WAKEFIELD CATHEDRAL - HERE TO MEET GOD (4K)

A tour of the cathedral in and out
Wakefield Cathedral, or the Cathedral Church of All Saints in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, is a co-equal Anglican cathedral with Bradford and Ripon Cathedrals, in the Diocese of Leeds and a seat of the Bishop of Leeds. Originally the parish church, it has Anglo Saxon origins and, after enlargement and rebuilding, has the tallest spire in Yorkshire. Its 247-foot (75 m) spire is the tallest structure in the City of Wakefield. The cathedral was designated a Grade I listed building on 14 July 1953.
History
The parish church in 1807, before the transept was added
The cathedral, situated in the centre of Wakefield on a hill on Kirkgate, is built on the site of a Saxon church, evidence of which was uncovered in 1900 when extensions to the east end were made.[4] A church in Wakefield is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. In 1090 William II gave the church and land in Wakefield to Lewes Priory in Sussex, and shortly after that a Norman church was built.
The Norman church was rebuilt in 1329, and apart from the tower and spire, was again rebuilt and enlarged in 1469. The church was reconstructed and altered at various times and its spire, damaged in a violent gale, was renewed in 1823. Up to the 16th century the church was known by the Anglo Saxon All Hallows but after the Reformation changed to All Saints.
All Saints' Church was largely rebuilt in the Perpendicular Gothic style in the early-15th century and, after years of neglect was again rebuilt in the 18th century. It owes its current late-mediaeval appearance to a Victorian restoration by George Gilbert Scott and his son John Oldrid Scott between 1858 and 1874.
In 1888, the Diocese of Wakefield was created and the parish church became the cathedral of the diocese. It still served as a parish church, meaning that until 2000 the head of the chapter of canons was called the provost, rather than the dean. Treacy Hall built in memory of Bishop Eric Treacy was completed in 1982.
In January 2000 a parish boundary change brought the chantry chapel on Wakefield Bridge into the care of the cathedral.
In 2005 Queen Elizabeth II visited the cathedral to distribute Maundy money.
In 2012 the cathedral, with £1.58 million from the Heritage Lottery funding, had raised £2.5 million to restore and reorder the nave which was cleared of its oak pews to create an open space for worship, public events and celebrations. A decision to charge VAT on restoration work on historic buildings in the 2012 budget caused concern that the project would be halted or delayed.[
The cathedral archives are held at West Yorkshire Archive Service in Wakefield.
Peregrine falcons have nested on the cathedral's tower since 2015 and raised 24 chicks in seven breeding seasons. They attract much interest locally and across the UK and internationally.
Structure
The cathedral walls are clad in ashlar sandstone. On the south wall is a porch, with a wrought iron gate and a sundial over the door arch. The wall of the north aisle is the oldest part of the church dating from about 1150. The nave piers date from the 12th and 13th centuries and the arcade and chancel arches date from the 14th century. The late 15th-century chancel now serves as the choir. The nave's original stone vaulted roof has been replaced with wood.The 15th-century wooden ceilings over the nave and aisles have carved bosses.
The current chancel, a transept and it Mark's Chapel were built at the east end in 1904 to designs by John Loughborough Pearson and completed by his son, Frank L Pearson. The 20th-century chancel has a stone vaulted roof.
The cathedral's four-stage west tower has angle buttresses and a very tall crocketed spire behind an embattled parapet with crocketed corner pinnacles and at 247 feet (75 m) tall, is the highest spire in Yorkshire.
The Treacy Hall was added to the cathedral in 1982 and functions as a chapter house and also contains offices, the cathedral shop and a café.
Fixtures and fittings

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❤ Loving your church ones. Getting good with those shots now. Love the mix of ground and air too. Quite a wide angle lens that you used. What camera was it? Been doing that a bit myself as it works real nice. Well done Pal 😊

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I think I used a GoPro on this and thank you

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@@Gkofilms Looks great

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@@flywithmetrevor cheers Trevor and my name is actually Mick

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@@Gkofilms Anytime Mick : )

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@flywithmetrevor Looking forward to your interior video next week, going to be great