Commissioned in 1072 by William the Conquereor as part of his mission to subdue the north of England, the cathedral, built from locally quarried stone and sitting on the the top of a hill overlooking the City of Lincoln, dominates the local area, as it was intended to, as an expression of the reality of Norman power after the Conquest. The Cathedral was consecrated in 1092 when Bishop Remigius moved his diocesan seat from Dorchester in Oxforshire. The diocese was enormous, strecting from the Thames to the Humber and was also one of the richest in the kingdom, making it a prime gift in the King's patronage.
