Are you nerds ready to fight about churches again?!

You made some horrible decisions in Round One for which you will never be forgiven - now let's see how terrible your taste is in Round Two!

Notices:

- As with the previous competitions, the facts and photos will remain the same in this round, and then be refreshed for Round Three.

- Arguing, sharing your own facts and photos, and otherwise playing dirty is encouraged.

- Round One is here: https://twitter.com/JayHulmePoet/status/1261977610751488000

Round 2, Bracket A:

Beverley Minster
Fun Fact: Claims to be the largest parish church in England.

Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge
Fun Fact: This is the university church of Cambridge University.

Round 2, Bracket A:

Beverley Minster vs Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge

Round 2, Bracket B:

Christchurch Priory
Fun Fact: The second largest parish church in England, and larger than 21 Church of England Cathedrals.

Cartmel Priory
Fun Fact: Narrowly avoided demolition after the Dissolution of the monasteries due to a technicality,

Round 2, Bracket B:

Christchurch Priory vs Cartmel Priory

Round 2, Bracket C:

Rotherham Minster
Fun Fact: Dates from the 14th century.

Sherborne Abbey
Fun Fact: In its time it has been a cathedral, abbey, and now, a parish church.

Round 2, Bracket C:

Rotherham Minster vs Sherborne Abbey

Round 2, Bracket D:

Shrewsbury Abbey
Fun Fact: An unusually large amount of the original 11th Century church survives intact.

Leeds Minster
Fun Fact: The largest new church in England built since Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral.

Round 2, Bracket D:

Shrewsbury Abbey vs Leeds Minster

Round 2, Bracket E:

St Mary's Church, Nottingham
Fun Fact: The church is the largest medieval building in Nottingham.

St Peter Mancroft, Norwich
Fun Fact: Built in the 1400’s, and possesses one of the finest collections of parish church silver in the country.

Round 2, Bracket E:

St Mary's Church, Nottingham vs St Peter Mancroft, Norwich

Round 2, Bracket F:

Lancaster Priory
Fun Fact: Contains the third oldest choir stalls in England.

Bolton Priory.
Fun Fact: The current church is simply the western half of the nave of the original, dissolved, priory.

Round 2, Bracket F:

Lancaster Priory vs Bolton Priory.

Round 2, Bracket G:

Wimborne Minster
Fun Fact: Contains a chained library which was one of the UK’s first public libraries (and remains open to the public).

Pershore Abbey
Fun Fact: The remains of a much larger building.

Round 2, Bracket G:

Wimborne Minster vs Pershore Abbey

Round 2, Bracket H:

St Wulfram's Church, Grantham
Fun Fact: It was mostly rebuilt after the original church was struck by lightning and burnt down in 1222.

Halifax Minster
Fun Fact: Was mostly built by Benedictine Monks.

Round 2, Bracket H:

St Wulfram's Church, Grantham vs Halifax Minster

Round 2, Bracket I:

Cheltenham Minster
Fun Fact: The only surviving medieval building in Cheltenham.

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield
Fun Fact: Famous for its twisted spire.

Round 2, Bracket I:

Cheltenham Minster vs Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield

Round 2, Bracket J:

Great Malvern Priory
Fun Fact: Though parts date from 1085, much of the church is from the 1400’s.

Bridlington Priory
Fun Fact: Originally part of an Augustinian Priory.

Round 2, Bracket J:

Great Malvern Priory vs Bridlington Priory

Round 2, Bracket K:

St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton
Fun Fact: Was for a long while, a Royal Peculiar, and was only fully integrated in 1848.

Selby Abbey
Fun Fact: Went unused for many years after the dissolution, but became the parish church in 1618.

Round 2, Bracket K:

St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton vs Selby Abbey

Round 2, Bracket L:

Tewkesbury Abbey
Fun Fact: The Abbey is larger than 14 Church of England Cathedrals.

King's Lynn Minster
Fun Fact: Was made a Minster in 2011.

Round 2, Bracket L:

Tewkesbury Abbey vs King's Lynn Minster

Round 2, Bracket M:

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk
Fun Fact: The only church in England to have a tower AND a spire at the same end of the church.

Holy Trinity Church, Coventry
Fun Fact: Contains a large and staggeringly intact medieval Doom painting.

Round 2, Bracket M:

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk vs Holy Trinity Church, Coventry

Round 2, Bracket N:

Hexham Abbey
Fun Fact: Largely restored and rebuilt in the late 1800’s.

Bath Abbey
Fun Fact: Until the dissolution it served as co-cathedral alongside Wells.

Round 2, Bracket N:

Hexham Abbey vs Bath Abbey

Round 2, Bracket O:

Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
Fun Fact: Largely rebuilt after the Great Fire of Warwick in 1693.

Romsey Abbey
Fun Fact: Originally the church of a Benedictine Nunnery.

Round 2, Bracket O:

Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick vs Romsey Abbey

Round 2, Bracket P:

Waltham Abbey Church
Fan Fact: much of the original church is what used to be the nave of the Abbey, with a tower added after the dissolution of the monasteries.

St Mary's Church, Nantwich
Fun Fact: Known locally as “The Cathedral of South Cheshire”

Round 2, Bracket P:

Waltham Abbey Church vs St Mary's Church, Nantwich

That's all of Round Two up! You have 24 hours to fight it out!

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