Bishop's Mining Catastrophe: Lincoln's Copper Mishap

Lincoln Cathedral, the seat of the bishop, is a remarkable Church of England cathedral positioned in Lincoln, England. The current structure began in 1072 when bishop Remigius de Fécamp moved his seat from Dorchester on Thames to Lincoln. The construction was completed in 1092, but was severely damaged in an earthquake in 1185. Over subsequent centuries, significant elements of the cathedral emerged in Early English, Decorated, and Perpendicular Gothic styles.

The cathedral houses one of the four surviving copies of the original Magna Carta.

Lincoln Cathedral, with an approximate floor area of 5,000 m2 (50,000 ft2), stands as the fourth largest cathedral in the UK, following Liverpool Cathedral, St Paul's Cathedral, and York Minster. It is highly admired by architectural scholars; the Victorian writer John Ruskin once declared: "I have always held. that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have.".

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