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Medieval · AnglicanCanterbury CathedralCanterbury, England, United Kingdom597 AD (Augustine's mission); current structure from 1070Seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury and mother church of the Anglican Communion.Read the full history Medieval · AnglicanYork MinsterYork, United KingdomPresent Gothic church built c. 1220–1472; earlier churches from 627Northern England’s immense Gothic minster, preserving medieval glass, Roman and Norman foundations, and the long rivalry and partnership of English sees.Read the full history Medieval · Church of EnglandWestminster AbbeyLondon, United KingdomPresent Gothic church begun in 1245; earlier abbey tradition from the 10th–11th centuriesBritain’s coronation church and a vast archive of royal, political, scientific, literary, and Christian memory.Read the full history Medieval · AnglicanDurham CathedralDurham, United Kingdom1093–1133The great Norman cathedral above the River Wear, built for Cuthbert and Bede and celebrated for experimental rib vaults and massive patterned piers.Read the full history Reformation · Church of ScotlandSt Giles’ CathedralEdinburgh, United KingdomMedieval church with major fabric from the 14th–15th centuries; Reformed from 1560The High Kirk of Edinburgh, where Reformation preaching, covenanting conflict, and Scottish public worship converge.Read the full history Reformation · AnglicanKing’s College Chapel, CambridgeCambridge, United Kingdom1446–1515; glazing and screen completed under later Tudor patronageA royal college chapel whose fan vault, Tudor glass, carved screen, and choir carried a late-medieval foundation through Reformation into global broadcast culture.Read the full history Reformation · AnglicanSt. Paul’s Cathedral, LondonLondon, United KingdomPresent cathedral built 1675–1710 on an ancient Christian siteChristopher Wren’s domed cathedral rebuilt after London’s Great Fire, serving parish, city, empire, nation, protest, mourning, and Anglican worship.Read the full history Reformation · MethodistJohn Wesley’s New RoomBristol, United KingdomBuilt in 1739; enlarged in 1748The oldest surviving Methodist building, designed for preaching, care, education, organizing, and life together.Read the full history