Wakefield Cathedral

Another day, another Cathedral; a short trip from Leeds on Northern trains and I arrived in Wakefield. Unfortunately, I was on a tight schedule and so didn’t get to explore it as much as I’d have liked to. There’s a couple of museums and art galleries that are worth seeing when you visit.

Wakefield Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of all Saints is one of the trinity of Cathedrals in the diocese of Leeds. It’s in the center of the city and, with its spire at 247 feet, it is the tallest building in Wakefield. the church has Anglo-Saxon roots and is, probably, the church mentioned in the Doomsday book of 1086.

William II gave some land to a priory in 1090 and shortly afterward, a Norman church was built. The cathedral was rebuilt in the 14th century and again in the 15th century with a Victorian restoration to a late medieval style by the father and son team of George Gilbert Scott and John Oldrid Scott between 1858 and 1874.

Here are some photos of this small but perfectly formed cathedral.