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Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral
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About Lincoln Cathedral

Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln. The cathedral is governed by its dean and chapter, and is a grade I listed building.

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The windows of Lincoln Cathedral, the stained glass windows, they took them apart piece by piece and then labelled them all and then wanted to put them back as a jigsaw. This was during the war because they didn't want them to get smashed.

from 32: No Such Thing As A Good Gift For Gordon Brown, 2014-10-25 at 00:06:50 ยท read transcript

Other times Lincoln Cathedral came up

  1. Until the Eiffel Tower, I think. No, no, no. It was the Lincoln Centre. Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln Cathedral. In Lincoln, UK. Right. Not in the States, yeah. Then there was Lincoln Cathedral for 400 years. Also the Duomo, I think, was the biggest dome in the world until the Royal Albert Hall. Nice. Good fact. Yeah. Good stuff. I think this is my favourite fact that came through.

    548: No Such Thing As Radioactive Jenga, 2024-09-12 ยท listen

  2. Until the I feel like. No, no. It's the Lincoln Center. Lincoln Cathedral. Lincoln Cathedral. In Lincoln, UK. Right. Not in the United States. Then there was Lincoln Cathedral for 400 years. Also the Duomo, I think, was the biggest dome in the world until the Royal Albert Hall, I think. Nice. Good fact. Yeah. Good stuff. I think this is my favourite fact that came through. It's from Justice Goldstein Shirley.

    No Such Thing As Radioactive Jenga, 2024-09-12 ยท listen

  3. Actually, the penance was quite severe, or it could be. Richard Gray, one man called Richard Gray in medieval England, he was found guilty of having sex with a nun, and he was sentenced to being flogged while walking around Stanford Church on four Sundays in a row, carrying a candle while dressed only in linen garments. Then he had to make a barefoot pilgrimage to Lincoln Cathedral. From where?

    No Such Thing As A Litter Box In The Sahara, 2025-10-23 ยท listen

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