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Ripon Cathedral
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Natalie
September 5, 2022
Road cycling
The gothic Ripon Cathedral dates from the 7th century founded by Scottish monks in 662 but refounded as a Benedictine monastery in 672. Previously Ripon Minster, it became a cathedral in 1836.
You can visit the cathedral and wonder at the spectacular architecture of this grade I listed building for free. For more details visit the website riponcathedral.org.uk
You can visit the cathedral and wonder at the spectacular architecture of this grade I listed building for free. For more details visit the website riponcathedral.org.uk
Matt Charnley
August 14, 2022
Road cycling
There has been a stone church on the site since 672 when Saint Wilfrid replaced the previous timber church of the monastery at Ripon with one in the Roman style. This is one of the earliest stone buildings erected in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria.
Stuart Wilcock
February 2, 2025
Hiking
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfrid, commonly known as Ripon Cathedral, and until 1836 known as Ripon Minster, is a cathedral in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England. Founded as a monastery by monks of the Irish tradition in the 660s, it was refounded as a Benedictine monastery by St Wilfrid in 672.
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