Victorian Cathedral Model Collection Opens In Margate

A unique collection of historic cathedral models have been displayed in Margate for the first time in 30 years.The 27 Victorian scale models of English and European cathedrals were given to Canterbury Cathedral in 1916 by Mr Edward Murray Oakeley.His brother, Sir Herbert, an organist and composer for the royal family, commissioned the models from an Oxford model maker in the late 1840s or 1850s.The wood and card models, recreate the cathedrals at a scale of 60ft to 1in.As well as recreations of English cathedrals such as Canterbury, York, Lincoln, Exeter, Salisbury, St Paul's and Westminster Abbey, the series also includes European cathedrals such as S

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