So, Lincoln Cathedral made it to the Grand Final of the #cathedralworldcup! You really ought to vote for it one more time... ;)https://twitter.com/cinemashoebox/status/928933874880704513 …
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Edwin oversaw the completion of a stone church in Lincoln in c. 627–8 before even York, and so much preferred Lincoln that he had the consecration of the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Honorius, take place there, rather than his own capital... ;)
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(Which is, when you think about it, quite something…! Needless to say, I ponder why in more detail in my book on the Anglo-Saxon Lincoln region, but for current purposes let's just agree it must have been because Edwin knew Lincoln was best & would want you to vote for it ;) )
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Plus Lincoln also had an even earlier 5th–6thC British church v close to site of the medieval cathedral, which was built in the centre of the Roman forum & could have held c.100 people... See further http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/06/romano-british-pottery-fifth-century-lincoln.html …pic.twitter.com/8jgQZYPPBp
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And, of course, it would also seem to have been the site of a Late Roman bishopric from the early 4thC—indeed, the sequence of two Late/post-Roman churches in the forum may well relate to this :)pic.twitter.com/QKwFr3Hf9C
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If Lincoln's long history doesn't convince you, then how about fact that
@LincsCathedral was the *tallest building in the world* from 1311 to 1548 (160m), when its central spire fell in a storm? It was taller even than the Great Pyramid of Giza…!pic.twitter.com/iSYVa29d2x
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Lincoln Cathedral's fabulous 13thC Chapterhouse, as drawn in 1784 by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/topdrawings/l/005add000015541u00119000.html …pic.twitter.com/NfY7KFmpxP
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Decorated paten (plate for the Eucharist) & ring from the tomb of the 13thC Bishop Grosseteste of Lincoln. For more about Robert Grosseteste, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Grosseteste …pic.twitter.com/LvtOYWTdKi
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