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This is a list of cathedrals in England, the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey, as well as Gibraltar.Former and intended cathedrals are listed separately. Cathedrals in overseas territories can be found at List of cathedrals in British Overseas Territories.
Lists of churches in England include lists of notable current or former church buildings, territories, places of worship, or congregations, and may be discriminated by various criteria, including affiliation, location, or architectural characteristics.
Church architecture of England refers to the architecture of buildings of Christian churches in England. It has evolved over the two thousand years of the Christian religion, partly by innovation and partly by imitating other architectural styles as well as responding to changing beliefs, practices and local traditions.
Cathedral Church of the Most Holy Blood, St Mary, St Joseph and St Peter 51°29′45″N 0°08′23″W / 51.495923°N 0.139599°W / 51.495923; -0.139599 ( Westminster Cathedral Catholic
In 1541 the English topographer and antiquary John Leland, claimed it was "the most beautiful of all churches" he had seen in England. [8] Queen Elizabeth I, on a visit to the church in 1574, was said to have described St Mary Redcliffe as "The fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England". [9]
Pevsner described it as "the most beautiful of England's closes". [3] The cathedral contains a clock which is among the oldest working examples in the world. It also holds one of the four surviving original copies of Magna Carta. In 2008, the cathedral celebrated the 750th anniversary of its consecration.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, informally known as Westminster Cathedral, is the largest Roman Catholic church in England and Wales. The shrine is dedicated to the Blood of Jesus Christ and is the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster .
The Church of St Agnes and St Pancras is in Ullet Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England.It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, [1] and is an active Anglican church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Liverpool and the deanery of Toxteth and Wavertree. [2]