Ripon Cathedral

In Yorkshire again talking to a couple more camera clubs. I have never visited Ripon Cathedral even though a relative by marriage, George Chase, was Bishop from 1946 to 1959. A church has occupied the site of the present cathedral for almost 1,400 years. The present building is the fourth church on the site and has many styles; the gothic West Front and the East Window are fine examples of the Early English style. There are many interesting features including the late fifteenth century misericords, including one of a griffon chasing a rabbit down a rabbit hole, thought to have inspired Charles Dodgson, more famously known as Lewis Carroll, to write Alice in Wonderland. His father became a residentiary canon of the Cathedral in 1852.