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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 255

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and the beautiful readers pulpit of the refectory, which was sparedwhen the other ruins of that building were swept away to make room for the goods-yard of the railway, and now it stands disconsolately among the trucks, as thoughthe age of contemplation were protesting in vain against the iron age… … ST. MAUV fi. THE FONT. Perpendicular, erected probably rather before 1377, for above it is a statue ofEdward III., but it is out of all proportion to the stumpy western tower.Composition was not generally a strong point witli the architects of the period,and the western part of Shrewsbury Abbey has…

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