Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 101
480 AHBEYH AND CIlUJiCHES. [Abiiev Doke. parts, witli a grotesque dance perfonvuMl Ijy ton old men, wliose united agesamounted to a tliousand years. The Golden Valley deserves its title for its real beauty, but the name wasobtained from a misconcei)tion. The river Dore rolls down no golden sands, … ABBEY DORE: THE TOWER AND SOUTH TRANSEPT. and its name lias no connection with the Latin or French words for that epithet.It has a more remote ancestry than Roman or Norman. It goes back, like severalother rivers, to the Celtic word B/vr, which signifies water. In not the least beautifulpart of…
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