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cathedral in

Southwell, Nottinghamshire Southwell ( , ) is a minster (church), minster and market town, and a civil parish, in the district of Newark and Sherwood in Nottinghamshire, England. It is home to the Listed building, grade-I listed Southwell Minster, the cathedral of the An ...

, England. The

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is the seat of the bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the

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of the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham; it is governed by a dean and chapter. It is a grade I listed building. The current church is the successor to one built in 956 by Oscytel,

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. Some late eleventh century fabric survives from this church, but the majority of the building dates from between 1108 and , when it was reconstructed in the Romanesque style. The chancel was rebuilt from 1234 to 1251 in the

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style. In 1288 the

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was built; it is decorated with carved foliage of exceptional quality. The minster's

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is also of high quality. During the

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Southwell was part of the large

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, and the archbishop maintained a palace adjacent to the minster. Although it was not a cathedral, the minster acted as the mother church of the surrounding area; Ripon Cathedral and

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fulfilled a similar function in other parts of the diocese. The church was collegiate from its foundation until 1841, although the college was twice dissolved and re-founded during the

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. It was a parish church from 1841 until 1884, when it became the cathedral of a new diocese covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire; in 1927 the diocese was divided by the creation of the

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History

Middle Ages

The earliest church on the site is believed to have been founded in 627 by Paulinus, the first

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, when he visited the area while baptising believers in the

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. The legend is commemorated in the Minster's baptistry window. In 956 King Eadwig gave land in Southwell to Oskytel, Archbishop of York, on which a minster church was established. The

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of 1086 recorded the Southwell manor in great detail. The Norman reconstruction of the church began in 1108, probably as a rebuilding of the

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church, starting at the east end so that the

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could be used as soon as possible and the Saxon building was dismantled as work progressed. Many stones from this earlier Anglo-Saxon church were reused in the construction. The tessellated floor and late 11th century tympanum in the north

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are the only parts of the Anglo-Saxon building remaining intact. Work on the

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began after 1120 and the church was completed by c.1150. The church was originally attached to the Archbishop of York's Palace which stood next door and is now ruined. It served the archbishop as a place of worship and was a collegiate body of

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learning, hence its designation as a minster. The minster draws its

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from the nearby school with which it is associated. The Norman chancel was square-ended. For a plan of the original church see Clapham (1936). The chancel was replaced with another in the Early English style in 1234–51 because it was too small. The octagonal

, built starting in 1288 with a vault in the

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style has naturalistic carvings of foliage (the 13th-century stonecarving includes several Green Men). The elaborately carved " pulpitum" or choir screen was built in 1320–40.

Reformation and civil war

The church suffered less than many others in the

as it was refounded in 1543 by Act of Parliament. Southwell is where Charles I surrendered to Scottish Presbyterian troops in 1646 during the

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, after the third siege of Newark. The fighting saw the church seriously damaged and the nave is said to have been used as stabling. The adjoining palace was almost completely destroyed, first by Scottish troops and then by the local people, with only the Hall of the Archbishop remaining as a ruined shell.

18th century

On 5 November 1711 the southwest spire was struck by lightning, and the resulting fire spread to the nave, crossing and tower destroying roofs, bells, clock and organ. By 1720 repairs had been completed, now giving a flat panelled ceiling to the nave and transepts.

Victorian

In 1805 Archdeacon Kaye gave the Minster the Newstead lectern; once owned by Newstead Abbey, it had been thrown into the abbey fishpond by the monks to save it during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, then later discovered when the lake was dredged. Henry Gally Knight in 1818 gave the Minster four panels of 16th century Flemish glass (which now fill the bottom part of the East window) which he had acquired from a Parisian pawnshop. In danger of collapse, the spires were removed in 1805 and re-erected in 1879–81 when the minster was extensively restored by

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, an architect specialising in churches. The nave roof was replaced with a pitched roof and the quire was redesigned and refitted.

