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| | Portsmouth Cathedral, Hampshire, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Made a cathedral in 1927, and a parish church` in 1320, before which it was a chapel to the island's parish church of St Mary. |
 | | So the church was something special, a testimonial of piety, a chapel for the needs of a growing port (and those who passed through it), and, in the event, a showpiece for a fairly powerful monastery. |
 | | It was not particularly big but, in many respects, it had more of the character of a miniature cathedral or monastic church than of a medium-sized parochial church. |
| www.hants.gov.uk /discover/places/portsmouthcath.html (349 words) |
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