Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 93
main almost as Walkelyn left them in 1093. From themwe may picture the glory of the long and lofty nave, its massive piers, broaddeep triforium, and dignified clerestory. The whole church was of the sameheight as now; and the tower was open, as a lantern, from floor to topmostroof. The original… … THE NAVE. Winchester.] THE TOWER. 61 excavations carried on too near the piers; or wlietlier, as tlie resentfully piousheld, from the cankering wickedness of the Red Kings bones—from whatevercause, in 1107 the tower fell in witli a mighty crash over the monarchs tomb.In a few years a new towerwas…
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