Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 25 December 2009.
Source: Own work.
Author: Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Lincoln Cathedral’s Nave.
Photo: 30 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff
(Wikimedia Commons)
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unless stated otherwise.
Lincoln Cathedral is one of the few English Cathedrals built from the rock it is standing on.[51] It is mostly built from Lincolnshire Limestone.[52]
The Cathedral has owned the existing quarry, on Riseholme Road, Lincoln, since 1876.[53] As of 2016, the quarry was expected to run out of stone in 2021.[54]
The Cathedral’s stonemasons use more than 100 tonnes of stone per year for maintenance and repairs.[54]
17th-Century Print of Lincoln Cathedral
with Spires on the West Towers.
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 – 1677).
Date: Not known.
Collection: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library.
Current location: Wenceslas Hollar Digital Collection.
Source: Artwork from
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The Cathedral accepted female Choristers in 1995. Lincoln was the second Cathedral in the Country to adopt a separate girls’ Choir (after Salisbury Cathedral). The Choristers can now attend any school and are currently drawn from over ten local schools.
Jeffrey Makinson gives an Organ demonstration
of the incredible “Father” Henry Willis instrument
in Lincoln Cathedral.
Available on YouTube
The Great West Front, Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 15 November 2005.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Author: Anthony Shreeve.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Organist Emeritus is Colin Walsh, previously Organist and Master of The Choristers and then Organist Laureate.
The records of Cathedral Organists at Lincoln are continuous from 1439, when John Ingleton was the incumbent.
The records of Cathedral Organists at Lincoln are continuous from 1439, when John Ingleton was the incumbent.
The Choir, Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 30 July 2014.
Source: Own work.
Attribution: Photo by DAVID ILIFF.
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Author: Diliff
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Notable organists have included the Renaissance composers William Byrd and John Reading and the biographer of Mendelssohn, William Thomas Freemantle.
Choir Stalls, Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 29 August 2013 .
Source: Geograph Britain and Ireland
Author: Richard Croft
(Wikimedia Commons)
One of the best examples of the work of “Father’ Henry Willis, and the last he designed before his death, the Cathedral Organ dates from 1898. Willis had completed the design by 1885, but a shortfall in funding delayed construction and installation.
This, together with other private gifts and a public subscription, allowed work to progress. On Saint Hugh’s Day, 17 November 1898, the Organ was inaugurated at a Service attended by 4,700 people.
Gallery, Triforium, Clerestory,
Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 15 September 2018.
Source: Own work.
Author: Cc364
(Wikimedia Commons)
Willis had intended that the Organ be electrically-powered, the first Organ in an English Cathedral to be powered in this way. As the Brayford Wharf Power Station had not yet been completed,[58] manual power was instead provided by Infantrymen from The Lincolnshire Regiment.[59]
The Organ has been restored twice, in 1960 and in 1998. On both occasions the work was undertaken by Harrison & Harrison. It is one of only two Willis Organs in English Cathedrals with its original tonal scheme.[59] The Organ specification is held on the National Pipe Organ Register.[60]
The Cathedral was used for the filming of The Da Vinci Code (based on the book of the same name).[63] Filming took place mainly within the Cloisters, and Chapter House,[63] of the Cathedral, and remained a closed set.
The Angel Choir, Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 1865.
Permission: Cornell University Library @ Flickr Commons
Author: Cornell University Library
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Cathedral took on the role of Westminster Abbey, as the Abbey had refused to permit filming.[63] Although there was protest at the filming,[64] the filming was completed by the end of August 2005.
To make the Lincoln Chapter House appear similar to the Westminster Chapter House, murals were painted on a special layer over the existing wall, and elsewhere polystyrene replicas of Isaac Newton’s tomb and other Abbey monuments were set up.[63]
For a time, these murals and replicas remained in the Chapter House, as part of a Da Vinci Code exhibit for visitors, but, in January 2008, they were sold off at auction to raise money for the Cathedral.[63]
Hostel Members Memorial: Lincoln Cathedral.
It reads: “To the Memory of Members of the Hostel,
who gave their Souls to God, and their Lives for us,
in The Great War, 1914 - 1919”.
The Lincoln Theological College, known as the Bishop’s Hostel, originally Founded in 1874, was a residential centre for Ordination training within The Church of England.
It was closed in 1974, and, following a period at the
University of Sheffield, the Institute moved to the
University of Manchester in January 2003, and is now
a fully integrated academic unit within the department
of Religions and Theology.
The above Plaque was originally within the College,
but was removed to the Cathedral and placed there
when the College closed.
Photo: 7 March 2007.
Source: geograph.org.uk
Author: John Readman
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Nave, Lincoln Cathedral.
Photo: 24 September 2018.
Source: Own work.
Author: Cc364
(Wikimedia Commons)
During 2022, the Cathedral was also one of the locations for the 2023 Ridley Scott film Napoleon.[68]
This concludes the Article on Lincoln Cathedral.
