2-547-275 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Ripon Cathedral, Yorkshire, c1870. Ripon became a cathedral in 1836 with the creation of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds. A church was first established on the site around 660. The present building dates from the 12th-13th centuries and is one of the smaller cathedrals in England. The west front was completed in 1220 and is regarded as an exceptional example of Early English Gothic architecture.