Gloucester Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of St Peter and the Holy and Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester

Gloucester

Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, stands in the north of the city near the river. It originated in 678 or 679 with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle...

 (dissolved

Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England, Wales and Ireland; appropriated their...

 by King Henry VIII

Henry VIII of England

Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...

).

Foundations

The foundations of the present church were laid by Abbot Serlo (1072–1104). Walter Gloucester (d. 1412) the abbey's historian, became its first mitred abbot in 1381. Until 1541, Gloucester lay in the see of Worcester, but the separate see was then constituted, with John Wakeman

John Wakeman

John Wakeman was an English Benedictine, the last Abbot of Tewkesbury and first Bishop of Gloucester, both posts in the English county of Gloucestershire. In the earlier part of his life he went by the name John Wiche.-Life:...

, last abbot of Tewkesbury

Tewkesbury Abbey

The Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Tewkesbury in the English county of Gloucestershire is the second largest parish church in the country and a former Benedictine monastery.-History:...

, as its first bishop. The diocese covers the greater part of Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....

, with small parts of Herefordshire

Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...

 and Wiltshire

Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...

. The cathedral has a stained glass window containing the earliest images of golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

. This dates from 1350, over 300 years earlier than the earliest image of golf from Scotland. There is also a carved image of people playing a ball game, believed by some to be one of the earliest images of medieval football

Football

Football may refer to one of a number of team sports which all involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer"...

.

Construction and architecture

The cathedral, built as the abbey church, consists of a Norman

Norman architecture

About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the...

 nucleus (Walter de Lacy

De Lacy

de Lacy is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lassy . The first records are about Hugh de Lacy . Descendent of Hugh de Lacy left Normandy and travelled to England along with William the Conqueror. Walter and Ilbert de Lacy fought in the battle of Hastings...

 is buried there), with additions in every style of Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

. It is 420 feet (128 m) long, and 144 feet (43.9 m) wide, with a fine central tower of the 15th century rising to the height of 225 ft (68.6 m) and topped by four delicate pinnacle

Pinnacle

A pinnacle is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. The pinnacle looks like a small spire...

s, a famous landmark. The nave is massive Norman with an Early English roof; the crypt

Crypt

In architecture, a crypt is a stone chamber or vault beneath the floor of a burial vault possibly containing sarcophagi, coffins or relics....

, under the choir, aisles and chapels, is Norman, as is the chapter house

Chapter house

A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room attached to a cathedral or collegiate church in which meetings are held. They can also be found in medieval monasteries....

. The crypt is one of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England, the others being at Worcester

Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England; situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester...

, Winchester

Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of any Gothic cathedral in Europe...

 and Canterbury

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, Kent, is one of the oldest and most famous Christian structures in England and forms part of a World Heritage Site....

.

The south porch is in the Perpendicular style, with a fan-vaulted

Fan vault

thumb|right|250px|Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Made from local Bath stone, this is a [[Victorian restoration]] of the original roof of 1608....

 roof, as also is the north transept

Transept

For the periodical go to The Transept.A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture...

, the south being transitional Decorated Gothic. The choir has Perpendicular tracery over Norman work, with an apsidal chapel on each side: the choir vaulting is particularly rich. The late Decorated east window is partly filled with surviving medieval stained glass

Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works produced from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant buildings...

. Between the apsidal chapels is a cross Lady chapel

Lady chapel

A Lady chapel, also called Mary chapel or Marian chapel, is a traditional English term for a chapel inside a cathedral, basilica, or large church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary...

, and north of the nave are the cloister

Cloister

A cloister is a rectangular open space surrounded by covered walks or open galleries, with open arcades on the inner side, running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth...

s, the carrels or stalls for the monks' study and writing lying to the south. The cloisters at Gloucester are the earliest surviving fan vault

Fan vault

thumb|right|250px|Fan vaulting over the nave at Bath Abbey, Bath, England. Made from local Bath stone, this is a [[Victorian restoration]] of the original roof of 1608....

s, having been designed between 1351 and 1377 by Thomas de Cambridge.

The most notable monument is the canopied shrine of King Edward II of England

Edward II of England

Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...

 who was murdered at nearby Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle

Berkeley Castle is a castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, UK . The castle's origins date back to the 11th century and it has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.The castle has remained within the Berkeley family since they reconstructed it in the...

