Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 432
oundation was laid somewhereabout 1052, and the church was consecrated in1065, a few days prior to the Confessors death.The monastery was filled with monks from Exeter,whilst Pope Nicholas II. constituted the Abbeyfor the inauguration of the kings of England.Throughout the succession of reigning… … o WESTMINSTER minster schoolroom, a portion of the dormitory,and the walls of the south cloister. The Abbey, with these few exceptions, wasdemolished and rebuilt on a magnificent scale byHenry III. between 1220 and 1269. The materialemployed was first a green stone and afterwardsCsn stone. The…
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