The city of Lincoln was important even in Roman times; traces of the Roman walls are evident around the summit of the hill where both the former castle and the cathedral are located. . English cathedrals were invariably monasteries and cathedrals, that is, they housed monks who were headed by an abbot or prior, as well housing the office of the bishop who administered a diocese. Lincoln was a Benedictine foundation.

LC1 City of Lincoln, 1722 plan showing cathedral and castle adjacent on the high point of the city, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

LC2 Lincoln, Cathedral, view of cathedral from the south, at a distance

LC3 Lincoln, Cathedral, 17th century view from south, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

LC4 Lincoln, Cathedral, plan, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

LC5 Lincoln, Cathedral, castle gate facing the cathedral gate

LC6 Lincoln, Cathedral, view of cathedral from the castle, across Exchequer gate

LC7 Lincoln, Cathedral, view of the Exchequer gate from inside the cathedral close

LC8 Lincoln, Cathedral, west façade, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

LC9 Lincoln, Cathedral, lower west façade, detail

LC10 Lincoln, Cathedral, interior of nave looking east

LC11 Lincoln, Cathedral, south nave, crossing and south transept

LC12 Lincoln, Cathedral, detail of nave triforium showing Purbeck marble columns

LC13 Lincoln, Cathedral, Angel Choir, 1255-80, view from high altar looking east

LC14 Lincoln, Cathedral, Angel Choir, 1255-80, north triforium

LC15 Lincoln, Cathedral, Angel Choir, 1255-80, north, seen through arch of south aisle chantry arch

LC16 Lincoln, Cathedral, Angel Choir, 1255-80, south, detail of triforium

LC17 Lincoln, Cathedral, choir interior, high altar and Easter Sepulchre, c. 1380

LC18 Lincoln, Cathedral, north ambulatory, looking west

LC19 Lincoln, Cathedral, south ambulatory, looking east

LC20 Lincoln, Cathedral, cloisters, eastern wing, 13th century

LC21 Lincoln, Cathedral, chapter house, exterior, early 13th century

LC22 Lincoln, Cathedral, chapter house, interior, early 13th century, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

LC23 Lincoln, plan of the Bishop’s palace, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

LC24 Lincoln, elevation of the former chapel of the bishop’s palace, 15th century, after A. F. Kendrick, The Cathedral Church of Lincoln (London: George Bell & Sons, 1899)

Lincoln, Bishop's palace EXTERNAL LINK  ruins of  palace damaged in English Civil War.