanute was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 as well as King of England from 1040 to 1042. He came from Northmannia according to Adam of Bremen and was the only son of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy....
(1042)
Coronation of Henry the Young King
Henry the Young King

Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine....
and his queen, Marguerite (1172)
Second coronation of Richard I of England
Richard I of England

Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Ireland, Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Nantes and Brittany at various times during the same period....
(1194)
Marriage of King Henry IV of England
Henry IV of England

Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . Like other kings of England, he also claimed the title of King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence the other name by which he was known, Henry Bolingbroke....
and Joanna of Navarre
Joanna of Navarre

Joan of Navarre was a daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre. Her maternal grandparents were John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg....
(1403)
Marriage of Queen Mary I of England
Mary I of England

Mary I , was Queen of England and Monarchy of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism after succeeding her short-lived half brother, Edward VI of England, to the English throne....
and King Philip II of Spain
Philip II of Spain

Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
(1554)
Funeral and burial of Jane Austen
Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose Literary realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, Burlesque , and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature....
(1817)

Features

Nowadays the cathedral draws many tourists as a result of its association with Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Jane Austen was an English novelist whose Literary realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech, Burlesque , and irony have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature....
, who died in the city and is buried in the cathedral's north aisle

Aisle

An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of seats on either side or with rows of seats on one side and a wall on the other. Aisles can be seen in certain types of buildings such as Church , synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments and legislatures, courtrooms, theatre s, and in certain types of passenger vehicles....
of the nave

Nave

In Romanesque architecture and Gothic architecture Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and Church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar....
. The original 19th century marker gave reluctant praise for her writing ability. Much later a more descriptive marker about Austen's talent was placed on a nearby wall.

Another reason for its popularity is that the cathedral was the setting for works of fiction by Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope

Anthony Trollope became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English language novelists of the Victorian era. Some of Trollope's best-loved works, known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, revolve around the imaginary county of Barsetshire; he also wrote penetrating novels on politics, social, gender issues and conflicts of hi...
, for example, his novels of 19th century church life known collectively as the Chronicles of Barsetshire
Chronicles of Barsetshire

The "Chronicles of Barsetshire" is a series of six novels by the English author Anthony Trollope, set in the fictitious cathedral town of Barchester....
. In 2005, the building was used as a film set for the The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code (film)

The Da Vinci Code is a 2006 in film feature film, which is based on the bestselling 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. It was one of the most anticipated films of 2006, and was previewed at the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2006....
with the north transept used as the Vatican

Vatican City

Vatican City , officially the State of the Vatican City , is a Landlocked country sovereignty city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, the Capital of Italy....
. Following this the cathedral hosted discussions and displays to debunk the book.

In addition Winchester Cathedral is possibly the only cathedral to have had popular songs written about it. "Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral (song)

"Winchester Cathedral" is a song released in late 1966 in music by Fontana Records, whereupon it shot to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart....
" was a UK top ten hit and a US number one song for The New Vaudeville Band

The New Vaudeville Band

The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1966 to sound recording and reproduction his novelty song composition "Winchester Cathedral ", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s....
in 1966. The cathedral was also the subject of the Crosby, Stills & Nash

Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)

Crosby, Stills & Nash are a folk rock/rock and roll Supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young when joined by occasional fourth member Neil Young....
song, "Cathedral" from their 1977 album CSN

CSN (album)

CSN is a Crosby, Stills & Nash album released in 1977, the fifth album by the group, and the first without Neil Young since his entry into the band....
. In addition, Liverpool-based band Clinic

Clinic (band)

Clinic are a Liverpool based band noted for their often fast-paced, eclectic sound. Their distinguishing sound can commonly be recognized by their prominent use of vintage keyboards/organs, most notably the Philips Philicorda, and peculiar off-scale chord progressions....
released an album entitled "Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral (album)

Winchester Cathedral is the third studio album by Clinic . It was released in 2004 via Domino Records....
" in 2004.

In the south transept

Transept

Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram.'For the periodical go to The Transept....
there is a "Fishermen's Chapel," which is the burial place of Izaak Walton

Izaak Walton

Izaak Walton was an England, author of The Compleat Angler.Walton was born at Stafford; the register of his baptism gives his father's name as Gervasius and Protasius ....
. Walton, who died in 1683, was the author of The Compleat Angler and a friend of John Donne. In the choir is the bell from HMS Iron Duke

HMS Iron Duke

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Iron Duke after the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, nicknamed the "Iron Duke"....
which was the flagship of Admiral John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland

The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle of World War I and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was only the second major fleet action between steel battleships in any war, following the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, but was also the last....
in 1916.