Ecclesiastical history

Collegiate church

Southwell Minster was served by prebendaries from the early days of its foundation. By 1291 there were 16 Prebends of Southwell mentioned in the Taxation Roll. In August 1540, as the dissolution of the monasteries was coming to an end, and despite its collegiate rather than monastic status, Southwell Minster was suppressed specifically in order that it could be included in the plans initiated by

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to create several new cathedrals. It appears to have been proposed as the see for a new diocese comprising

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and

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, as a replacement for

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which had been dissolved in 1538 and which by 1540 was no longer owned by the Crown. The plan for the minster's elevation did not proceed, so in 1543 Parliament reconstituted its collegiate status as before. In 1548 it again lost its collegiate status under the 1547 Act of

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which suppressed (among others) almost all collegiate churches: at Southwell the prebendaries were given pensions and the estates sold, while the church continued as the parish church on the petitions of the parishioners. By an Act of Philip and Mary in 1557, the minster and its prebends were restored. In 1579 a set of statutes was promulgated by

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and the chapter operated under this constitution until it was dissolved in 1841. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners made provision for the abolition of the chapter as a whole; the death of each canon after this time resulted in the extinction of his prebend. The chapter came to its appointed end on 12 February 1873 with the death of Thomas Henry Shepherd, rector of Clayworth and prebendary of Beckingham.

Cathedral

Despite the August 1540 plans to make Southwell Minster a cathedral not initially coming to fruition at the time, in 1884, 344 years later, Southwell Minster became a cathedral proper for Nottinghamshire and a part of Derbyshire including the city of

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. The diocese was divided in 1927 and the

was formed. The diocese's centenary was commemorated by a royal visit to distribute

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. George Ridding, the first Bishop of Southwell, designed and paid for the grant of Arms now used as the diocesan coat of arms.

Architecture

Killpack Southwell Minster 1839 Plate 03

The nave, transepts, central tower and two western towers of the Norman church which replaced the Anglo-Saxon minster remain as an outstanding achievement of severe Romanesque design. With the exception of fragments mentioned above, they are the oldest part of the existing church. The nave is of seven bays, plus a separated western bay. The columns of the arcade are short and circular, with small scalloped capitals. The

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has a single large arch in each bay. The

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has small round-headed windows. The external window openings are circular. There is a tunnel-vaulted passage between the inside and outside window openings of the clerestory. The nave aisles are vaulted, the main roof of the nave is a trussed rafter roof, with tie-beams between each bay – a late 19th century replacement. By contrast with the nave arcade, the arches of the crossing are tall, rising to nearly the full height of the nave walls. The capitals of the east crossing piers depict scenes from the life of Jesus. Two stages of the inside of the central tower can be seen at the crossing, with cable and wave decoration on the lower order and zigzag on the upper. The transepts have three stories with semi-circular arches, like the nave, but without aisles. Southwell minster 012

The western facade has pyramidal spires on its towers – a unique feature today, though common in the 12th century. The existing spires date only from 1880, but they replace those destroyed by fire in 1711, which are documented in old illustrations. The large west window dates from the 15th century. The central tower's two ornamental stages place it high among England's surviving Norman towers. The lower order has intersecting arches, the upper order plain arches. The north porch has a tunnel vault, and is decorated with intersecting arches. The choir is Early English in style, and was completed in 1241. It has transepts, thus separating the choir into a western and eastern arm. The choir is of two storeys, with no gallery or triforium. The lower storey has clustered columns with multiform pointed arches, the upper storey has twin lancet arches in each bay. The

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of the choir springs from clustered shafts which rest on corbels. The vault has ridge ribs. The square east end of the choir has two stories each of four lancet windows. Southwell Minster Carvings Chapter House Portal 02

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In the 14th century the chapter house and the choir screen were added. The chapter house, started in 1288, is in an early decorated style, octagonal, with no central pier. It is reached from the choir by a passage and vestibule, through an entrance portal. This portal has five orders, and is divided by a central shaft into two subsidiary arches with a circle with quatrefoil above. Inside the chapter house, the stalls fill the octagonal wall sections, each separated by a single shaft with a triangular canopy above. The windows are of three lights, above them two circles with trefoils and above that a single circle with quatrefoil. This straightforward description gives no indication of the glorious impression, noted by so many writers, of the elegant proportions of the space, and of the profusion (in vestibule and passage, not just in the chapter house) of exquisitely carved capitals and tympana, mostly representing leaves in a highly naturalistic and detailed representation. The capitals in particular are deeply undercut, adding to the feeling of realism. Individual plant species such as ivy, maple, oak, hop, hawthorn can often be identified. The botanist Albert Seward published a detailed description of the carvings and their identification in 1935 and

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wrote the classic description entitled ''The Leaves of Southwell'', with photographs by Frederick Attenborough, in 1945. The rood screen dates from 1320 to 1340, and is an outstanding example of the Decorated style. It has an east and west facade, separated by a vaulted space with flying ribs. The east facade, of two storeys, is particularly richly decorated, with niches on the lower storey with ogee arches, and openwork gables on the upper storey. The central archway rises higher than the lower storey, with an ogee arch surmounted by a cusped gable. The finest memorial in the minster is the alabaster tomb of Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York (died 1588).

