Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I te tau 956 i hoatu e Kingi Eadwig he whenua i Southwell ki a Oskytel, Archbishop o York, i whakatuhia ai he whare karakia minster. Ko te Domesday Book o te 1086 i tuhia te whare rangatira o Southwell i roto i nga korero taipitopito. I tiimata te hanganga o Norman o te whare karakia i te tau 1108, akene he hanga hou o te whare karakia Anglo-Saxon, ka tiimata mai i te pito rawhiti kia taea ai te whakamahi i te aata nui i te wa e taea ai, ka wahia te whare Saxon i te wa e haere ana te mahi. He maha nga kohatu mai i tenei whare karakia Anglo-Saxon o mua
i whakamahia anōtia i te hanganga. Ko te papa papa me te mutunga o te rautau 11th tympanum i te taha raki ko nga waahanga anake o te whare Anglo-Saxon e noho tonu ana. I tiimata te mahi i te nave i muri i te 1120 ka oti te whare karakia i te c.1150.