635 – St Aidan founds Lindisfarne’s monastic library, the origins of our Cathedral library
1093 – Building starts to house the shrine of St Cuthbert
1133 – Most building work is completed
1539 – The monastery is surrendered to the Crown, ending hundreds of years of monastic life
1541 – Durham Cathedral is re-founded with the last Prior becoming the first Dean, and twelve former monks becoming the first Canons
16th century – The Book of Common Prayer is introduced. Furnishings and artefacts are destroyed in the name of religious reformation