Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
Facts
Building Type LocationEly, Cambridgeshire, England 1 Completed Year Completed YearInfobox gives a build span of 1083 to 1375; 1375 recorded as the completion year of that span. Height (m)West Tower height; the separate Octagon lantern tower is 52 m high per the same source. Classification
Standing Status Building Type
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
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1. Ely Cathedral (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundationlead paragraph, first sentence
Ely Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Ely, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
infobox, Years built field
Years built: 1083-1375
Towers section, west tower height
The west tower is 66 m (217 ft) high.
standing status determination, wikipedia summary
It is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon.
Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
== Present-day church == The cathedral is built from stone quarried from Barnack in Northamptonshire (bought from Peterborough Abbey, whose lands included the quarries, for 8,000 eels a year), with decorative elements carved from Purbeck Marble and local clunch.
View the Source 2. Wikidata: Ely Cathedral
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