Stained Glass

The best old glass was made by the 16th century French stained glass artist Jean Chastellain from designs by the Noël Bellemare for the Temple Church in Paris and given to the Minster in 1818. These are the four lower panels of the East window representing four scenes from the life of Christ, while above are the

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by Clayton & Bell from 1876. Other 19th century glass includes work by Kempe & Co, notably the Archangels Gabriel, Michael and Raphael in the south aisle and scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary in St Thomas' Chapel. The highlight is the great Angel Window at the West end by

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installed in 1996. The artist described it as “a great gathering of angels enjoying being with God, just all joy and worship”

Staff

Dean and chapter

: * Dean — position vacant * Interim Dean – Neil Evans (since 4 November 2024) *Canon Chancellor – position vacant *Canon Precentor – Richard Frith (since 8 September 2019) *Canon Missioner – Vacant, formerly Paul Rattigan (22 January 2022 to 8 November 2024) *Acting Canon Missioner - Amanda Lees (since 6 January 2025) *Acting Canon Pastor - Stephen Hippisley-Cox (since 6 January 2025)

Other clergy

*Priest Vicar and Canon Theologian (honorary canon) — Alison Milbank *Priest Vicar – David McCollough *Priest Vicar – Erika Kirk

Lay staff

*Rector Chori & Organist – Paul Provost *Assistant Director of Music – Jonathan Allsopp *Organ Scholar – Timothy Selman *Head Verger – Andy McIntosh

Music and liturgy

Choirs

The Cathedral Choir The Cathedral Choir comprises the boy choristers, girl choristers, and lay clerks who, between them, provide music for seven choral services each week during school terms. The boys and girl choristers usually sing as separate groups, combining for particularly important occasions such as Christmas and Easter services, and notable events in the life of the minster. Regular concerts and international tours are a feature of the choir's work. Services have been sung in Southwell Minster for centuries, and the tradition of daily choral worship continues to thrive. There was originally a college of vicars choral who took the lead as singers, one or two of whom were known as rector chori, or 'ruler of the choir'. The vicars choral lived in accommodation where Vicars Court now stands, and lived a collegiate lifestyle. The current Cathedral Choir owes its form to the addition of boy choristers to the vicars choral, and the vicars themselves eventually being replaced by lay singers, known as lay clerks. For a large period of time, the format remained very similar – a number of boy choristers singing with a mixture of lay clerks and vicars choral, slowly becoming a group of entirely lay singers. Eventually, in 2005, a girls’ choir was started by the Assistant Director of Music, who have now been formally admitted as girl choristers. All of the choristers are educated at the Minster School, a Church of England academy with a music-specialist Junior Department (years 3–6) for choristers and other talented young musicians. The Cathedral Choir has recorded and broadcast extensively over the years. Regular concerts and international tours are a feature of the choir's work, alongside more local events such as civic services and the annual Four Choirs’ Evensong together with the cathedral choirs of Derby, Leicester and Coventry. The Minster Chorale Southwell Minster Chorale is Southwell Minster's auditioned adult voluntary choir, and is directed by the Minster's Assistant Director of Music, Jonathan Allsopp. Founded in 1994, the Chorale's purpose is to regularly sing for services, especially at times when the Cathedral Choir is not available. In particular, the Chorale sings for: – Evening Sung Eucharists (All Souls, Epiphany, Ash Wednesday etc.) – A full Sunday during each half term – The Fourth Sunday of Advent, and the Fifth Sunday of Lent – Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve – The Chorale also sings regularly for the monthly Sunday Mattins. In addition to its regular round of services, one of the highlights of the Chorale's year is its annual performance of Handel's Messiah in the run-up to Christmas; this concert is a staple of the Minster's Christmas programme. The Chorale also regularly goes on tour; in recent years they have toured to the Channel Islands and the Scilly Isles. A 2020 tour to Schwerin, Germany was planned (together with Lincoln Cathedral Consort), but this was cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Chorale also visits other cathedrals to sing services.

