Southwark Cathedral

This article covers Southwark Anglican Cathedral. For the Roman Catholic cathedral, see St. George's Cathedral (Southwark) .

The cathedral today

Church building and old London Bridge ( Claes Janszoon Visscher , 1616)

Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Savior and St Mary Overie is the on the south bank of the Thames in London district of Southwark built Anglican Cathedral . The church building, which is kept in Gothic style , essentially dates from the period from 1220 to 1420. It was not made a bishop's church until 1905.

history

There is already a reference to the church in the Domesday Book from 1086. The fact that a monastery already existed here in 606 is controversial. Thomas Becket is said to have preached here a few days before his murder.

The church fell victim to several fires, for example in 1212 and at the end of the 14th century. It served as the burial place of famous writers, such as John Gower and John Fletcher . From the church tower, Wenceslaus Hollar designed his “Long View of London” from 1638, a well-known panorama.

The nave was redesigned by Sir Arthur Blomfield as part of the establishment of the Archdiocese in 1895. In 1988 the building was completely renovated.

Outside the cathedral is a memorial to Mahomet Weyonomon, the sachem (chief) of the Mohegan tribe who came to London in 1735 to ask King George II for justice for his tribe, who were besieged by British settlers. He died of smallpox in 1736 before the commission appointed by the king heard his case. He was buried in an unmarked grave in Southwark at a nocturnal funeral that was not in keeping with tribal tradition. In 2006, Queen Elizabeth II donated the monument, carved out of a pink granite rock by British artist Peter Randall-Page. Members of the Mohegan tribe performed a traditional burial ceremony there.

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  Facade at night with The Shard in the background

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  Central nave and choir

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  View through the aisle

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  Vault

organ

View of the organ

The organ was built in 1897 by the organ builder TC Lewis (Brixton, London) with electro-pneumatic action . The organ case was designed by the well-known Victorian architect Arthur Blomfield . In 1952 the instrument was extensively rebuilt by the organ builders Henry Willis & Son. In 1986 and 1991 the instrument was restored to its original state. It has 61 stops on four manuals and a pedal . The actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Choir C – c 4 Lovely Gedackt 16 ′ Violin Principal 8th' Salicional 8th' Dulciana 8th' Lovely Gedackt 8th' Salicet 4 ′ Flauto Traverso 4 ′ Lovely Gedackt 4 ′ Lovely Gedackt 2 ′ Mixture III

II Great C – c 4 Contra Viole 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Open Diapason No.1 8th' Open Diapason No.2 8th' Stopped diapason 8th' Flûte Harmonique 8th' Octave 4 ′ Flûte Harmonique 4 ′ Octave Quint 2 2 ⁄ 3  ′ Great Octave 2 ′ Cornet III-V Mixture IV Trumpet 8th'

III Swell C-c 4 Lovely Bourdun 16 ′ Open diapason 8th' Viole da viol 8th' Voix Celestes 8th' Pipe flute 8th' Violin Principal 4 ′ Pipe flute 4 ′ Flautino 2 ′ Mixture IV Contra fagotto 16 ′ horn 8th' oboe 8th' Voix Humaine 8th' Clarion 4 ′ tremolo

IV Solo C – c 4 Vox Angelica 8th' Unda Maris 8th' Flûte harm. 8th' Flûte harm 4 ′ Trombones 16 ′ Cor Anglais 16 ′ Tuba Magna 8th' Trumpet harm. 8th' Orchestral oboe 8th' Clarinet 8th' tremolo

Pedal C – f 1 Great bass 32 ′ Major violon 32 ′ Open bass 16 ′ Violon 16 ′ Dulciana Bass 16 ′ Sub bass 16 ′ violoncello 8th' Flood 8th' viola 4 ′ Octave Flute 4 ′ Contra trumpet 32 ′ Bombard 16 ′ trombone 16 ′ Trumpet 8th'

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on the organ ( Memento of the original from October 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the cathedral website 

Web links

Commons : Southwark Cathedral  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Church website (English)

Coordinates: 51 ° 30 '22 "  N , 0 ° 5' 22.5"  W.