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Historical Archive: St Albans cathedral and museum Cathedral medieval construction reuses Roman brick and flint from Verulamium 1077-1088: foundations and crossing tower built under Abbot Paul of Caen (reg. 1077-93) 1115: formal consecration December 28 1195/97: three western bays added to nave 1250: east end damaged in earthquake, rebuilt from 1257 c.1275-1300: presbytery and apse with oak vaulting, most wood dendrodated 1273-99 1323: south nave piers 5 eastern bays collapsed, rebuilt 1324-26 c.1350-1400: presbytery restored; repainted, false tiercerons added 1420-65 after 1373: crossing tower ceiling boards felled 1476-1492: large choir screen built under Abbot William Wallingford 1539: abbey dissolved Many restorations; most extensive remaking by Edmund Beckett Lord Grimthorpe 1880s-1893 Cathedral Exterior Cathedral Interior Abbey Gateway Clock Tower Verulamium Museum of Roman material Clock tower from south Cathedral interior: Crucifixion c.1190-1220 Roman dog fibula, bronze/enamel, prob. 2nd c., front in raking light, MStA 1978.447 Cathedral west front, Grimthorpe 1880-83