The Cathedrals of England and Wales : their history, architecture, and associations ; with a series of Rembrandt plates and many illustrations in the text (1906)
London ; New York : Cassell · leaf 130
as the bone-house, and when itwas cleared of its human remains a pit12 feet deep had to be dug to recei\ethem. We have yet to Nasit the most in-teresting, though not the most ornate,portion of the church—-the singular cryptcalled St. ^^ilfrids Needle. From thesouth-east angle of the nave we… … EAST WALL OF THE NORTH TRANSEPT. The cell is 11+ feet long, 7|- feet wide, and 9J feet high. The needle has been formed 112 CATHEDRALS OF ENGLAND AND WALES. [RiPOM. by perforating the north wall of the crypt, which is of such im-mense thickness that the ])assage is of considerable length, thoughat…
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