Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral stands on a site with a thousand-year story, its present form tracing back to the Gothic church built between 1220 and 1420. Formally known as the Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, it is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark and was raised to cathedral status in 1905 with the creation of the diocese. The building today retains its medieval layout, though the nave underwent a late-19th-century reconstruction, giving the interior a blend of history and renewal. For centuries it served as Southwark Priory’s church, dedicated to St Mary Overie, before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, after which it became a parish church dedicated to the Holy Saviour. Its long arc—from Augustinian priory to parish church, and finally to cathedral—mirrors the shifting religious landscape of London on the river’s southern bank. …
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