No, but before it was raised to cathedral status it was the mother parish church, to be precise the collegiate and parish church. It tends to confuse people because although it did not become a cathedral until 1837 the good old LDS describe it as cathedral for it's whole existance. But the constant factor is it's being the Parish Church, it didn't loose this status when it became Cathedral, it is to this date the parish church. Well, that message has confused me, I wonder if any body can explain it to me :-) >Manchester was not always a cathedral, it was a collegiate church. I'm not > >sure exactly when it became a cathedral but have a feeling it was sometime > >during the 19th century. As such, it probably couldn't have exacted the >extra tax from other churches round about. > >Audrey > ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/

Sorry for the confusion, John. I sometimes think that's my role in life. Thank you too Eve and others for putting me right.. Audrey ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:11 AM Subject: Re: [OEL] MARIAGE FEES CATHEDRALS > No, but before it was raised to cathedral status it was the mother parish > church, to be precise the collegiate and parish church. > It tends to confuse people because although it did not become a cathedral > until 1837 the good old LDS describe it as cathedral for it's whole > existance. > But the constant factor is it's being the Parish Church, it didn't loose > this status when it became Cathedral, it is to this date the parish > church. > Well, that message has confused me, I wonder if any body can explain it to > me :-) > > >>Manchester was not always a cathedral, it was a collegiate church. I'm not >> >>sure exactly when it became a cathedral but have a feeling it was sometime >> >>during the 19th century. As such, it probably couldn't have exacted the > >>extra tax from other churches round about. >> >>Audrey >> > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! > http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ > > > > ==== OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List ==== > SEARCHABLE archives for OLD-ENGLISH: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=OLD-ENGLISH > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 28/07/2006 > >