 (illustration below). The building and sanctuary were enriched by the visits of pilgrims to this shrine. In a side-chapel is a monument in coloured bog oak

Bog oak

Bog-wood, also known as morta is wood from trees that have been buried in peat bogs and preserved from decay by the acidic and anaerobic bog conditions, sometimes for hundreds or even thousands of years. The wood is usually stained brown by tannins dissolved in the acidic water...

 of Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror and a great benefactor of the abbey, who was interred there. Monuments of Bishop Warburton and Dr Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner

Edward Anthony Jenner was an English scientist who studied his natural surroundings in Berkeley, Gloucestershire...

 are also worthy of note.

Between 1873 and 1890, and in 1897, the cathedral was extensively restored

Victorian restoration

Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...

 by Sir George Gilbert Scott

George Gilbert Scott

Sir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...

.

Misericords

The cathedral has forty-six 14th-century misericord

Misericord

A misericord is a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church, installed to provide a degree of comfort for a person who has to stand during long periods of prayer.-Origins:...

s and twelve 19th-century replacements by George Gilbert Scott. Both types have a wide range of subject matter: mythology, everyday occurrences, religious symbolism and folklore.

The Three Choirs Festival

An annual musical festival, the Three Choirs Festival

Three Choirs Festival

The Three Choirs Festival is a music festival held each August alternately at the cathedrals of the Three Counties and originally featuring their three choirs, which remain central to the week-long programme...

, is hosted by turns in this cathedral and those of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral

Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, England; situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Mary the Virgin of Worcester...

 and Hereford

Hereford Cathedral

The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079. Its most famous treasure is Mappa Mundi, a mediæval map of the world dating from the 13th century. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.-Origins:...

 in rotation. The Three Choirs is the oldest annual musical festival in the world. Three Choirs Festival

Organ

Details of the organ from the National Pipe Organ Register

Organists

The known organists of the cathedral are listed below. In modern times, the most senior post has become known as Director of Music; only these names are recorded here.

• 1582 Robert Lichfield
• 1620 Elias Smith
• 1620 Philip Hosier
• 1638 Berkeley Wrench
• 1640 John Okeover
• 1662 Robert Webb
• 1665 Thomas Lowe
• 1666 Daniel Henstridge
• 1673 Charles Wren

• 1679 Daniel Rosingrave
• 1682 Stephen Jeffries
• 1710 William Hine
• 1730 Barnabas Gunn
  Barnabas Gunn
  Barnabas Gunn was an English organist and composer.Gunn's date and place of birth are unknown, but he was appointed organist of the newly built St Philip's Church in Birmingham in 1715...
  
  
• 1743 Martin Smith
• 1782 William Mutlow
• 1832 John Amott
• 1865 Samuel Sebastian Wesley
  Samuel Sebastian Wesley
  Samuel Sebastian Wesley was an English organist and composer.-Biography:Born in London, he was the eldest child in the composer Samuel Wesley's second family, which he formed with Sarah Suter having separated from his wife Charlotte. Samuel Sebastian was the grandson of Charles Wesley...
  
  

• 1876 Charles Harford Lloyd
• 1882 Charles Williams
• 1897 Sir Arthur Herbert Brewer
  Herbert Brewer
  Sir Arthur Herbert Brewer was an English composer and organist. As organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1896 until his death, he contributed a good deal to the Three Choirs Festival for 30 years....
  
  
• 1928 Herbert Sumsion
  Herbert Sumsion
  Herbert Whitton Sumsion was an English musician who was organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1928 to 1967...
  
  
• 1967 John Sanders
  John Sanders (musician)
  John Derek Sanders OBE, MA , D.Mus , FRCO, ARCM, HonRSCM, was an English organist, conductor, choir trainer and composer...
  
  
• 1994 David Briggs
  David Briggs (musician)
  David John Briggs is an English organist and composer. He started his career as a cathedral organist as Assistant Organist in Hereford Cathedral before becoming the organist of Truro and Gloucester Cathedrals. Heavily influenced by Jean Langlais and Pierre Cochereau, Briggs is regarded as one of...
  
  
• 2002 Andrew Nethsingha
  Andrew Nethsingha
  Andrew Nethsingha , MA, FRCO, ARCM, is an English choral conductor and organist. He is Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was previously Organ Scholar. He was also President of the Cathedral Organists' Association...
  
  
• 2007 Adrian Partington

Assistant organists

• William Hine 1707–1710 (later organist of Gloucester Cathedral)
• John Alexander Matthews 1862 – 1865
• Henry John Vaughan ? – 1873
• George Robertson Sinclair 1879–1880 (later organist at Truro Cathedral
  Truro Cathedral
  The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro is an Anglican cathedral located in the city of Truro, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. It was built in the Gothic Revival architectural style fashionable during much of the nineteenth century, and is one of only three cathedrals in the United Kingdom...
  
   and Hereford Cathedral
  Hereford Cathedral
  The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079. Its most famous treasure is Mappa Mundi, a mediæval map of the world dating from the 13th century. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.-Origins:...
  
