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The UK's Smallest Cathedral

Pictures of Oxford - Christchurch Cathedral From the Memorial Garden

Pictures of Oxford - Christchurch Cathedral From the Memorial Garden

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Henry VIII linked Christchurch College's chapel to the diocese of Oxford making it both a college chapel and the city's cathedral - The UK's smallest, in fact. Included in the cathedral is a reconstructed canopy from the tomb of Oxford's patron saint, St. Frideswide. She founded a priory here even earlier than the Augustinian priory of the 12th century that is incorporated in the current Cathedral. Christchurch Cathedral is one of Oxford's most popular sites.

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