An itinerary of the English cathedrals for the use of travellers (1901)
Gilchrist, James Grant, 1842-1906, comp, Perkins, Thomas, 1842-1907, ed · London, G. Bell & Sons · leaf 101
y occasions. The (jjiurch was originally served by secular canons; but inthe eleventh century it became a Benedictine abbey, and wasraised to cathedral rank by Henry VIII. after the dissolutionof the monasteries. It is built of a soft red sandstone, the surface of which 90 THE ENGLISH CATHEDRALS… … Plwto. Pkotochrom Co. Ltd, CHESTER: THE CHOIR SCREEN AND ORGAN. Lichfield; one misses the western towers and spires. Thechurch, moreover, is somewhat below the level of the street,and is hemmed in by buildings on the north side. The bestgeneral view is from the city wall on the south-e9,st, CHESTER…
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