England’s cathedrals are often de­scribed as the crown jewels of the nation’s architectural heritage, yet their future is in doubt following a series of financial crises. Most of the 42 Anglican ...

At Exeter, a cathedral in southwest England with the longest vaulted ceiling in the world, there is a predicted deficit of 175,000 pounds (or $217,000), after a failed and costly plan to restore the ...

On a wide promontory above the River Wear, which cuts through this bustling university town, a vast cathedral, ringed by medieval battlements, rises into the cloudy sky. When the cathedral was founded ...

On April 4, 1942, the diarist Henry “Chips” Channon and a few of his friends paid a visit to Wells Cathedral—one of England’s early Gothic treasures—in the southwest county of Somerset. Having spent ...

Cathedrals in England underwent "significant recovery", with a five-percent rise in weekly service attendance in 2023 from the year before, the Church of England said in a report released on Thursday.

Events can help cover cathedrals’ huge daily running costs, but they have faced strong opposition from some Christians It was a night of old favourites and modern anthems. More than 400 people paid ...

England’s medieval Anglican cathedrals — the soaring, awe-inspiring skyscrapers of their day — remain among the world’s architectural treasures, their history entwined with that of saints and sinners, ...

A historic cathedral in England has installed a giant indoor fairground slide, supposedly so that visitors can see its roof up close. The 50-foot-high ride, known in Britain as a helter-skelter, was ...

Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be a Roman shrine beneath a former graveyard in the grounds of a cathedral in central England. Experts from the University of Leicester said Tuesday ...

BBC research found that representatives of almost half who responded to a survey were concerned about meeting running costs in two years' time. All 63 Anglican and Catholic cathedrals were contacted, ...

LONDON (RNS) The future of England’s cathedrals — often described as the crown jewel of the nation’s architectural heritage — will be examined by a special Church of England working group following a ...