St Edmundsbury Cathedral - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

A model of St Edmundsbury cathedral built in 1963 by Geoffrey Oxborrow, and reworked by his son Edmund in 2000.

"St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. It is the seat of the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds.

A church has stood on the site of the cathedral since at least 1065, when St Denis's Church was built within the precincts of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. In the early 12th century the Abbot, Anselm had wanted to make a pilgrimage along the Way of St James to Santiago de Compostela. He was unsuccessful and instead rebuilt St Denis's and dedicated the new church to Saint James, which served as the parish church for the north side of Bury St Edmunds.

This church was largely rebuilt, starting in 1503, with more alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. When the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich was created in 1914, St James Church was made the cathedral. In 1959 Benjamin Britten wrote the Fanfare for St Edmundsbury for a "Pageant of Magna Carta" held in the cathedral grounds.

From 1960 onwards, there was renewed building work designed to transform the parish church into a cathedral building, with the rebuilding of the chancel and the creation of transepts and side chapels. The cathedral architect from 1943 to 1988 was Stephen Dykes Bower and he left £2 million for the completion of the cathedral. In the cathedral grounds a new choir school and visitor's centre were built which were opened in 1990. A Gothic revival tower was built between 2000 and 2005."

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Where is original located?: St Edmundsbury Cathedral Where is this replica located?: St Edmundsbury Cathedral, near abbey garden refectory Who created the original?: Geoffrey Oxborrow Internet Link about Original: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds_Cathedral Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1503

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