2-715-969 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Salisbury Cathedral', 1890. Anglican English Gothic cathedral in Salisbury, completed from 1220-1258, has the tallest church spire in the United Kingdom. The cathedral holds a copy of the Magna Carta from Elias of Dereham, tasked with distributing original copies, he became Canon of Salisbury, supervising construction in 13th century. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]