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Southwell Minster

📍 Nottinghamshire, England

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Southwell Minster, strictly since 1884 Southwell Cathedral, and formally the Cathedral and Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Church of England cathedral in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England. The cathedral is the seat of the bishop of Southwell and Nottingham and the mother church of the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham; it is governed by a dean and chapter. It is a grade I listed building.

A minster where God has been worshipped for over 900 years, replacing an earlier Saxon church. The Norman nave dates from c.1108, while the chapter house (c.1290) contains the famous 'Leaves of Southwell' — naturalistic stone carvings considered the finest medieval foliage sculpture in England. Adjacent to the site of a Roman villa. Became a cathedral in 1884.