An exterior view of Hereford cathedral home to the Mappa Mundi and one of four original versions of the Magna Carta

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Hereford cathedral dates back to the 14th Century with far earlier religious associations with the area. The Bishop of Hereford's throne near the high altar gives the Cathedral church its name; the Latin word for throne is cathedra. The Bishop is chief pastor of a large diocese stretching from the Welsh borders in the west across to Worcester and Gloucestershire in the east, and from just south of Shrewsbury in the north to Monmouth in the south. The Cathedral is home to a chained library and the Mappa Mundi dating from the later years of the 13th century. Hereford is fortunate to possess one of only four 1217 Magna Carta to survive, which in turn is one of the finest of the eight oldest that survive. It is sometimes put on display alongside the Hereford Mappa Mundi in the cathedral's chained library.

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Size: 5760px × 2815px
Location: Hereford, Herefordshire
Photo credit: © Philip Jones / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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