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1. This cathedral in the northwest of England was originally the abbey church of the Benedictine monastery of St Werburgh. It is surrounded by a walled Roman city formerly known as Deva.
2. This cathedral in the southwest of England is dedicated to St Peter. It was completed in the decorated Gothic style at the start of the 15th Century and has the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England.
3. The first cathedral on this site in the southeast of England was dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle in the 7th Century. The Norman cathedral was founded by Bishop Gundulf, and was consecrated in 1130.
4. This cathedral in the northeast of England was founded in 1093 and contains the shrine of St Cuthbert, the tomb of the venerable Bede and the head of St Oswald. The bishops of this diocese were known as Prince-Bishops until the reforms of the 19th century.
5. This cathedral in the Midlands, dedicated to St Michael, was almost completely destroyed by bombing on the night of November 14th 1940. The replacement structure was designed by Basil Spence, and was consecrated on May 25th 1962.
6. This cathedral is actually known as a Minster and is the seat of the northernmost of the two English archdioceses. This cathedral is said to be the largest Gothic minster in Northern Europe and is dedicated to St Peter.
7. This cathedral in the west of England is the home of the Mappa Mundi. It is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert the King, and the Norman replacement of the ruined Saxon cathedral was begun by Robert of Lorraine in 1079.
8. This cathedral in East Anglia is dedicated to the Holy and Undivided Trinity. The 315 foot high spire is the second tallest in England and was finished in 1465.
9. This cathedral in the southwest of England is dedicated to St Andrew, and was completed in 1490. The interior has an unique inverted arch and a famous astronomical clock and the West Front has niches for 500 statues, of which over 300 survive.
10. This cathedral in southern England is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, St Peter, St Paul and St Swithun. Construction of the Norman cathedral was begun in 1093 by Bishop Wakelin, and the waterlogged foundations were shored up by a diver named William Walker between 1906 and 1912.
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