  )
• A. Herbert Brewer 1880 – 1882
• George Washbourn Morgan
• James Capener
• A. Herbert Brewer – 1896
• Ivor Morgan 1898
• Ambrose Robert Porter 1907–1913 (later organist of Lichfield Cathedral
  Lichfield Cathedral
  Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires. The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands...
  
  )
• Harold C. Organ 1915 –
• Reginald Tustin Baker 1920–1926 (later organist of Sheffield Cathedral
  Sheffield Cathedral
  Sheffield Cathedral is the cathedral church for the Church of England diocese of Sheffield, England. Originally a parish church, it was elevated to cathedral status when the diocese was created in 1914...
  
  )
• William O Minay 1926–1927 (later organist of Wigan Parish Church
  Wigan Parish Church
  All Saints' Church, Wigan is the Church of England parish church in Wigan, Greater Manchester.It is a Grade II* listed building.-History:The church is medieval but most of the present building was erected between 1845 and 1850 by the Lancaster partnership of Sharpe and Paley, when it was almost...
  
  )
• Arthur John Pritchard 1927–1932
• (Alfred) Melville Cook
  Melville Cook
  Melville Cook was a British organist, conductor, composer and teacher.- Biography :Alfred Melville Cook was born in Gloucester. He was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral and articled pupil there under Herbert Sumsion . He also studied with Herbert Brewer and Edward Bairstow...
  
   1932–1937 (later organist of Hereford Cathedral
  Hereford Cathedral
  The current Hereford Cathedral, located at Hereford in England, dates from 1079. Its most famous treasure is Mappa Mundi, a mediæval map of the world dating from the 13th century. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building.-Origins:...
  
  )
• W. Lugg 1938
• Peter Stuart Rodway
• Donald Frederick Hunt 1948–1954
• Wallace Michael Ross
  Wallace Michael Ross
  Wallace Michael Ross was the founder of the Derby Bach Choir. He was also the Master of Music at Derby Cathedral, assistant organist at several great English Cathedrals, teacher of languages and music at several schools including Sturgess School in Derby...
  
   1954–1958 (later organist of Derby Cathedral
  Derby Cathedral
  The Cathedral of All Saints , is a cathedral church in the City of Derby, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Derby, and with an area of around is the smallest Anglican cathedral in England.-History:...
  
  )
• John Sanders
  John Sanders (musician)
  John Derek Sanders OBE, MA , D.Mus , FRCO, ARCM, HonRSCM, was an English organist, conductor, choir trainer and composer...
  
   1958–1963
• Richard Latham
• John Francis Clough
• Andrew Millington 1975–1983 (later organist of Guildford Cathedral
  Guildford Cathedral
  The Cathedral Church of the Holy Spirit, Guildford is the Anglican cathedral at Guildford, Surrey, England.-Construction:Guildford was made a diocese in its own right in 1927, and work on its new cathedral, designed by Sir Edward Maufe, began nine years later, with the foundation stone being laid...
  
  )
• Mark Blatchly 1983–1990
• Mark Lee 1990–1998
• Ian Ball 1998–2002
• Robert Houssart 2002–2008
• Ashley Grote 2008 – current

Burials

• Edward II of England
  Edward II of England
  Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
  
  , seventh Plantagenet king of England (1307–1327).
• John Wakeman
  John Wakeman
  John Wakeman was an English Benedictine, the last Abbot of Tewkesbury and first Bishop of Gloucester, both posts in the English county of Gloucestershire. In the earlier part of his life he went by the name John Wiche.-Life:...
  
  , last Abbot of Tewkesbury and first Bishop of Gloucester
  Bishop of Gloucester
  The Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church...
  
   (1541–1550).
• James Brooks
  James Brooks (Bishop)
  James Brooks D.D. was an English Catholic bishop.Born in May 1512, in Hampshire, southern England, he became a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1532, took the B.A. that same year and in 1546 the D.D. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford in the years 1547–1555...
  
   Bishop of Gloucester (1554–1558).
• Richard Cheyney
  Richard Cheyney
  Richard Cheyney was an English churchman, bishop of Gloucester from 1562. Opposed to Calvinism, he was an isolated and embattled bishop of the reign of Elizabeth, though able to keep his see.-Life:...
  
