Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 222
THE VICE, WITH POllTION OF THE TOWER (p. 589). CiRENCF.STKR.] THE FORCE AND CHURCH. 589 After the dissolution of the guilds the structure remained unoccupied until 1672,when Bishop Nicholson gave it over for a town-hall. In liis faculty for thepurpose he mentions its local name, and the ingenious… … THE NATE. the meaning of the term. He speaks of the noble frontispiece of the ParishChurch, commonly called the Vice, that is, the device, because, as it is said, thisfrontispiece so greatly adorns such a magnificent structure, and stretches itself outinto such a grand propylseum, while only…
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