The Epiphany Chapel has a series of Pre-Raphaelite stained glass

Stained glass

For the Blackford Oakes novel, see Stained Glass The term stained glass can refer to the material of coloured glass or the craft of working with it....
windows designed by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones and made in William Morris's

William Morris

William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and Socialism associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement....
workshop. The foliage decoration above and below each pictorial panel is unmistakably William Morris

William Morris

William Morris was an English architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and Socialism associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement....
and at least one of the figures bears a striking resemblance to Morris's wife Jane

Jane Burden

Jane Burden was an England Model who wikt:embody the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Ideal of beauty. She was a model and muse to the artists William Morris, whom she married, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who may have been her lover....
, who frequently posed for Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was an English poet, illustrator, Painting and translator....
and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of England Paintings, poets, and critics, founded in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson, John Everett Millais, Frederic George Stephens, Thomas Woolner and William Holman Hunt....
.

The crypt, which frequently floods, features a statue by Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley

Antony Gormley Officer of the Order of the British Empire Royal Academician is an England sculpture. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public art in Gateshead commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, and Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool....
, called "Sound II", installed in 1986, and there is a modern shrine to Saint Swithun.

A series of nine icons were installed between 1992 and 1996 in the retroquire screen which for a short time protected the relics of St Swithun destroyed by Henry VIII in 1538. This iconostasis in the Russian Orthodox tradition was created by Sergei Fedorov (sometimes spelt Fyodorov) and dedicated in 1997. The icons include the local religious figures St Swithun and St Birinus

Birinus

Saint Birinus , venerated as a saint, was the first Bishop of Dorchester , and the "wikt:apostle to the Wessex".After Augustine of Canterbury performed initial conversions in England, Birinus, a Franks, came to the kingdoms of Wessex in 634....
. Beneath the retroquire Icons is the Holy Hole once used by pilgrims to crawl beneath and lie close to the healing shrine of St Swithun. The 'external link' below connects to images of each icon and the retroquire.

The cathedral also possesses the only diatonic ring of 14 church bell

Church bell

A church bell is a bell which is rung in a church either to signify the hour or the time for worshippers to go to church, perhaps to attend a wedding, funeral, or other Service of worship....
s in the world, with a tenor (heaviest bell) weighing 36 cwt

Hundredweight

Centum weight or Hundred weight / hundredweight is a unit of measurement for mass in U.S. customary units and was historically used in the Imperial system in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations....
(or approximately 1.83 metric tonnes).

Choirs

Winchester Cathedral is home to an internationally recognized professional choir of 18 boy choristers and 12 lay clerk

Lay clerk

A lay clerk, also known as a lay vicar, song man or a vicar choral, is a professional adult singer in a Cathedral or wiktionary:collegiate choir in the United Kingdom....
s. The choir sings eight services weekly in the Cathedral as well as making regular recordings, broadcasts, concerts and international tours. The choir is currently directed by Andrew Lumsden.

The Cathedral Girls' Choir was founded in 1998 and sings one service each week alongside the lay clerk

Lay clerk

A lay clerk, also known as a lay vicar, song man or a vicar choral, is a professional adult singer in a Cathedral or wiktionary:collegiate choir in the United Kingdom....
s.

The Nave Choir of Winchester Cathedral is a mixed voluntary choir of around 40 members. Founded in January 2007 by Jamie W. Hall, the choir sings those services that fall outside those covered by the Cathedral Choir as well as special services and concerts.

