Gloucester Cathedral

Magnificent Norman Abbey and Chapter House where William the Conqueror ordered the Domesday Survey in 1085.

Gloucester is one of only four Cathedrals in the country to have witnessed a royal burial (Edward II) and a coronation (Henry lisle). This Benedictine abbey church has the earliest perpendicular work & fan vaulting. The Great East window commemorates the Battle of Crick in 1346.
The building was started in 1089 and contains one of only five crypts dating from before 1100.