Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial (1896)
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 395
—the distinction of possessing no altar rails. These as a meremodern excrescence were removed in 1852, and now three fine old oak benchesare placed before the table at which the communicants kneel. The latesexton, whose memory carried him back almost to Waterloo, and who wasdevoted to the old… … ORRERY IN BELL TOWER. Minster.] A PECULIAR CUSTOM. 740 lectern, and to say in a loud voice, ^ All who arc prepared to receive the HolyCommunion draw near. All who did so came to the chancel and remainedkneeling at the benches or the choir-stalls, until the sacred elements were
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