  , Bishop of Gloucester (1562–1579).
• John Bullingham
  John Bullingham
  -Life:He was a native of Gloucestershire. He was elected a probationer fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, July 1550, being then B.A. In the latter part of Edward VI's reign he went as a voluntary exile to France, staying at Rouen, to avoid the Protestant reforms in England. On the accession of...
  
  , Bishop of Gloucester (1581–1598).
• William Nicholson
  William Nicholson (bishop)
  William Nicholson was an English clergyman, a member of the Westminster Assembly and Bishop of Gloucester.-Life:The son of Christopher Nicholson, a rich clothier, he was born at Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk, on 1 November 1591. He became a chorister of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1598, and...
  
   Bishop of Gloucester (1660–1672).
• Martin Benson, Bishop of Gloucester (1734–1752).
• Richard Pate
  Richard Pate
  Richard Pate, was an English landowner and Member of Parliament for Gloucester in the Parliament of 1559 and 1563-1567.Pate was born in Cheltenham and was a nephew of Richard Pate, Bishop of Worcester...
  
  , landowner and Member of Parliament
  Member of Parliament
  A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
  
   for Gloucester.
• Thomas Machen
  Thomas Machen
  Thomas Machen was a mercer who was mayor of Gloucester three times and sat in the House of Commons in 1614 .Machen was the son of Henry Machen and his wife, whose surname may have been Baugh or Brayh. He was possibly the Thomas Machin who in 1562 supplicated for his MA at Oxford University,...
  
  , mercer
  Mercery
  Mercery initially referred to silk, linen, and fustian textiles imported to England in the 12th century.The term later extended to goods made of these and the sellers of those goods.-Mercer:...
  
   who was mayor
  Mayor
  In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
  
   of Gloucester three times and one time Member of Parliament for the city.
• Dorothea Beale
  Dorothea Beale
  Dorothea Beale LLD was a suffragist, educational reformer, author and Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College.Born in Bishopsgate, England, she was the founder of St Hilda's College, Oxford....
  
  , Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College
  Cheltenham Ladies' College
  The Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.-History:The school was founded in 1853...
  
  , educational reformer and suffragist.

Locations for Harry Potter films

The cathedral has been used from 2000 as a location for filming the first, second and sixth Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

 films, which has generated revenue and publicity, but caused some controversy amongst those who suggest that the theme of the films was unsuitable for a church.

Doctor Who

In 2008 the Cathedral was used by BBC Wales

BBC Wales

BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation for Wales. Based at Broadcasting House in the Llandaff area of Cardiff, it directly employs over 1200 people, and produces a broad range of television, radio and online services in both the Welsh and English languages.Outside...

 as a location for the Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

 Christmas Special.

University of Gloucestershire

Degree ceremonies of the University of Gloucestershire

University of Gloucestershire

The University of Gloucestershire is a university primarily based in Gloucestershire, England, spread over four campuses, three in Cheltenham and one in Gloucester...

 take place at the cathedral.

University of the West of England

Degree ceremonies for students studying at the University of the West of England

University of the West of England

The University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...

 through Hartpury College

Hartpury College

Hartpury College is a further education college and associate faculty of the University of the West of England situated in the village of Hartpury, Gloucestershire.-History:...

 take place at the cathedral every July and November

The King's School

The cathedral is also used during school term-time as the venue for regular school assemblies, known as morning chapel by The King's School, Gloucester

The King's School, Gloucester

The King's School, Gloucester is an independent school in the United Kingdom, taking students from the ages of 3-18, with around 500 students. The current Headmaster is Alastair Macnaughton.- Origins :...

 which is deeply historically and physically connected to the cathedral, and for events by the High School for Girls

High School for Girls

The High School for Girls is a grammar school on Denmark Road, Gloucester. It is one of only three girls' grammar schools in Gloucestershire, and consistently ranks in league tables as one of the best schools in England and one of the Top 50 Selective Schools in the UK.-Admission:As a grammar...

 (Denmark Road, Gloucester), the Crypt Grammar School for boys and Ribston Hall High School

Ribston Hall High School

Ribston Hall High School is a grammar school in Gloucester, England, for girls between the ages of 11-18. It was founded in the year of 1921, the first head girl was Hilda Smith.-Admissions:It also has a sixth form for both girls and boys...

.

Timeline

• 678-9 A small religious community was founded here in Saxon times by Osric of the Hwicce. His sister Kyneburga was the first Abbess
  Abbess
  An abbess is the female superior, or mother superior, of a community of nuns, often an abbey....
  
