10800 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I suspect there would have been 'difficulties' in including RC cathedrals in the names (which could have brought in Shrewsbury, Wrexham etc). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 The "County of" and "Shire" problem was one that came back and bit BR years later with the Class 47s County of Hertfordshire and County of Cambridgeshire. BR were warned 9 months before the naming ceremonies by the Hertford County Archivist that the names were wrong but still went ahead. The matter raged in the letters page of Railway Magazine for several issues afterwards Regards Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted February 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29, 2012 The GWR had an immediate source of 'Cathedral Class' names from its book 'Cathedrals' first published in 1924 - that would have given the following:- Westminster Abbey St. Paul's Cathedral Southwark Cathedral Winchester Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral Bath Abbey Bristol Cathedral Wells Cathedral Truro Cathedral Gloucester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral Hereford Cathedral Oxford Cathedral St Wooles (Newport, Mon) Llandaff Cathedral Brecon Cathedral St. Davids Cathedral Birmingham Cathedral Chester Cathedral Manchester Cathedral Liverpool Cathedral a total of 22 'within the area served by the GWR' (according to the company). Clearly Westminster and Southwark were slightly stretching things but parishes within their diocese were served by the GWR in some way while the GWR clearly served the diocese of St paul's Cathedral. The dodgiest one in terms of GWR link is Liverpool but the Company got pretty close and it ran trains through the diocese at one time so it is legitimate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Mmm, Interesting. St Woolos wasn't chosen as the bishops seat until 1929 or made a cathedral until 1949. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 If we were to be really petty Mike, or worse, accuse the GWR of an error(!) it should be noted that Westminster Abbey is not (and never actually has been) a Cathedral: it was a Benedictine Abbey and then (and now) a collegiate church and de facto national church/mausoleum. The bishop of London, of course, hangs out at St Paul's down the road. If you were to include dioceses with a GW presence, I would reckon on adding Bangor, St Asaph, Coventry and Lichfield without too much trouble... Yes, this is very OT. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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