Organ and Organists

Organ

Organists

1402 John Dyes
???? Richard Wynslade
1572 John Langton
???? John Holmes
1602 John Lante
1615 George Bath
1631 Thomas Holmes
1638 Christopher Gibbons
Christopher Gibbons

Christopher Gibbons was an English composer and organist. He is the second son of composer Orlando Gibbons.As a child, Gibbons sang in the Chapel Royal under the direction of Giles....
1661 John Silver
1666 Randolph Jewitt
1675 John Reading
1681 Daniel Rosingrave
1693 Vaughan Richardson
1729 John Bishop
1737 James Kent
1774 Peter Fusse
1802 George William Chard
1849 Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Samuel Sebastian Wesley was an England organ and composer.He was born in London, the son of the composer Samuel Wesley and his partner Sarah Suter, and grandson of Charles Wesley....
1865 G. B. Arnold
1902 William Prendergast
1933 Harold Rhodes
1949 Alwyn Surplice
1972 Martin Neary
Martin Neary

Martin Neary is an England organist and choral conductor. He is a former organist of Winchester Cathedral and Westminster Abbey.As the organist at Westminster Abbey, he was the musical director of the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales....
1988 David Hill
David Hill (choral director)

David Hill , is a choral conducting and organist. His most high profile roles are as Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers from September 2007, and Musical Director of The Bach Choir from April 1998....
2002 Andrew Lumsden

Assistant organists and Assistant Directors of Music

George William Chard 1787 - 1802
George Mursell Garrett 1851 - 1854 (afterwards organist of Madras Cathedral)
William Prendergast (later organist)
Alfred Ernest Floyd 1898 - ????
Louis H. Torr 1902 - 1904
Henry William Radford
Henry William Stubbington 1912 - 1921 (later organist of St Martin in the Bull Ring
St Martin in the Bull Ring

File:Bullring & St Martin's Church.jpgFile:St Martins from the Bullring 2009.JPGThe church of St Martin in the Bull Ring in Birmingham, England is a parish church in the Church of England....
, Birmingham)
Horace Hawkins
Horace Hawkins (musician)

Horace Hawkins was appointed as Organist and Master of the Choristers after Harvey Grace had left Chichester Cathedral. The Chichester Cathedral#Chapter tried to entice the noted musical educator Geoffrey Shaw into the organist's seat, but it was not to be; after a long interregnum, they appointed Hawkins on his retirement from Hurstpierpoint...
W. Brennand Smith
Graham Hedley Matthews 1958 - 1967 (later organist of Sheffield Cathedral
Sheffield Cathedral

Sheffield Cathedral is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral status when the diocese was created in 1914....
)
Clement McWilliam 1967 - ????
James Lancelot 1975 - 1985 (afterwards Organist and Master of Choristers at Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, commonly referred to as Durham Cathedral, in the city of Durham, England, is the seat of the Anglican Church Bishop of Durham....
)
Timothy Byram-Wigfield
Timothy Byram-Wigfield

Timothy Byram-Wigfield is an England organist and conductor.Timothy Byram-Wigfield was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, sub-organist at Winchester Cathedral, becoming Master of the Music at St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh in 1991....
1985 - 1991 (afterwards St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)
St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)

St Mary's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, Scotland....
, Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge

Jesus College in the University of Cambridge was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock , then Bishop of Ely. It has been traditionally believed that the nunnery was turned into a college because the nunnery had gained a reputation for promiscuity....
and St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle)
Stephen Farr 1991 - 1998 (afterwards Organist and Master of Choristers at Guildford Cathedral
Guildford Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford is the Church of England cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England. It is claimed to be the only Anglican cathedral "to be built on a new site in the southern Province of England since the Protestant Reformation"....
and Worcester College, Oxford)
Philip Scriven 1999 - 2002 (afterwards Organist and Master of Choristers at Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral

Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands ....
)
Sarah Baldock 2002 - 2008 (afterwards Organist and Master of Choristers at Chichester Cathedral
Chichester Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Chichester Cathedral, is the seat of the Church of England Bishop of Chichester....
)
Philip White-Jones (2003 as 2nd assistant) - 2008 (afterwards Assistant Director of Music at Southwell Minster
Southwell Minster

Southwell Minster is a Minster and cathedral, in the England town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire in Nottinghamshire, six miles away from Newark-on-Trent and thirteen miles from Mansfield....
)
Richard McVeigh 2008 - current (Assistant Organist)
Simon Bell 2008 - current (Assistant Director of Music)

List of organ scholars at British cathedrals and parish churches

This table contains a list of the Organ Scholar at British Cathedrals and Parish Churches. ...
.

External links

- from Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg

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Winchester Cathedral

Pre-Norman cathedral

History

Events

Features

Choirs

Organ and Organists

Organ

Organists

Assistant organists and Assistant Directors of Music

See also

External links