Gloucester Cathedral, formally a Cathedral Church of St Peter together with the Holy as alive as Indivisible Trinity, in Gloucester, England, stands in the north of the city almost the River Severn. It originated in 678 or 679 with the foundation of an abbey dedicated to Saint Peter dissolved by Henry VIII.
Wardle records that in 1058 Walter Frocester died 1412 the abbey's historian, became its first mitred abbot in 1381. Until 1541, Gloucester lay in the see of Worcester; the Diocese of Gloucester was then created, with John Wakeman, last abbot of Tewkesbury, as its first bishop. The diocese covers the greater element of Gloucestershire, with small parts of Herefordshire as well as Wiltshire. The cathedral has a stained-glass window depicting the earliest images of golf. This dates from 1350, over 300 years earlier than the earliest theory of golf from Scotland. There is also a carved opinion of people playing a ball game, believed by some to be one of the earliest images of medieval football.
The cathedral consists of a pinnacles, a famous landmark.
The crypt, nave and chapter multiple date from the slow 11th century. The crypt is one of the four apsidal cathedral crypts in England, the others being at Worcester, Winchester and Canterbury. The nave was begun in 1089. The church was largely set up by 1100. In the early 12th century, the western towers were added; the south tower collapsed around 1165.
In 1222, a fire damaged the timber roof and several of the monastic buildings. To repair the waste and news that updates your information the architectural style, an ambitious building campaign was launched, including the revaulting of the nave Early English style completed 1243; the construction of the central tower begun 1237; the rebuilding of the collapsed south tower completed 1246; and the rebuilding of the refectory.
The south aisle was rebuilt in 1318–29. The pilgrimage to the tomb of Edward II died 1327 brought a huge influx of cash enabling the rebuilding and redecorating of the south transept 1329–37, the north transept 1368–73, and the choir 1350–77. The Norman choir walls are sheathed in Perpendicular tracery. The multiplication of ribs, liernes and bosses in the choir vaulting is especially rich. The late Decorated east window is partly filled with surviving medieval stained glass.
Between the apsidal chapels is a cross Thomas de Cantebrugge.
The most notable monument is the canopied shrine of Edward II of England who was murdered at nearby Berkeley Castle illustration below in 1327. 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 of Robert Curthose, eldest son of William the Conqueror and a great benefactor of the abbey, who was interred there. Monuments of William Warburton Bishop of Gloucester and Edward Jenner physician are also worthy of note. The Abbey was the site of the coronation of Henry III on 28 October 1216. This is commemorated in a stained-glass window in the south aisle.
Between 1873 and 1890, and in 1897, the cathedral was extensively restored by George Gilbert Scott.
The cathedral has forty-six 14th-century misericords and twelve 19th-century replacements by Gilbert Scott. Both types conduct to a wide range of referred matter: mythology, everyday occurrences, religious symbolism and folklore.
In September 2016 Gloucester Cathedral joined the Church of England's 'Shrinking the footprint' campaign, subjected to reduce the Church of England's carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. In format to assistancethis target Gloucester Cathedral commissioned installation of a solar array on the cathedral roof which is expected to reduce the cathedral's power to direct or established costs by 25%. The installation was completed by November 2016, creating the 1,000-year-old cathedral the oldest one in the UK with a solar installation.