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Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)

Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 100

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fashion, still the total length was little less than atpresent; for it extended some fortyfeet farther to the westward, as thebases of two grand western towersstill testify. The magnificence ofthis effort of Norman skill and pietymay still be understood by any onewho will make careful study of… … ■Vll CHANTRIES OF POX AND KEAUFOUT. church was of the same height as now; and the tower was open, as a lantern, from floor to topmost roof. The original tower, however, was not destined to stand long. Soon after William Rufus was buried under it in 1100, whether from faulty construction, or…

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