The Cathedral Precincts and Cemetery

The medieval cathedral stood within a walled precinct that was visibly and legally separate from the city. As the senior church, the cathedral was able to place limits on the privileges of the lesser parish churches. One of the most important and profitable of these was the right of burial. The cathedral had a monopoly of burial in Worcester throughout the Middle Ages, and almost all citizens were be buried in the cathedral's Lay Cemetery.


The Bishop's Palace

The 'see house' of the medieval bishops of Worcester, with their great hall, chapel, private apartments, kitchen etc. Only fragmentary remains now survive from the period up to 1250, most of the present buildings dating from slightly later in the 13th century. The palace was drastically remodelled in the early 18th century.