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Britain's Great Cathedrals

Britain's Great Cathedrals 1.1

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The Reverend Pat Allerton begins his pilgrimage to visit some of Britain’s most magnificent cathedrals in London. At St Paul’s he discovers how Sir Christopher Wren brought a new architectural design to England. In Canterbury, site of the oldest cathedral in England, he reflects on the life of the martyred Archbishop Thomas Becket, before visiting the country’s tallest spire in Salisbury.

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