Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 214
never paid him the remuneration agreed upon. He and Ralph Allen, also a Bath man, were the two inventive minds to whom the postal service was most indebted before the time of Rowland Hill. Christopher Anstey, the Bath poet, is not buried in Bath Abbey, but tliere is a tablet to his memory here, as… … Wells is said to be the smallest city in Elngland, and the reasonis not far to seek. It has no history of its oavii apart from itsecclesiastical institutions; it has no natural advantages as a placeof trade; it has never been a seat of manufactures, and has neverhad a great and powerful family…
Cathedrals · Church architecture · Abbeys
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