Kammala wannan jumla: A shekara ta 956 Sarki Eadwig ya ba da ƙasa a Southwell ga Oskytel, Archbishop na York, wanda aka kafa cocin minster. Littafin Domesday na 1086 ya rubuta gidan Southwell a cikin cikakken bayani. Norman sake gina cocin ya fara ne a 1108, mai yiwuwa a matsayin sake gina cocin Anglo-Saxon, farawa a ƙarshen gabas don a iya amfani da babban bagaden da wuri-wuri kuma an rushe ginin Saxon yayin da aikin ke ci gaba. Yawancin duwatsu daga wannan a baya
An sake amfani da cocin Anglo-Saxon a cikin ginin. Gidan da aka yi da shi da kuma ƙarshen karni na 11 na tympanum a arewacin arewacin sune kawai sassan ginin Anglo-Saxon da suka kasance ba su da kyau. An fara aiki a kan jirgin bayan 1120 kuma an kammala coci ta c.1150.