Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 36
beckets crown. There is, perhaps, no cathedralin England of which the dis-tant view is more impressivethan that of Canterbury. Ithas not the advantages of situa-tion possessed by Durham orLincoln or Ely. Standing inthe open valley of the Stour,it is surrounded—though for-^tunately at a distance —… … THE CKVPT. ing meadows and undulating fields, like a three-peaked mountain of stone. The western towers are comparatively low, though lofty enough to break the monotony of the long line of the nave roof, and to lead the eye duly upwards 6 CATHEDRAL CIIUIiCIIES [Cantbkbury. to the central peak. Of…
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