  .
• 1017 Secular priests expelled; the monastery given to Benedictine
  Benedictine
  Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
  
   monks.
• 1072 Serlo
  Serlo
  Serlo or Sarlo is a Norman masculine given name, and may refer to:*Serlo inaugural Dean of Exeter*Serlo de Burci, Norman who became a landowner in south-west England after the Norman conquest...
  
  , the first Norman abbot
  Abbot
  The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...
  
  , appointed to the almost defunct monastery by William I
  William I of England
  William I , also known as William the Conqueror , was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II...
  
  .
• 1089 Foundation stone of the new abbey church laid by Robert de Losinga, Bishop of Hereford
  Bishop of Hereford
  The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.The see is in the City of Hereford where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary and Saint Ethelbert which was founded as a cathedral in 676.The Bishop's residence is...
  
  .
• 1100 Consecration of St. Peter’s Abbey.
• 1216 First coronation of King Henry III
  Henry III of England
  Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready...
  
  .
• 1327 Burial of King Edward II
  Edward II of England
  Edward II , called Edward of Caernarfon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed by his wife Isabella in January 1327. He was the sixth Plantagenet king, in a line that began with the reign of Henry II...
  
  .
• 1331 Perpendicular
  Perpendicular
  In geometry, two lines or planes are considered perpendicular to each other if they form congruent adjacent angles . The term may be used as a noun or adjective...
  
   remodelling of the quire
  Quire (architecture)
  Architecturally, the choir is the area of a church or cathedral, usually in the western part of the chancel between the nave and the sanctuary . The choir is occasionally located in the eastern part of the nave...
  
  .
• 1373 Great Cloister begun by Abbot Horton; completed by Abbott Frouster (1381–1412).
• 1420 West End rebuilt by Abbot Morwent
• 1450 Tower begun by Abbot Sebrok; completed by Robert Tully
  Robert Tully
  -Coaching career:Tully was the head football coach for the Bethel Threshers located in North Newton, Kansas. He held that position for three seasons, from 1946 until 1948. His coaching record at Bethel was 6 wins, 18 losses and 1 tie.As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #10 at...
  
  .
• 1470 Lady Chapel rebuilt by Abbot Hanley; completed by Abbot Farley (1472–98)
• 1540 Dissolution of Abbey
• 1541 Refounded as a Cathedral by King Henry VIII
  Henry VIII of England
  Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
  
  .
• 1616–21 William Laud
  William Laud
  William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines, he opposed radical forms of Puritanism...
  
   holds the office of dean of Gloucester.
• 1649–60 Abolition of Dean and Chapter, reinstated by Charles II
  Charles II of England
  Charles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
  
  .
• 1735–52 Martin Benson, Bishop of Gloucester carried out major repairs and alterations to the cathedral.
• 1847–73 Beginning of extensive Victorian restoration
  Victorian restoration
  Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...
  
   work (Frederick S. Waller
  Frederick S. Waller
  F[rederick] S[andham] Waller was a British architect and antiquarian of Gloucester, where he was the resident architect to the dean and chapter of Gloucester Cathedral...
  
   and Sir G. Gilbert Scott
  George Gilbert Scott
  Sir George Gilbert Scott was an English architect of the Victorian Age, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches, cathedrals and workhouses...
  
  , architects).
• 1953 Major appeal for the restoration of the cathedral; renewed
• 1968 Cathedral largely re-roofed and other major work completed.
• 1989 900th anniversary appeal.
• 1994 Restoration of tower completed.
• 2000 Celebration of the novecentennial of the consecration of St Peter’s Abbey

See also

• Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
  Architecture of the medieval cathedrals of England
  The medieval cathedrals of England, dating from between approximately 1040 and 1540, are a group of twenty-six buildings which together constitute a major aspect of the country’s artistic heritage and are among the most significant material symbols of Christianity. Though diversified in style, they...
  
  
• English Gothic architecture
  English Gothic architecture
  English Gothic is the name of the architectural style that flourished in England from about 1180 until about 1520.-Introduction:As with the Gothic architecture of other parts of Europe, English Gothic is defined by its pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires...
  
  
• List of cathedrals in the United Kingdom

External links

• Official website
• A history of the choristers of Gloucester Cathedral
• A history of Harry Potter at Gloucester Cathedral
• Adrian Fletcher’s Paradoxplace – Gloucester Cathedral Pages – Photos
• Photograph of Gloucester Cathedral Cloister
• Three Choirs website
• Flickr images tagged Gloucester Cathedral
• Flickr group of photos of Gloucester Cathedral