Famous cathedrals as seen and described by great writers (1909)
Singleton, Esther, d. 1930 · New York : Dodd, Mead & company · leaf 44
all men think,Peterborough, the proud,Sawtrey, by the way ;That old abbeyGave more alms in one dayThan all they. The abbey was originally known as Medehampstead, andis said to have been founded by King Penda in the SeventhCentury. It was rebuilt for Benedictines, by Ethelwold,Bishop of Winchester… … PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL 23 great gate, did so barefoot. No wonder it was calledproud ! The approach is eminently monastic, through a Normanarch over which is the chapel of St. Nicholas. A fine viewof the best feature of Peterborough, the west front, is imme-diately opened with a foreground of smooth…
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