Wells Cathedral is an Anglican place of worship in Wells, Somerset, dedicated to Andrew the Apostle. It is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, whose cathedra it holds as mother church of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral from around 1175 to replace an earlier church on the site since 705, it became an Anglican cathedral when Henry VIII split from Rome. Its Gothic architecture is mostly inspired from Early English style of the late 12th to early 13th centuries. The stonework of its pointed arcades and fluted piers bears pronounced mouldings and carved capitals in a foliate, "stiff-leaf" style. The east end retains much ancient stained glass. Unlike many cathedrals of monastic foundation, Wells has many surviving secular buildings linked to its chapter of secular canons, including the Bishop's Palace and the 15th-century residential Vicars' Close. It is a Grade I listed building.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1850:

The inaugural National Women's Rights Convention, presided over by American activist Paulina Wright Davis, began in Worcester, Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Women%27s_Rights_Convention

1906:

Alberto Santos-Dumont flew his biplane 14-bis for 50 metres (160 ft) at an altitude of about four metres (13 ft). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-Dumont_14-bis

2001:

Grand Theft Auto III was released, helping to popularize open- world and mature-content video games. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_III

2022:

Myanmar civil war: Burmese military forces launched airstrikes that killed at least 80 concertgoers in Kachin State. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hpakant_massacre

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woodsy: 1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of a wooded area. 2. Of a place: having many trees. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woodsy

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