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The cathedrals of Great Britain, their history and architecture (1902)

Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930 · London : J. M. Dent & company; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott coy. · leaf 214

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isthought that this kind of vaulting, peculiar to this country, originatedhere. The outer walls are Norman, and have been recased withPerpendicular panelling. This work was begun by Abbot Horton(1351-1377), and finished by his successors. Abbot Boyfield(1377-1381) and Abbot Froucester (1381-1412).… … Gloucester Cathedral 201 to the cloister from the outer court. At the north end was thedoor to the refectory. A window has been placed there instead,but Mr. Hope points out the iron hooks on which the doors werehung. Little of the refectory, which was on the north of thegarth, remains, except the…

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