List of ''rectores chori''

* Lawrence Pepys 1499 * George Vincent 1519 * George Thetford 1568 * John Mudd 1582 * Thomas Foster 1584 * William Colbecke 1586 * John Beeston 1594 * Edward Manestie 1596 * Francis Dogson 1622 * John Hutchinson 1628 * Edward Chappell 1661 * George Chappell 1690 * William Popeley 1699 * William Lee 1718–1754 * Samuel Wise 1754–1755 * Edmund Ayrton 1755–1764 * Thomas Spofforth 1764–1818 * Edward Heathcote 1818–1835 * Frederick Gunton 1835–1841 *

Chappell Batchelor Chappell Batcheler (1 July 1822 – 11 January 1884) was an English organist and first-class cricketer. Life Professor Batcheler (Chappell) was born in Southwell in 1822 to John Batcheler and Ann Heathcote. He married Susanna Fletcher in Sout ...

1841–1857 * Herbert Stephen Irons 1857–1872 * Cedric Bucknall 1872–1876 * William Weaver Ringrose 1876–1879 * W Arthur Marriott 1879–1888 * Robert William Liddle 1888–1918 * Harry William Tupper 1918–1929 * George Thomas Francis 1929–1946 * Robert James Ashfield 1946–1956 * David James Lumsden 1956–1959 * Kenneth Bernard Beard 1959–1989
Paul Hale
1989–2016
Paul Provost
Apr 2017– To see the list of organists, assistant directors of music and organ scholars, see the

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Southwell Music Festival

The minster is also home to the annual Southwell Music Festival, held in late August.

Image gallery

Ground plans of the minster

File:Killpack Southwell Minster 1839 Plate 01.jpg, Plan of the minster 1839 File:Seward Figure 1 Southwell Vestibule and Passage.jpg, Plan of vestibule and passage to the chapter house File:Seward Figure 2 Southwell Chapter House.jpg, Plan of the chapter house

Exterior

File:Southwell Minster 2016 - west view.jpg, The west front File:Southwell minster1.jpg, The minster from the north-west File:Southwell minster 001.JPG, The minster from the north-east File:Southwell Minster, south door - geograph.org.uk - 839063.jpg, Door of south transept File:Southwell, Minster, after Francis Frith - geograph.org.uk - 851537.jpg, Central tower, north transept, north porch, and chapter house

Nave and transepts

File:Southwellnave.jpg, The Norman nave, built in the early 12th century File:Southwell Minster Nave, Nottinghamshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, Nave with the font on the right side File:Southwell Minster nave (26227101850).jpg, Nave of the minster

Choir

File:Southwell Minster Choir, Nottinghamshire, UK - Diliff.jpg, Pulpitum and choir, looking west to the nave File:High Altar - geograph.org.uk - 1428606.jpg, High altar and east window of choir File:SouthwellS02.jpg, One of the

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s in the quire

Chapter House

File:Southwell Minster Carvings Chapter House Portal left side of arch.jpg, Carvings on the left side of the portal arch of the chapter house File:Southwell Minster Carvings Chapter House Portal Capitals c b a.jpg, Chapter house portal capitals, right side File:Southwell Minster Carvings Chapter House Stalls and Canopies Capitals 07-14.jpg, The stalls and canopies of the chapter house File:Southwell Minster Carvings Chapter House Capitals 10 1.jpg, Chapter house capital File:Southwell Minster Carvings Chapter House Tympanum 05.jpg, Chapter house stall canopy tympanum showing green man

Windows

File:Bramley Window.jpg File:Stained glass window at Southwell Minster.jpg File:Southwell Minster - East Windows.jpg File:Stained glass window, Southwell Minster.jpg

Old illustrations

File:Wenceslas Hollar - Southwell minster.jpg, Southwell Minster before the original spires were destroyed by fire in 1711 File:Southwell Minster without the spires.jpg, Southwell Minster without the spires, which were removed in 1805 and replaced in 1879-81 File:Killpack Southwell Minster 1839 Plate 02.jpg, The central tower and transepts File:Killpack Southwell Minster 1839 Plate 05.jpg, Bays of the choir File:Dickinson Southwell Minster Chapter House Portal 1801.jpg, Chapter house portal, 1801

References

External links

Southwell Minster Virtual TourSouthwell Minster websiteDetails and pictures of the screen organ from the National Pipe Organ RegisterDetails of the nave organ from the National Pipe Organ RegisterA case study on Southwell Minster from the University of Virginia, with plans and digital models
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