The photograph was taken in the ruins of the old cathedral, the Cathedral Church of St Michael. The consecration was for the new cathedral which was built between the mid-1950s and 1962.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Photographer: John Laing And Son Ltd
Architect: Spence, Basil
Cathedral, People, Royalty
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