Editing Gloucester Cathedral (section)

==Timeline==
* 678-79 A small religious community was founded in Anglo-Saxon times by [[Osric of the Hwicce]]. His sister Kyneburga was the first [[abbess]].
* 1017 Secular priests expelled; the monastery given to [[Benedictine]] monks.
* 1072 Serlo, the first Norman [[abbot]], appointed to the almost defunct monastery by [[William I of England|William I]].
* 1089 Foundation stone of the new abbey church laid by [[Robert the Lotharingian|Robert de Losinga]], [[Bishop of Hereford]].
* 1100 Consecration of St Peter's Abbey.
* 1216 First coronation of [[Henry III of England|Henry III]].
* 1327 Burial of [[Edward II of England|Edward II]].
* 1331 [[Perpendicular Gothic|Perpendicular]] remodelling of the [[Choir (architecture)|quire]].
* 1373 Great [[Cloister]]<ref name=Cloister>{{cite web |title=The Cloister Project |website=gloucestercathedral.org.uk |date=2022-09-29 |url=https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/cathedral/projects/the-cloister-project |access-date=2022-09-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822211621/https://gloucestercathedral.org.uk/cathedral/projects/the-cloister-project |archive-date=2022-08-22 }}</ref> begun by Abbot Horton; completed by Abbott Frouster (1381–1412)
* 1420 West End rebuilt by Abbot Morwent.
* 1450 Tower begun by Abbot Sebrok; completed by Robert Tully.
* 1470 Lady Chapel rebuilt by Abbot Hanley; completed by Abbot Farley (1472–98).
* 1540 Dissolution of the abbey.
* 1541 Refounded as a cathedral by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]].
* 1616–1621 [[William Laud]] holds the office of Dean of Gloucester
* 1649–1660 Abolition of dean and chapter, reinstated by [[Charles II of England|Charles II]]
* 1666 Installation of Great Organ by Thomas Harris
* 1735–1752 [[Martin Benson (clergyman)|Martin Benson]], Bishop of Gloucester, carried out major repairs and alterations to the cathedral.
* 1847–1873 Beginning of extensive [[Victorian restoration]] work ([[Frederick S. Waller]] and [[George Gilbert Scott]], architects).
* 1953 Major appeal for the restoration of the cathedral; renewed
* 1968 Cathedral largely re-roofed and other major work completed.
* 1989 900th anniversary appeal.
* 1994 Restoration of tower completed.
* 2000 Celebration of the novecentennial of the consecration of St Peter's Abbey.
* 2015 Installation of [[Rachel Treweek]] as the [[Church of England]]'s first female [[diocesan bishop]].<ref name="Daily Telegraph - Church of England names first female bishop to sit in the House of Lords"/>