(Wells, Chapter House steps)
(Wells, Chapter House steps)
Bradford
But with no contents! A
much better site is that set up by the metropolitan
council!
Canterbury
The unofficial
pages Photos
in Jane Zatta's home page
Christchurch Priory is not a cathedral, but I used to love visiting it when I was much younger.
Durham (also
see this fine virtual
tour of Durham Cathedral )
A large number of very
detailed images from ArtServe at ANU
Ely
A large number of very
detailed images from ArtServe at ANU
All the carved elements in Exeter cathedral's structure can be seen in great detail at Exeter Cathedral Keystones & Carvings, a site made available by Avril K. Henry and Anna C. HulbertGloucester
Lichfield
Tom Allwood has put online some good though rather small photos
of Lichfield Cathedral from a recent exhibition.
Lincoln
A large number of very
detailed images from ArtServe at ANU.
London : St. Paul'sWestminster Abbey Westminster Cathedral Southwark Cathedral
Rochester Cathedral (also the Diocese of Rochester)
Salisbury (The official site)
Salisbury (The University of Virginia's Salisbury Project -- wonderful)
Shrewsbury
Abbey (not a cathedral but...) Pictures from Virtual Shropshire.
Southwell
A large number of very
detailed images from ArtServe at ANU.
Tewkesbury Abbey (not a cathedral but...)
Winchester
A large number of very
detailed images (index 1) and (index
2) from ArtServe at ANU
Worcester
A large number of very
detailed images from ArtServe at ANU and pictures
from another source.
Another list of the official sites of cathedrals is also available online.
You will find a lot of information in The Heritage Trail, especially their list of Cathedrals.
Some brief snatches of essential information on cathedrals and major churches can be found in the Pilgrims' Association site.
Refer also to links in my Medieval page of links.
Britannia.com offers a lot of links to articles about churches and cathedrals.
You can find very nice photos of details of several cathedrals in a
page called English
Cathedrals. Or see the sites listed below.
The best way to start is to view The Heritage Trail's descriptions of many abbeys.
Britannia.com has a tour of the Yorkshire monasteries. Sheffield University has a project focussing on the Cistercians, especially in Yorkshire.
A list with linked maps but not much else at Britainexpress.
Alison Stones' site will perhaps be best.
Here are some very fine photos of Rievaulx.
Or see the sites listed below.
The Ecclesiological Society offers a very extensive set of links, including a series listed by county.
Britannia.com offers a lot of links to articles about churches and cathedrals.
The collections of photos of churches and other buildings with text from Pevsner made by Allan Soedring is very fine.
View Buildings is a developing website related to a large CD-based project to survey and provide images of all buildings of architectural significance built prior to 1900 in England plus the entire pre-1850 contents of Anglican churches. It will not be free, of course.
Phil Draper has a lot of material on his Church Crawler site, and also offers a fine set of county links, stressing the value of the Cornwall site.
Richard's Church Links also offer brief histories and a couple of photos for many churches in all counties.
View 300 photos of churches in Cheshire
You could also try wading through the list of every church in Devon.
Photos of churches in Nottinghamshire ...
You can visit over 600 churches in Suffolk, thanks to Simon Knott's enthusiasm. His selected Top 50 may be a helpful starting point.
Some very fine pictures of many of Warwickshire's churches are included in John Webb's photos of Warwickshire.
All the links to sites about medieval buildings on my home pages may be helpful, but especially fine are Alison Stones' collection of pictures.
Then try search engines . . . dmoz Open Directory Project offers these links.