The Beauties of England and Wales, or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county (1801)
Britton, John, 1771-1857, Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854, Nightingale, Joseph, 1775-1824, Brewer, J. N. (James Norris), Evans, J. (John), fl. 1812, Hodgson, John, 1779-1845, Laird, Francis Charles, Shoberl, Frederic, 1775-1853, Bigland, John, 1750-1832, Rees, Thomas, 1777-1864, Hood, Thomas, d. 1811, Harris, John, 1756-1846 · London : Printed by Thomas Maiden, for Vernor and Hood [and 6 others] · leaf 62
:— King Henry the Second, and Lord Robert, son of Har-ding, son of the King of Denmark, were the first foundersof this monastery. It was erected about 1460, as a prioryof Black Canons. The east part was added the twenty-fifth ofEdward the First,* by Edmund Knowles, the abbot, who diedin 1332. The… … SOMERSETSHIRE. 665 the labour by the abbot, Eliot.* The respective dimensions ofthis cathedral are as follow: Length, from east to west, 175feet, whereof the choir includes 100; the body and side aisle?are 73 feet in breadth; the chapter-house, 46 in length, and26 in breadth ; and the tower 127…
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