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Key Image Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid
Minster Road
HG4 1QT Ripon
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Ripon Cathedral (Anglican Diocese of Leeds, Archdeaconry of Richmond and Craven, Deanery of Ripon)
Geogr. Coordinates: 54.13506° N, 1.52028° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1180
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Basilica
Description: Three-aisled basilica on a cross-shaped plan in various styles from Norman Transitional to Perpendicular Gothic, two-tower west façade and central tower
Name derivation: From St Peter, the apostle, and St Wilfrid, abbot of Ripon
Bells
  • 13 bells in the south-west tower, cast in 1932 and 2008
Pulpit
  • Arts and Crafts pulpit (Henry Wilson, 1913), made from bronze, marble and a variety of other materials
Font
  • Font from Egglestone marble (late 15th c.)
Organ
  • Built in 1878 by T. C. Lewis, organ case by George Gilbert Scott, rebuilt and restored by Harrison & Harrison in 1926, 1963 and 2013; 59 stops on three manuals and pedal
Windows
  • Great East Window (stonework c. 1300, stained glass window 19th c.)
  • Stained glass window showing St Wilfrid in the north transept (1977)
Noteworthy
  • Holy Spirit Chapel with its screen by Leslie Durbin (1970)
History:
672:   St Wilfrid builds the first church at the site, of which the crypt survives
948:   Wilfrid’s church destroyed
1069:   Second church destroyed during “Harrying of the North” by William the Conqueror
1080:   Third church built on the site by Archbishop Thomas of Bayeux
About 1180:   Construction of the current church in the Norman Transitional style
1220:   West front in Early English (Gothic) style added
1450:   Central tower collapses partly
1502:   Construction of side aisles begun
1660:   Collapse of central spire
1836:   Elevated to cathedral
1861:   Major restoration begun (architect George Gilbert Scott)
16/10/2022:   Einweihung des Gedenksteins zu Ehren des hl. Wilfrid zum 1350. Jahrestag
Important persons:
Patron:  Wilfrid (634–710, abbot of Ripon, bishop in Kent and Mercia, missionary)
Peter (1–64 (?), apostle and martyr)
Sources
Hanson, Malcolm: Ripon Cathedral, Pitkin Publishing, London 2022
Harrison & Harrison: Ripon Cathedral, https://www.harrisonorgans.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Ripon-Cathedral-full-2021-1.pdf, retrieved 11/11/2022
Wikipedia: Ripon Cathedral, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripon_Cathedral, retrieved 11/11/2022
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